Redeemer Pca Of Overland Park

Introduction to Hosea: You Want Me to Do What? (Hosea 1:1-3:5)Pastor Tony FelichJanuary 6, 2008 ----more----Hosea's is a vivid picture of God's redeeming love for His people.I. Guidance for interpreting and applying the message of HoseaADDRESSED TO OUR SPIRITUAL FOREFATHERSCONTAINS PARTICULAR BENEFITS FOR BELIEVERS NOW ALSO:- Shares something of God's heart toward spiritual adultery- Reminds us how we can also fall in to spiritual adultery (nothing new under the sun)- Shows God's gracious plan to redeem a people for Himself- Gives a sense of the difficult price God paid for us- Reveals Gentiles added to the Church is key fulfillment of Hosea's prophecy (and covenant with Abraham) II. Hosea's difficult calling and message (1)- Marriage- Children- A gut-wrenching mess ...for a purpose III. Hosea's marriage as a analogy (2-3)- God's people were unfaithful to God (syncretistic worship)- God would discipline His people- God would redeem and restore, ultimately through Christ and the addition of the gentiles to the