1/19/2024 0 Comments James 5 bible study![]() ![]() ![]() Not only is homosexuality among men and women on the increase in our modern age, but men and women consider faithfulness to one’s marriage partner to be unfashionable. Hosea describes the whole nation as being as hot as a pre heated oven, so much did they burn in lust. When a nation has turned its back on God and has accepted lower moral standards, ungodly leaders are pleased, for they will then be allowed to indulge their own pleasures without opposition from the people.ħ:4 They are all adulterers they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.Įspecially was the sin of sexual immorality rife in the land. They were glad to see the people’s wickedness since it provided a cloak for their own. Since all the leaders cared about was their own pleasures, they failed to govern the country as they ought. ![]() One of the reasons why crime, especially burglary, flourished was that it was unchecked by Israel’s rulers. God must first show men and women their sinful condition before he can present to them the remedy for sin and granting of pardon through faith in his Son the Lord Jesus Christ.ħ:3 By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery. Incidentally, in the great need of our world today, God’s way for spiritual healing has not changed. So, because of their impenitent heart, they “store up wrath for themselves against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.” (Rom. How many people today, like the people of Israel in Hosea’s time, fail to heed the warnings of the God’s word concerning future judgment? Why do they refuse to believe in the inescapable truth? Because to accept it would spoil their fun it would mean that they would have to repent, change their ways and seek God for mercy – things which they are not prepared to do. The importance of being delivered from our sins through faith in Christ cannot be stressed to highly, for God has a record of every sin which every person has ever committed and one day he will judge all people for their sins (Rev. 2:1-3), and only Christ can set us free (John 8:36 Rom. Outside of Christ we are all in this bondage (Eph. Such is the situation for all those outside of Jesus Christ – they are slaves of sin (John 8:34 Rom. God saw that the people were “surrounded” by their sins – held captive in bondage and unable to free themselves from sin. Nevertheless, such would be the case (Rom. Either they did not accept the fact that at some future time they would give an account of themselves to God, or they simply did not care about it. The reason that Israel paid no heed to the word of God and the warnings of the prophets was that they did not believe them. Now their deeds surround them they are before my face. Indeed, such was the evil environment which they had created that burglary and highway robbery flourished in the land.ħ:2 But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Instead of responding to the word of God given by the prophets with repentance and obedience they continued to rebel. The people of Israel were religious but not righteous pious but not truly God-honouring. Unfortunately, although the people were very religious, their religion proved to be a sham – it was fake, not heart-felt. He did this by sending the prophets who highlighted the ways in which the people were sinning against God. In order to heal Israel, God first of all had to make her realise the true nature of her spiritual condition. ![]() Extract from our new book: not yet released!ħ:1 When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria for they deal falsely the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside. ![]()
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