Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for November 6, 2022

Homecoming

Hosea 14:1-9

1. Prospect of Return 1-3

• Israel: turning the wrong way habitually
• request for forgiveness (6:6; Psa. 51:15-17)
• renunciation of false security
• recognition of the Lord’s faithfulness

2. Possibility of Restoration 4-8

• reminder of incurable waywardness
• portraits of reconciliation: freshness, stability and vigor
• appeal based on the Lord’s incomparable character
• constancy and fruitfulness (Gen. 41:52)

3. Principle of Continuation 9

• contrast between the upright and transgressors
• application for every reader
• connection to Christ: Luke 15, 1 John 1:9, 2:1-2

4. So What?

• Because the Lord is constant and compassionate, sinners like us can come home again.
• “…I need to repent of my repentance…” (Valley of Vision)
• Learn to “say farewell to futile hopes and false beliefs.” (D. Kidner)
• Hymns with a “Hosea” theme: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (Chisholm) and “Softly and Tenderly” (Thompson)