Today we come to the last ser\u00admon of the small sum\u00admer ser\u00admon series on per\u00adsons from the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment. We accom\u00adpa\u00adny the\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle and see how they are on the way with a holy God. Today we come to the pro\u00adphet who has the same name as my son \u2013 Hosea.<\/p>\n
A life in the ser\u00advice of God \tHosea and Jesus mean \u00abThe Lord saves\/heals\u00bb. Are you rea\u00addy to be helped? \tHosea and Jesus mean \u00abThe Lord saves\/heals\u00bb. Are you rea\u00addy to be helped? Today we come to the last ser\u00admon in our litt\u00adle sum\u00admer ser\u00admon series about peo\u00adp\u00adle from the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment. We accom\u00adpa\u00adny the\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle and see how they tra\u00advel\u00adled with a holy God. Today we come to the pro\u00adphet who has the same name as my son \u2013 Hosea. A life in the ser\u00advice of God When deal\u00ading with the\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":7463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[79],"wpfc_sermon_series":[90],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-cedric-bruegger","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-heilig-heilig-heilig","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-7453","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"hentry","11":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nWhen deal\u00ading with the pro\u00adphe\u00adts, it is noti\u00adceable that they all have their one-sided\u00adness. This is pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly whe\u00adre the strength of the pro\u00adphe\u00adts lies. Last Sun\u00adday was about Jonah. His mes\u00adsa\u00adge was: \u00abGod is a gra\u00adcious and mer\u00adciful God\u00bb. With Hosea, the one-sided\u00adness lies in a dif\u00adfe\u00adrent aspect. Theo\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adan Jakob Kroe\u00adker descri\u00adbes this as fol\u00adlows: \u00abHosea, the mes\u00adsen\u00adger of for\u00adgi\u00adving love\u00bb (Jakob Kroe\u00adker). Howe\u00adver, the one-sided\u00adness of the respec\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adphet does not mean that God is also one-sided. But every ser\u00admon is also one-sided, not to put God in a fal\u00adse light, but to empha\u00adsise a point.
\nThe pro\u00adphet Hosea is someone who takes pret\u00adty much ever\u00ady\u00adthing upon hims\u00adelf. The com\u00admand to mar\u00adry a cer\u00adtain woman is Hosea\u2019s cal\u00adling as a pro\u00adphet. \u00abWhen the LORD<\/span> spo\u00adke to Hosea for the first time, he said to him: \u00abGo and mar\u00adry a har\u00adlot. With her you shall beget har\u00adlot child\u00adren. This is a sym\u00adbol that the land has beco\u00adme a pro\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adte: it has bro\u00adken its coven\u00adant with me and fal\u00adlen away from the LORD<\/span>. Then Hosea mar\u00adried Gomer, the daugh\u00adter of Diblai\u00adim. She beca\u00adme pregnant and gave Hosea a son\u00bb (Hosea 1:2\u20133 NLB<\/span>). What is almost uni\u00adma\u00adgi\u00adnable for us is car\u00adri\u00aded out by Hosea in this way. He sym\u00adbo\u00adli\u00adcal\u00adly reli\u00adves what the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel are doing to God. For his unfaithful wife is a para\u00adble for the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Israel.
\nWhat does it mean to be mar\u00adried? A mar\u00adria\u00adge is exclu\u00adsi\u00adve. It is only for the two peo\u00adp\u00adle who are mar\u00adried. They, in turn, have made a pro\u00admi\u00adse of fide\u00adli\u00adty to each other. This is the cru\u00adcial point. The faithful\u00adness to each other is the dif\u00adfe\u00adrence to any other rela\u00adti\u00adonship. But the\u00adre are dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pro\u00admi\u00adses of fide\u00adli\u00adty, and the\u00adse are also dif\u00adfe\u00adrent for sta\u00adte and church mar\u00adria\u00adges. While in civil mar\u00adria\u00adge only fide\u00adli\u00adty to each other is pro\u00admi\u00adsed, in church mar\u00adria\u00adge this is pro\u00admi\u00adsed for life. The mutu\u00adal pro\u00admi\u00adse of fide\u00adli\u00adty makes infi\u00adde\u00adli\u00adty much more serious. Gomer is a who\u00adre. That is, she pur\u00adsues infi\u00adde\u00adli\u00adty pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal\u00adly. But as she is descri\u00adbed, this is not only her occu\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adon, but also her natu\u00adre. It is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for her to be faithful. But why then is Hosea asked to mar\u00adry such a woman? It is becau\u00adse God equa\u00adtes his rela\u00adti\u00adonship with Isra\u00adel to a mar\u00adria\u00adge. The peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel had their God and thus many advan\u00adta\u00adges. If they ask for him, he will take care of them and it will go well with them. But they turn away from him. They beco\u00adme unfaithful and fol\u00adlow after ano\u00adther God. Just as Gomer decei\u00adves Hosea, so Isra\u00adel decei\u00adves its God with other gods.
\nI am fasci\u00adna\u00adted by the sto\u00adry of Hosea. He fol\u00adlows his holy God \u2013 even if it cos\u00adts him ever\u00ady\u00adthing. I can only ima\u00adgi\u00adne how the peo\u00adp\u00adle around him com\u00adment on his mar\u00adria\u00adge with: \u00abHow can you?\u00bb or how for\u00admer sui\u00adtors give Hosea a pro\u00admi\u00adsing wink. Hosea has a total of three child\u00adren with Gomer. Ima\u00adgi\u00adne the heart\u00adbreak if the mother of your child\u00adren is not faithful. But God needs this very unfaithful\u00adness as an image for his rela\u00adti\u00adonship with Isra\u00adel. As Hosea is faithful, so is God. What about us, do we fol\u00adlow God even when things get uncomfortable?
\nThe name is the programme
\nWhen my wife and I beca\u00adme par\u00adents over a year ago, we thought of many names. The mea\u00adning was not unim\u00adportant for us. In the pro\u00adcess, we came across the most bizar\u00adre and weird name mea\u00adnings \u2013 often even of names that are com\u00admon\u00adplace. Sin\u00adce I don\u2019t want to embarrass or offend anyo\u00adne, I won\u2019t tell you the mea\u00adning of names. Howe\u00adver, I have picked out a few place names that have a spe\u00adcial meaning.
\nHave you alre\u00ada\u00addy lon\u00adged for a hea\u00adven\u00adly place? No pro\u00adblem \u2013 then go to \u00abPara\u00addi\u00adse\u00bb, which is not far away and is loca\u00adted in the can\u00adton of Thur\u00adgau on the Rhi\u00adne. Fri\u00adends of ours even got mar\u00adried the\u00adre! Would you rather have some\u00adthing more rela\u00adted to life? How about a trip to \u00abCh\u00e4s und Brot\u00bb (cheese and bread), if this is not enough culina\u00adry for you, then go direct\u00adly to \u00abLa Sagne\u00bb. But if you think this is a \u00abjoke\u00bb, then take a detour to a very unfun\u00adny place \u2013 the \u00abWitz\u00adwil\u00bb penitentiary.
\nBut what does Hosea mean? It means some\u00adthing like \u00abThe Lord saves\u00bb. This is also the mes\u00adsa\u00adge of his book. The\u00adre is only one God who saves, so run\u00adning after other gods makes no sense.
\nAs I said, Hosea had three child\u00adren. The names for each of them were given by God hims\u00adelf. Just as with Hosea, the\u00adse were also a pro\u00adgram\u00adme and at the same time a thre\u00adat of jud\u00adge\u00adment. After the birth of the first son, we read the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing: \u00abAnd the LORD<\/span> said to him, \u00abName the child Jez\u00adre\u00adel, for soon I will punish the des\u00adcen\u00addants of Jehu becau\u00adse of the blood\u00adguilt that Jehu com\u00admit\u00adted in Jez\u00adre\u00adel. Then I will also put an end to the king\u00adship of the house of Isra\u00adel\u00bb (Hosea 1:4 NLB<\/span>). The boy\u2019s name refers to a place. If you think this name is alre\u00ada\u00addy spe\u00adcial, lis\u00adten to how the daugh\u00adter was named. \u00abFor the second time, Gomer beca\u00adme pregnant. This time she gave birth to a daugh\u00adter. The LORD<\/span> said to Hosea, \u00abName your daugh\u00adter Lo-ruha\u00admah. For I will no lon\u00adger have mer\u00adcy on my peo\u00adp\u00adle Isra\u00adel and will no lon\u00adger for\u00adgi\u00adve their sins\u00bb \u00bb (Hosea 1:6 NLB<\/span>) Lo-ruha\u00admah means \u00abnot-mer\u00adcy\u00bb or \u00abnot-loved\u00bb. But it goes even fur\u00adther. \u00abAfter Gomer had wea\u00adned her daugh\u00adter Lo-ruha\u00admah, she beca\u00adme pregnant again and gave birth to a son. And the LORD<\/span> said, \u00abName him Lo-Ammi. For you are not my peo\u00adp\u00adle and I will no lon\u00adger be the\u00adre for you\u00bb \u00bb (Hosea 1:8 NLB<\/span>). The three names were the pro\u00adgram\u00adme. On the one hand, a pre\u00addic\u00adtion of what God would do, but also a descrip\u00adti\u00adon of how God would deal with the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes becau\u00adse of their unfaithfulness.
\nJust as thre\u00adats of jud\u00adge\u00adment are part of bibli\u00adcal pro\u00adphe\u00adcy, so are announce\u00adments of sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. Here, too, the names are part of the pro\u00adgram\u00adme. For a glo\u00adrious time is coming. \u00abThen grain, gra\u00adpes and oli\u00adve trees can flou\u00adrish on the earth. And ever\u00adyo\u00adne will rejoice: \u00abJez\u00adre\u00adel\u00bb \u2013 \u00abGod is plan\u00adting!\u00bb (Hosea 2:24 NLB<\/span>). The omi\u00adnous names of Lo-Ruha\u00adma and Lo-Ammi are also lin\u00adked to a posi\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00admi\u00adse. For \u00abLo\u00bb is Hebrew and means \u00abnot.
\nIf you take this away, they beco\u00adme posi\u00adti\u00adve. \u00abOn this day you shall call your brot\u00adhers \u00abAmmi\u00bb and your sis\u00adters \u00abRuha\u00adma\u00bb \u00bb (Hosea 2:3 NLB<\/span>). The\u00adre is ano\u00adther pro\u00admi\u00adse of sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon that refers to the\u00adse names. \u00abThen I will sow her in her land, and she will be firm\u00adly plan\u00adted. I will love tho\u00adse I once cal\u00adled \u2019non-bel\u00adoved\u00bb. And to tho\u00adse I cal\u00adled \u2019not-my-peo\u00adp\u00adle\u00bb I will say, \u00abYou are my peo\u00adp\u00adle\u00bb. And they will ans\u00adwer, \u00abAnd you are our God\u00bb \u00bb (Hosea 2:25 NLB<\/span>). What is hap\u00adpe\u00adning here \u2013 God is tur\u00adning ever\u00ady\u00adthing around! He turns old into new, for\u00adeign into familiar.
\nHosea\u2019s name\u00adsa\u00adke ful\u00adfils mea\u00adning \u00abThe LORD<\/span> saves\u00bb.
\nUnfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly, chan\u00adge does\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpen that quick\u00adly. But Hosea shows stay\u00ading power with his wife. \u00abThen the LORD<\/span> said to me, \u00abGo and love a woman again, even if she lets hers\u00adelf be loved by other men on the side and con\u00adstant\u00adly breaks the mar\u00adria\u00adge. For the LORD<\/span> still loves the child\u00adren of Isra\u00adel, even though they wor\u00adship other gods and love sul\u00adta\u00adna cakes\u00bb \u00bb (Hosea 3:1 NLB<\/span>). At that time, sul\u00adta\u00adna cakes were eaten at sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal feasts to the god Baal and testi\u00adfied to the fact that this god was wor\u00adship\u00adped. But a time of sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon will come. \u00abThen I said to her: \u00abYou shall live in my house for a long time wit\u00adhout for\u00adni\u00adca\u00adting. During this time, you will not have sexu\u00adal inter\u00adcour\u00adse with anyo\u00adne, not even with me. This is a sym\u00adbol of the fact that Isra\u00adel will be wit\u00adhout a king or prin\u00adce for a long time, wit\u00adhout sacri\u00adfices, temp\u00adles, priests \u2013 yes, even wit\u00adhout idols! But then the peo\u00adp\u00adle will return to the LORD<\/span> their God and to the des\u00adcen\u00addant of David, their king. In the last days, the peo\u00adp\u00adle will come befo\u00adre the LORD<\/span>, trembling with awe, and recei\u00adve his good gifts\u00bb (Hosea 3:3\u20135 NLB<\/span>). One day, the peo\u00adp\u00adle will return to King David. Even tho\u00adse who were not part of it in the past will then come. This suc\u00adces\u00adsor is Jesus Christ.
\nDo you know what the name Jesus means? Jesus goes back to the Hebrew name \u00abJeho\u00adshua\u00bb which is trans\u00adla\u00adted as Joshua in Ger\u00adman. This in turn comes from the Hebrew \u00abHos\u00adhea\u00bb, which means Hosea in Ger\u00adman. All the\u00adse three names Joshua, Hosea and Jesus mean \u00abthe Lord saves\/helps\u00bb. With Hosea and Jesus, too, the name is the pro\u00adgram\u00adme. With Hosea it was the mes\u00adsa\u00adge that the peo\u00adp\u00adle should return from their wrong ways, becau\u00adse God wants to help them. With Jesus Christ it was he hims\u00adelf. He went to the peo\u00adp\u00adle who were despised.
\nI illus\u00adtra\u00adte the natu\u00adre of Jesus with an inci\u00addent. At that time, the Pha\u00adri\u00adsees were the reli\u00adgious lea\u00adders. They deci\u00added what was right and wrong. They strict\u00adly adhe\u00adred to the laws and com\u00admandments and did not hold back from poin\u00adting out their mista\u00adkes to others. Jesus was tra\u00advel\u00adling and saw Matthew sit\u00adting in his cus\u00adtoms house. At that time, tax coll\u00adec\u00adtors were con\u00adside\u00adred the worst scum. The reli\u00adgious peo\u00adp\u00adle hated them becau\u00adse they were shit\u00adty. The rest of the popu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon shun\u00adned them becau\u00adse they made com\u00admon cau\u00adse with the occu\u00adpy\u00ading power. But Jesus now goes to this very per\u00adson and says: \u00ab[\u2026] Come with me and fol\u00adlow me. [\u2026]\u00bb (Matthew 9:9 NLB<\/span>). Matthew gets up and fol\u00adlows him imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly. That evening he invi\u00adtes Jesus and his fri\u00adends to din\u00adner. They are joi\u00adn\u00aded by his fri\u00adends. They are a colourful group of tax coll\u00adec\u00adtors and other well-known sin\u00adners. In other words, peo\u00adp\u00adle who have vio\u00adla\u00adted a com\u00admandment or pro\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon. Ima\u00adgi\u00adne \u2013 Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in such com\u00adpa\u00adny. No won\u00adder the Pha\u00adri\u00adsees reac\u00adted defen\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly. \u00ab[\u2026] \u00abHow does your Mas\u00adter come to eat with such scum?\u00bb they asked his disci\u00adples\u00bb (Matthew 9:10 NLB<\/span>).
\nJesus sits the\u00adre with tho\u00adse with whom no one else sits. Why does he do this? Becau\u00adse it is pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly the\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle who need him. Becau\u00adse healt\u00adhy peo\u00adp\u00adle don\u2019t need a doc\u00adtor, but the sick do. Jesus Christ as holy man and at the same time holy God goes to unho\u00adly peo\u00adp\u00adle. Now comes the decisi\u00adve point of Jesus Christ. This appli\u00ades to you if you have been tra\u00advel\u00adling with Jesus for years. This is for you if you have only been tra\u00advel\u00adling with Jesus for a short time. This is for you if you have not been tra\u00advel\u00adling with him. He says to the Pha\u00adri\u00adsees: \u00ab[\u2026] Now go and think about what is meant by the word in Scrip\u00adtu\u00adre: \u00abI want you to be mer\u00adciful; I do not want your sacri\u00adfices. For I have come for sin\u00adners, not for tho\u00adse who think they are alre\u00ada\u00addy good enough\u00bb (Matthew 9:13 NLB<\/span>). The quo\u00adte from the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment is from Hosea 6:6. What is Jesus say\u00ading here? Only tho\u00adse who have rea\u00adli\u00adsed that they can\u00adnot get any\u00adwhe\u00adre on their own need sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. Tho\u00adse who want to be saved admit that they can\u2019t get any\u00adwhe\u00adre on their own. Jesus Christ came for all tho\u00adse who have reco\u00adg\u00adnis\u00aded that they are fai\u00adling on their own.
\nNow back to Hosea for a moment. Alt\u00adhough the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes deser\u00adved to be des\u00adtroy\u00aded becau\u00adse of their faithful\u00adness, God is mer\u00adciful. For he says of hims\u00adelf: \u00ab[\u2026] I am the Holy One who dwells among you, and I will not come down on you in anger\u00bb (Hosea 11:9 NLB<\/span>). The mes\u00adsa\u00adge that runs from Hosea to Jesus is this: They are both mes\u00adsen\u00adgers of for\u00adgi\u00adving love. This love is also rea\u00addy to for\u00adgi\u00adve you \u2013 even after the worst breach of faith.
\nThree ques\u00adti\u00adons to take away:<\/p>\n
\n\tWhe\u00adre have you been unfaithful to your God? Would it be time to rep\u00adent and be faithful to him again?
\n\tThe mes\u00adsa\u00adge of Hosea and Jesus is one of for\u00adgi\u00adving love. Are you rea\u00addy to for\u00adgi\u00adve others as God has for\u00adgi\u00adven you?<\/p>\n
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small group
\nBible text rea\u00adding: Hosea 1\u20133; Matthew 9:9\u201313<\/p>\n
\n\tWhe\u00adre have you been unfaithful to your God? Would it be time to rep\u00adent and be faithful to him again?
\n\tThe mes\u00adsa\u00adge of Hosea and Jesus is one of for\u00adgi\u00adving love. Are you rea\u00addy to for\u00adgi\u00adve others as God has for\u00adgi\u00adven you?
\n\tWhat about Hosea\u2019s sto\u00adry sho\u00adcked you? Whe\u00adre do you have questions?
\n\tHow important are the mea\u00adnings of names for you? Can you under\u00adstand that names can be more than just an address?
\n\tWhe\u00adre have you alre\u00ada\u00addy expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced God\u2019s for\u00adgi\u00adving love?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"