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Step 3. – Instability
Step 3. – Instability What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. (Hos. 6:4 ESV) The NASB says your “loyalty is like a morning cloud”. The idea here is that the
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Step 2. – Pride
Step 2. – Pride The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them. (Hos. 5:5 ESV) “Pride” is a word that is used much different today than in the Bible. For the most part, pride is looked on as a good quality:
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Step 1. – Lack of Knowledge
Step 1. – Lack of Knowledge My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. (Hos. 4:6 ESV) “Lack of knowledge” is not
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Downward Steps
As I read the Bible, I keep in mind that it is recounting historical events. The lessons learned from these historical events apply universally. This is especially true when we see some of the same failures taking place today that we read about in the Bible. The hard lessons that the children Israel eventually learned
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Jesus Christ – The One Who Loves (Easter Series 2019, pt. 8)
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13 HCSB) Christ truly modeled unselfish love when He was incarnated into humanity, lived as a man, and died for our sins. All of that was for our benefit, not His. He did it for us. I
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Jesus Christ – The Risen Lord! (Easter Series 2019, pt. 7)
Happy Easter!! But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has been raised from
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