DISCOURSE: 1153
THE CHARACTERISTIC MARKS OF TRUE PENITENCE
Hosea 6:1. _Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn,
and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up_.
THE spiritual dereliction which the people of God have at times
experienced, has ever been considered as the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1154
THE EFFECTS OF DILIGENCE IN RELIGION
Hosea 6:3. _Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his
going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as
the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth_.
THEY, who are strongly attached to human systems,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1155
MAN’S INSTABILITY AND GOD’S FORBEARANCE
Hosea 6:4. _O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall
I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the
early dew it goeth away_.
WHEREVER the Gospel is faithfully preached, some are savingly
converted by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1156
MERCY BEFORE SACRIFICE
Hosea 6:6. _I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of
God more than burnt offerings_.
THERE is a disposition in every man to substitute external observances
for the devotion of the heart; and to rest satisfied with rendering to
God some easy serv... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1157
OUR TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE COVENANT
Hosea 6:7. _But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant_.
THE merciful nature of God’s dispensations greatly aggravates our
guilt in violating his commandments. The law indeed which he imposed
upon the Jews was in some respects an intolerabl... [ Continue Reading ]