Complementary New Testament Passage:
1 Thessalonians 1
Sermon Outline:
- What returning to the Lord looks like
- The Blessings offered to those who return
- I set before you life and death: choose life
Family Discussion Questions:
- Was Hosea’s wife good to him?
- What did Hosea when his wife left him?
- What does this teach us about God?
- Can someone say that they want to keep sinning but trust Jesus to forgive their sins?
- What does repenting mean?
- What does this passage teach us about what genuine faith and repentance involve?
- What then would be some false examples of repentance and faith?
- Verses 8-9 force a binary choice. What is that choice, and what other options do we sometimes thing we have?
- How does verse 4 teach us about the cross especially when paired with Hosea 3?
- What does the imagery of the vegetation teach us about what the results of redemption will be?
- What do they teach us about how these results will happen?
- It is critical that God offers to the church the forgiveness of sins in the context of marriage with Christ, not merely a forgiveness of sins. What happens when we forget about the forgiveness of sins? What happens when we forget that the relationship offered to the church is a marriage?
