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The Love Of God Who

Tolerates Sinners

Endlessly106

[Hos 3:1-5] 

 

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

God knows our sins

but still loves us.

 

 

God told

'Hosea' to marry 'Gomer',

a woman who had committed

adultery and did evil.

 

 

Hosea was heartbroken

over the fact that his wife

was a adulterous woman.

 

 

However, he bought her

according to God's will.

 

 

Through this act of acceptance,

God reminded the Israelites

of their relationship with God.

 

 

God's love is beyond the

measure, and wherever we

 are, God is merciful to us.

 

 

God commanded 'Hosea'

to buy and bring back

his wife again,

 

 

whom he had wanted to

break off the relationship

with, and he obeyed to God.

 

 

This shows that God wanted

to establish a new relationship

with the Israelites. 

 

 

To save us sinners,

He paid a high price,

 

 

and this makes me thrilled

to think of God's precious

love and grace.

 

 

So, when each of us is going

through hard and tough lives,

it gives us a living hope

 

 

to think about this love

relationship with God. 

 

 

God wants us to

stand firm before God.

 

 

However, there are times

when we are seduced by the

world again due to our sinful nature

and live intoxicated by the world,

 

 

or we are thrown into the world

and suffer from the pessimistic

thought that our lives are

a series of hardships.

 

 

God sees through us,

who are vulnerable to sin,

as if through a clear mirror.

 

 

Just like the love of 'Hosea'

\who tolerated 'Gomer',

 

 

God waits patiently for all

of our spirits, souls, and

bodies to turn to the Lord

and observes us today.

 

 

Isn't this what proves to us

and makes us realize the

boundless love that God

tolerates us?

 

 

God paid the high price

through the atonement

of His one and only Son, 

 

 

Jesus Christ, in order to 

save us who have

sinful natures.

 

 

Therefore,

we must be true children

who fully follow God's grace,

giving thanks only to

God's love.

 

 

Then, how should we

live in Jesus Christ now?

 

 

1) We must live a changed life

while truly giving thanks

to the Lord who waited

for and tolerated us.

 

 

2) We must always remember

that we were once spiritually

like Gomer, and we must

live a humble life.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!  

 

 

I give glory, honor,

and thanks to God,

 

 

who saved me who lived

intoxicated by the world

without knowing God

in the past.

 

 

Help me to live a life of

obedience by following

only the Lord!

 

 

Amen

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2010/12/27

 

/ By Priscilla