A Typical Portrait of a People
Homilist
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.…


I. A HIGHLY FAVOURED PEOPLE.

1. God loved them.

2. God emancipated them.

3. God educated them.

4. God healed them.

5. God guided them.

6. God relieved them.

7. God fed them.

II. A SIGNALLY UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE.

1. They disobeyed, God's teaching.

2. They gave themselves to idolatry.

3. They ignored God s kindness.

4. They persistently backslided.

III. A RIGHTEOUSLY PUNISHED PEOPLE. The judgment would be —

1. Extensive; and

2. It should continue; and

3. It should be destructive.Is not this history of this people typical? Do not they represent especi ally the peoples of modern Christendom, highly favoured of God, signally ungrateful to God, and exposed to punishment from God?

(Homilist.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

WEB: "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.




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