393. God\u2019s Grace to Israel<\/p>\n
Hos_11:1-4<\/p>\n
Eight things are stated in Hos_11:1-4, which demonstrate God\u2019s grace to Israel, and which are illustrations of His love to His children.<\/p>\n
1. Loved. \u201cWhen Israel was a child I loved him.\u201d Three things ever demonstrate love: affection, sacrifice, and service. Love loves because it is love, and not because of the worthiness of its object\u20141Jn_4:9-10; sacrifices, because it loves\u2014Joh_3:16; and serves, because it delights to do so\u2014Joh_13:1.<\/p>\n
2. Galled. \u201cCalled My son out of Egypt.\u201d Love does not suffer the object of its affection to remain in the Egypt of bondage and the thraldom of sin, but brings it \u201cout of\u201d it. Salvation and liberty are the inception blessings of the Gospel.<\/p>\n
3. Instructed. \u201cI taught Ephraim to go\u201d (R.V., \u201cto walk\u201d). The beautiful picture of a mother teaching her child to walk is suggested by these words. It teaches us to walk consistently by the truth\u20143Jn_1:4, consecratingly by His example\u20141Jn_2:6, and circumspectly by the Spirit\u2014Eph_5:15.<\/p>\n
4. Sustained. \u201cI took them on my arms\u201d (R.V.). When the child gets tired, the mother carries it; so the Lord sustained and helped His people. Who can sink through the everlasting arms?<\/p>\n
5. Healed. \u201cI healed them.\u201d Three things are essential to a physician. He must know the disease, possess the remedy, and know how to deal with the patient. The Lord has all the qualifications.<\/p>\n
6. Attracted. \u201cI drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.\u201d The metaphor seems to be of a plough being drawn by oxen, with the touch of a human, and that with bands (wreathen work) so strong that nothing could break them. The attractive power of a holy affection is magnetic, and far-reaching in its influence.<\/p>\n
7. Liberated. \u201cI was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws.\u201d Whatever the actual reference, there is the underlying sense of lifting something that galled, fretted, and oppressed. The yoke of sin is hard and heavy, while the Lord\u2019s yoke is easy and light.<\/p>\n
8. Provided. \u201cI laid meat unto them,\u201d or as Rotherham has it, \u201cHolding out to him, I let him eat.\u201d The Lord not only turns us into green pastures, but He holds dainty bits to us, even as Boaz did to Ruth\u2014Rth_2:14.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
393. God\u2019s Grace to Israel Hos_11:1-4 Eight things are stated in Hos_11:1-4, which demonstrate God\u2019s grace to Israel, and which are illustrations of His love to His children. 1. Loved. \u201cWhen Israel was a child I loved him.\u201d Three things ever demonstrate love: affection, sacrifice, and service. Love loves because it is love, and not … Continue reading “0400. 393. God\u2019s Grace to Israel”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}