Video devotionals · Pastor Mark Groen
Dwell in the WordHosea
God told the prophet Hosea to marry an unfaithful wife, and then to go and buy her back. Their marriage became a living picture of Israel’s idolatry and of God’s steadfast love for a people who kept running from him. These thirteen short video devotionals walk through the whole book, from “Not My People” to “Return, O Israel.”
13Devotionals
14Chapters
Hosea
One passage at a time
The devotionals
Not My People
Hosea marries an unfaithful wife, a living picture of God’s faithfulness to an unfaithful people.
WatchShe Forgot Me
Israel gives God’s gifts to Baal, and God disciplines the people he loves.
WatchYou Are My People
God speaks tenderly, betroths his people forever, and turns “Not My People” into “my people.”
WatchBought Back
Hosea pays the price to redeem Gomer, a picture of the love that bought us back.
WatchA People Without Understanding
No faithfulness, no steadfast love, no knowledge of God: the Lord’s case against his people.
WatchUntil They Seek My Face
God pours out his wrath like water so that his people will acknowledge their guilt and seek him.
WatchSteadfast Love, Not Sacrifice
Sorry for our sin, or sorry we got caught? God desires our hearts, not just our rituals.
WatchSow the Wind
Idols made by craftsmen and fortresses built by hands cannot save. They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
WatchBreak Up Your Fallow Ground
Blessings turned into altars, and a call to sow righteousness and seek the Lord.
WatchWhen the Lord Roars
His people are bent on turning away, but when the Lord roars, his children come home.
WatchBy the Help of Your God
Jacob wrestled and wept and sought God’s favor. Return, hold fast, and wait for your God.
WatchFilled and Forgetful
Idols vanish like morning mist, and full bellies forget God. Besides him there is no savior.
WatchReturn, O Israel
The book ends not with condemnation but with a call: return to the Lord your God.
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The heart of Hosea
A love that buys back
At the Lord’s command, Hosea paid the price to redeem his unfaithful wife, a picture of the God who pays the price to bring his wandering people home. In Christ, that love has come to us. Paul and Peter both apply Hosea’s promise to the church (Romans 9:25–26; 1 Peter 2:10): those who were “not my people” are now the people of God.
“I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Hosea 2:23
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