Victory Fellowship Bible Study
273 23rd St. S.W., Barberton, OH 44203
Wednesdays at 7pm
Rev. Roderick D. Grabski (330) 858-0223
arod4God@neo.rr.com FACEBOOK: Roderick Grabski
CLASS Eight: Return to the Righteous One
I. ANNOUNCEMENTS and PRAYER CONCERNS
II. READ / LISTEN to Hosea 14:1-9
a. What are your initial impressions? Notable translation differences?
III. AI - Chapter 14 Summary
IV. A Plea to Repent (vv. 1-3)
a. (vv. 1-2) The “sinner’s prayer.”
b. (vs. 3) Turning from their erring ways.
V. A Promise of Restoration (vv. 4-8)
a. (vs. 4) God’s promise of healing implies that their apostasy was more than an act of the will – it was a mental disorder that God must cure.
b. (vv. 5-7) Lebanon is mentioned 3 times in these verses and nowhere else in the book of Hosea, most likely because Lebanon was linked to Syria and Phoenicia. Syria provided Israel with political alliances and Phoenicia had been the origin of Israel’s Baal cult. God will heal that stinking remembrance.
c. (vs. 8) The ultimatum. The pine tree symbolized divinity, kingship, and fertility in Israel’s world.
VI. A Word to the Wise (vs. 9)
a. The sum of it all.
VII. APPLICATION:
a. Repentance involves confessing sin and asking God for forgiveness. (1John 1:9)
b. Depend on God’s healing and love to make you who he wants you to be. (Proverbs 3:5-8)
VIII. Final Comments, Questions. Close in Prayer
Next Week: Lamenting the Locusts - Read Joel 1:1-20 to prepare.
