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The Challenge of Affluence (Hosea 10:1-15)Pastor Tony FelichApril 6, 2008 ----more----God's Providence has provided more Fruit, Israel's response is:- More altars- Unfaithful heart- Empty oaths The easy yoke of covenant blessings would be replaced by the hard yoke of covenant curses in order to teach them obedience. Hosea 1010:1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.2 Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.3 For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king—what could he do for us?”4 They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for i