Hosea 7:2 I. Look at the fact of God's remembrance of sin. (1) God remembers all kinds and degrees of sin; secret and open, wilful and negligent. (2) God remembers the sins of all men; the sins of the young and of the aged, of the well-known citizen and of the stranger. (3) God remembers the sins o... [ Continue Reading ]
Hosea 7:8 There is something in the character of some men which resembles a burnt loaf: a cake left too long with one side exposed to the fire till it has caught and been scorched, while the other side is still mere dough. The character described is easily legible. It is that in which there is a t... [ Continue Reading ]
Hosea 7:9 Gray hairs are a sign of decay. They are here the marks of age, the premonitory symptoms of dissolution; and so the truth the text announces is that men, many men, live in ignorance, and act in disregard, of signs that should warn and alarm them. In illustration of this I remark I. It ap... [ Continue Reading ]
Hosea 7:14 I. The grand motive which should influence the sinner in turning to God is love to the kind and gracious Father, who has so long borne with his waywardness; and a sincere desire to promote His glory. II. A reliance on a deathbed repentance implies a doubt of the declarations of the Bibl... [ Continue Reading ]