DISCOURSE: 1162
THE DANGER OF FALSE CONFIDENCE
Hosea 8:2. _Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel
hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him_.
THERE is not a more intimate connexion between any two things than
between sin and misery. However specious an appear... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1163
THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN INNOCENCE
Hosea 8:5. _How long will it be ere they attain to innoceney?_
IT is impossible to read the history of God’s ancient people, or to
survey the world around us, without being filled with wonder at the
patience and forbearance of God. In vai... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1164
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN
Hosea 8:7. _They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the
whirlwind_.
MISERY is attached to sin as its inevitable consequence. This
connexion does not always appear to a superficial observer. On the
contrary, transgression often seems productive of happin... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1165
MEN’S DISREGARD OF THE GOSPEL
Hosea 8:12. _I have written to him the great things of my Law, but
they were counted as a strange thing_.
GOD, in estimating the sins of men, takes into his consideration all
the aggravations with which they are committed. For instance; the
warnings whi... [ Continue Reading ]