Hosea 4

 SCRIPTURE

Hosea 4

COMMENT

Understanding. The people of Israel were unfaithful. Not only unfaithful, but engaging in activities that violated God's standards. As a result, they would suffer. They destroyed themselves for a lack of knowledge. The priests were held to account, because they had forgotten the law of God.

There is a special accountability for leaders. I think of the leaders of today and the crap they spew from their lips in the name of God. Their lack of knowledge is appalling, and perhaps a reason that we are headed where I believe we may be headed as a country. You can blame the politicians all you want, but ultimately we are responsible for a generation that seeks pleasure, relief, and freedom from obligation. For a generation that does not know the meaning of individual responsibility or hard work. For a generation that wants what the government can give it, ignorant of the cost or who will ultimately pay for it. 

We have forsaken God because we do not know nor do we understand Him. We attribute love to Him, and then define that love by His gifts. When things are not as we desire, we just say that He does not exist. We have no understanding or knowledge of God or truth. The only truth we will accept is our own truth. Or the truth that is put out to garner our votes. We are the whores this chapter speaks of. That is a hard truth to accept. And yet, God loves us. He pursues is in His ways. If that means He must remove His mercy for a time, He will do that. Will it lead to our repentance?