We are ending Hosea this week... The last chapter is all about... repentance and forgiveness.
The thing that sticks out this week... is that it's not God who makes the first move... it's us. WE have to take the first step towards our Savior...
God promises that He won't turn us away... but... first we have to come...
The thing that sticks out this week... is that it's not God who makes the first move... it's us. WE have to take the first step towards our Savior...
God promises that He won't turn us away... but... first we have to come...
You know... the story of the prodigal son is like that... I think it was dad's sermon this week... or maybe on the faith video we watched last week... idk... but anyway... he said you know... there were all these stories about searching out the lost... The parable of the lost coin... the woman swept until she found it. The story of the shepherd leaving the 99 to go find the one...
But the prodigal son? The Father waited on him... He didn't go running after him to drag him back...
The lost? Yeah they need to be sought out... those who know truth and are just running from it? well... sometimes they just need to figure out that they can't do things on their own...
"When our will is weak, when our thinking is confused, and when our conscience is burdened with a load of guilt, we must remember that God cares for us continually; His love knows no bounds...." (footnote from Life Application Study Bible)
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