One of the most beautiful
illustration of God’s love for us found in the Old Testament book of Hosea. God
said to the Prophet Hosea, “Go take to yourself an adulterous wife and children
of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in
departing from the Lord” (Hosea 1:2).
Hosea went to the market place of prostitute slaves and bought Gomer. He
brought her home, made her his wife, and had children with her. He bought her
when she was a disgrace and an embarrassment, and he only asked that she be a
good wife to him. Hosea offered Gomer a new life of honor before God and man.
God used Hosea to demonstrate how
deep and unconditional His love was for Israel. He desired them even when they
have forsaken him, turned to false gods, and had become prostitutes in their
worship. Through Hosea, God was saying to them, “Even though you have disgraced
me and embarrassed me, I love you and I want you to marry me. I want to give
you a new life of honor.”
God has always desired a people who
would live in a loving relationship with Him and with each other. That desire
found full expression in Christ Jesus. With the sinless blood of Jesus, God
“bought” us out of the marketplace of sin and “spiritual prostitution,” our
worship of false gods and our pursuit of evil practices. Paul wrote about our
salvation in Ephesians 1:7 where he says, “In
him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance
with the riches of God’s grace.”
Jesus redeemed us, purchased us,
paid the full price for us, and took us out of the sin market and bondage of
the Devil, the world, and our flesh. He purchased us with his life so that we
might be free to love him and become His bride…as His bride, He gives us a
place of honor, and we are to bring glory and honor to Him. The responsibility
affects EVERY relationship we have!
Live it....You know I love ya, Don
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