Category: Hosea

November 29, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read the fourth chapter of first John and four chapters of Hosea.

November 29: 1 John 4, Hosea 9, Hosea 10, Hosea 11, Hosea 12 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

1 John 4.Test the spirits. There is the spirit of God, and then there are many spirits of the Antichrist. Remember: “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” We know God through love and we see God through love, “ We love him, because he first loved us.”

Hosea 9. Israel will be judged because of its sin.

Hosea 10. Because of Israel’s sin it will be taken into captivity.

Hosea 11. Yet, God will show His love for Israel.

Hosea 12. God gives His charge against Ephraim.

 

 

November 28, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read the third chapter of first John and three chapters of Hosea.

November 28: 1 John 3, Hosea 6, Hosea 7, Hosea 8 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

1 John 3. We are children of God, or as the King James bible calls it “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:” As children of God we do not sin,but it is important we love and show the outworking of love, for in it is the spirit of truth.

Hosea 6. God calls Ephraim and Judah to repentance, for He requires mercy; not sacrifice.

Hosea 7. God continues to bemoan the iniquity of Ephraim and Judah.

Hosea 8. Because of Israel’s apostasy this will happen: “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:“

November 27, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read the second chapter of first John and five chapters of Hosea.

November 27: 1 John 2, Hosea 1, Hosea 2, Hosea 3, Hosea 4, Hosea 5 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

1 John 2. Tohn explains how you can test if you know Him, warns of sin and is concerned for their spiritual state. There will come a last hour’s deception, so let the truth abide in You. Remember you are children of God.

Hosea 1. God told Hosea to marry a harlot. She gave birth to three children, given negative sounding names. In spite of this God promises  the restoration of Israel.

Hosea 2 tells of God’s unfaithful people, how they are punished and restored, and finally shown unmerited mercy.

Hosea 3. God told Hosea to reconcile with his wife, and so Israel will return to God.

Hosea 4. God gives His charge against Israel because of Israel’s Idolatry.

Hosea 5. God proclaims judgment on Israel, Ephraim and Judah.