Berean Bible Church

The Prophets

Lesson V

The Value of Truth

January 31, 2010

I Introduction

Gomer’s unfaithfulness to Hosea, is used to illustrate Israel’s unfaithfulness to her God.

The Bible clearly teaches that the children of Israel are His chosen people

In the book of Hosea there are at least three major subjects

1. Israel’s continued backslidings and unfaithfulness to God
2. God’s continued workings with Israel and for Israel during their unfaithfulness
3. God’s unfailing faithfulness is seen in His patiently restoring the Nation to a full and final place of being a blessing to the Nations of the world

II Hosea 4:1-16 Israel’s unfaithfulness

God’s faithfulness never changes

Lamentations 3:22-23 Great is Thy faithfulness

2 Thessalonians 3:3 The Lord is faithful

2 Timothy 3:13 He abideth faithful

Titus 1:2 God cannot lie

Hosea 4:1. God has a case against Israel. Three things are absent

1. There is no truth (in the land)

2. There is no mercy (in the land)

3. There is no knowledge of God in the land

Hosea 4:2 The sins that have taken the place of truth, mercy and knowledge of God are listed

Swearing and lying, killing and stealing, adultery and blood touches blood means, -murder is common. It sounds like a daily news report in B.C.!

III John Huss , burned at the stake July 6,1415 , wrote:

1 Seek the truth

2 Listen to the truth

3 Learn the truth

4 Love the truth

5 Speak the truth

6 Hold the truth

7 Defend the truth until death

IV When truth, faithfulness, and knowledge of God go out, sin rushes in!

John 1:17 grace is linked with truth

John 8:32 truth makes free

John 17:17 truth sanctifies

1 Corinthians 5:8 truth is linked with sincerity

Ephesians 4:15 love and truth are linked

2 Timothy 4:4 to turn from truth, turns one to fables