In today’s Bible reading* God tells His people that they are guilty of bloodshed and wholesale adultery and prostitution against Him. In fact, He goes into great detail about their prostitution, as we saw when we read the book of Hosea. You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from…
Several times in today’s Bible reading* we read that the people “feared the Lord, but …” (2 Kings 17:32-33, 41) The people appointed their own priests, worshiped their own gods, and served their own idols. How is it possible to say that someone “feared the Lord” and follow that statement with “, but”? Wouldn’t that…
In great words of hope, God promises revival for all of His covenant people who repent. Today’s Bible reading* is a brief mix of Hosea’s words in Hosea 6:1-3, followed by God’s judgment. Hosea again speaks in 9:17. Hosea 6:1-3 are very hopeful words with an encouragement for the people to repent. God will mercifully…
With today’s Bible reading* we read the first half of the book of Hosea. God commands this prophet to marry a prostitute. And to no surprise, his wife, Gomer, acts just like a prostitute, leaving her husband to follow other lovers. Hosea learns that his life is an object lesson demonstrating God’s relationship with His…
Today’s Bible reading* focuses on two main, but related topics: purposeful living as opposed to laziness/slothfulness/slackness and avoiding an adulteress. In Proverbs 6:6-11 Solomon warns his son to not live a purposeless, lazy life. Living life diligently would prove to keep him from poverty. Living with purpose would also prove to keep him from being…
Do you see mankind as essentially good or essentially bad? How you answer that question determines how you view and interact with people. Today’s Bible reading* gives us God’s answer. Psalm 14:2-3 is part of the basis of Romans 3:10–18. Paul was clear … God is clear … that The Fall affected us much more…
