Redeemer Pca Of Overland Park

Unbroken Love (Hosea 11:1-11)Pastor Tony FelichApril 13, 2008 ----more----Against the worst backdrop of sin you can imagine, God's gracious love is revealed.EXPOSITION OF THE TEXT WHILE NOTING THE PATTERN AND PARALLEL IN OUR LIVES:- The Rejection of God's kindness (1-4)- God's discipline (5-6)- God's gracious love revealed (7-9)- God paints a hopeful picture of final restoration (10-11) Hosea 11:1–11 (Listen)11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.4 I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.6 The sword shall rag