Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me. Sermons
I. THAT GOD'S DISPENSATIONS WITH MEN ARE CHARACTERIZED BY VARIETY. "I have bound and strengthened," or, "I have chastised and strengthened." The events of human life are of a mixed and conflicting character. There is affliction and health, prosperity and adversity, friendship and bereavement, sorrow and joy, wounding and healing. All these conflicting events are under the direction of the great Father, whose aim in all is to make his children "meet for the inheritance of the saints in light." As the soil to be fruitful requires the frosts of winter as well as the sunbeams of spring and summer, man requires trials as well as joys to make his spirit fruitful in good works. As the loving father has the good of his child at heart whether he chastens him with a rod or presses him to his bosom, so has the Almighty Father in all his dispensations with men, whether the painful or the pleasant. "All these things worketh God oftentimes in man, that he may bring him back from the pit and enlighten him with the light of the living." II. THAT WHATEVER THE CHARACTER OF THE DIVINE DISPENSATIONS, THEY ARE OFTEN PERVERTED. "They imagine mischief against me." It matters not what the treatment, they continue to rebel. They are like the sterile ground to which all seasons, all weathers, are alike. Observe: 1. The force of the human will. It can oppose the influences of God, and turn what he designs for good to in. Man is no passive being. He is not to be acted upon as a machine, not to be coerced either by anathemas or benedictions. He is a voluntary agent. This links him to moral government, makes him responsible for his actions, and invests his existence with a momentous solemnity. 2. The depravity of the human heart. This force of will explains, not man's rebellion, for regenerate souls and holy angels have it, and they run in the way of the Divine commandments. The reason of the rebellion is the depravity of the human heart, which is desperately wicked. CONCLUSION. Open your hearts to the various dispensations of Heaven. Be thankful for their variety. One is designed to touch a chord within thee that another cannot reach. The one may strike conviction of sin, another may tune thy heart to gratitude and hope. "God, full as kind as he is wise,
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against Me. Homilist. I. GOD'S DISPENSATIONS WITH MEN ARE CHARACTERISED BY VARIETY. The events of human life are of a mixed and conflicting character. But all are under the direction of the Great Father. As the soil to be fruitful requires the frosts of winter as well as the sunbeams of spring and summer, man requires trials as well as joys to make his spirit fruitful in good works.II. WHATEVER THE CHARACTER OF THE DIVINE DISPENSATIONS THEY ARE OFTEN PERVERTED. "They imagine mischief against Me" It matters not what the treatment, they continue to rebel. They are like the sterile ground, to which all seasons, all weathers are alike. Observe — 1. The force of the human will. It can oppose the influences of God, and turn what He designs for good to ill. Man is a voluntary agent. This links him to moral government, makes him responsible for his actions, and invests his existence with a momentous solemnity. 2. The depravity of the human heart. This force of will explains not man's rebellion, for regenerate souls and holy angels have it, and they run in the way of the Divine commandments. The reason of the rebellion is the depravity of the human heart, which is desperately wicked. Then open your hearts to the various dispensations of heaven; and be thankful for their variety. (Homilist.) People HoseaPlaces Assyria, Egypt, SamariaTopics Although, Arms, Bound, Designs, Devise, Evil, Imagine, Indeed, Instructed, Mischief, Plot, Strength, Strengthened, Taught, Though, Trained, Training, YetOutline 1. A reproof of manifold sins.11. God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy. Dictionary of Bible Themes Hosea 7:15Library October 6. "Ephraim, He Hath Mixed Himself" (Hos. vii. 8). "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself" (Hos. vii. 8). It is a great thing to learn to take God first, and then He can afford to give us everything else, without the fear of its hurting us. As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol. But when you become satisfied with God, everything else so loses its charm that He can give it to you without harm, and then you can take just as much as you choose, and use it for His glory. There is no harm whatever in having … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth Inconsideration Deplored. Rev. Joshua Priestley. Prayer to the Most High On the Animals Book vii. On the Useful or the Ordinary I Will Pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding Also- The Seventh Commandment Hosea Links Hosea 7:15 NIVHosea 7:15 NLT Hosea 7:15 ESV Hosea 7:15 NASB Hosea 7:15 KJV Hosea 7:15 Bible Apps Hosea 7:15 Parallel Hosea 7:15 Biblia Paralela Hosea 7:15 Chinese Bible Hosea 7:15 French Bible Hosea 7:15 German Bible Hosea 7:15 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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