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Lesson Summary:

Hosea announces that Israel will be cast away from their land, their Lord, and their loved ones.

Focus Passage: Hosea 9.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Cast Away from their Land (Hosea 9:1-6)

Principle: God can take away our blessings when we fail to acknowledge Him.
Application: How are you putting your own possessions and privileges ahead of God in your life?
Scripture Reference

³The integrity of the upright will guide them,But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
⁴Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,But righteousness delivers from death.
⁵The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:3-5 (NASB)

II. Cast Away from their Lord (Hosea 9:7-12)

Principle: Our sins are ultimately an offense against and a source of grief for Almighty God.
Application: What things in your life could be causing hurt and grief to God?
Scripture Reference

⁹In all their affliction He was afflicted,And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰But they rebelledAnd grieved His Holy Spirit;Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,He fought against them.
Isaiah 63:9-10 (NASB)

III. Cast Away from their Loved Ones (Hosea 9:13-17)

Principle: Our sins carry consequences for those we love the most.
Application: What kind of impact are your present actions having on your children and your family?
Scripture Reference

⁴“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
⁵You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exodus 20:4-5 (NASB)