Shepherding the Flock - My People Are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge - Hosea 4:6-14

Pastor Scott Markle · September 28, 2016

Meditations in Hosea

1.   The Case
      Hosea 4:6a – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”

2. The Cause

     A. They rejected God’s wisdom.
          Hosea 4:6b – “Because thou hast rejected knowledge . . . .”

     B. They neglected God’s Word.
          Hosea 4:6c – “Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God . . . .”

     C. They disobeyed God’s will.
          Hosea 4:10c – “. . . Because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.”

3.   The Circumstance
      Hosea 4:7a – “As they were increased, so they sinned against me.”
      Hosea 4:11 – “Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.”

4.   The Choice

      A. Of Pursuit
            Hosea 4:8a – “They eat up the sin of my people.”

      B. Of Priority
            Hosea 4:8b – “And they set their heart on their iniquity.”

5. The Counsel
      Hosea 4:12a – “My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them.”

6.   The Corruption

      A. In Desire
            Hosea 4:12b – “For the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err.”

      B. In Direction
            Hosea 4:12c – “And they have gone a whoring from under their God.”

      C. In Discernment
            Hosea 4:13a – “They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under
            oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good.”

7.   The Consequence

      A. Loss of Fellowship
           Hosea 4:6b – “Because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest
           to me.”

      B. Destruction of Family
            Hosea 4:6c – “Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
            Hosea 4:13b – “Therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit
            adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they
            commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the
            people that doth not understand shall fall.”

      C. Emptiness of Fortunes
            Hosea 4:7b – “Therefore will I change their glory into shame.”
            Hosea 4:9-10 – “And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and
            reward them their doings. For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and
            shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.”

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