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Pamphlet 1477 Hos kc 20-2

Forsake His Word and "sow to the wind" and you "will reap a whirlwind"

Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
[2] And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
The following verse makes it very clear, using simple everyday examples that everyone is familiar with, exactly what a person, even a nation, will amount to if he or she embraces the traditions of men and relies on his or her own understanding...
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
They shall be...

... like the morning fog burned off by the sun,
... like the dew dried up by the first rays of sunlight,
... like the chaff blown away by the wind,
... like the smoke rising into thin air.

Remember, you shall reap what you sow. Forsake His Word and "sow to the wind" and you "will reap a whirlwind" of fury from your Father (Hosea 8:7).

[4] Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Again, don't you realize O' Ephraim, O' America, that there is only One God and One Redeemer? Sometimes is seems that if brains were gasoline our people wouldn't have enough to power a flea on a motorcycle twice around the inside of a Cheerio. You see, there is NO release from Egypt, i.e. NO release from bondage, either Nationally or Individually, apart from the One and only Savior. If you want to be free then you must know the truth, for only He can set you free. John 17:17 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." Therefore, you can kiss all the golden calves you want but bull will always be bull!

Read and understand the HIStory of what He has done for us, His people!

Hosea 13:5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Either you believe God did these things or you don't. Which is it? If you truly believe that He did, then you would believe He is quite capable now, wouldn't you? Since we are doing some recapping here, recall to mind once again 1 Cor. 10:11 regarding the historical types, the ensamples of old. Then know that this great land (America) IS the "wilderness" and it IS a land of great (spiritual) drought, even a valley of dry bones (Ezek. 37). However, though we are blessed materially more than any other nation in the history of mankind, we have forgotten His Word.
[6] According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
ALL blessings flow from our Father, beginning with our lives and the very air we breathe. But the great lesson we should have learned is when our people become prosperous through His blessings they become "spoiled brats" and become a bunch of "fat heads" and they begin to lean on their own understand and leave off studying and following after the Word of God.

The time of peace and prosperity is therefore a greater test of faith and love than adversity itself. Most men will cry out to God when they are hung upside in a well. But when they are standing atop the well and it is pumping oil and depositing great wealth into their pockets, will they then cry out to God?

Hosea 13:6 ..."Therefore have they forgotten me."


Editor's Note: Patrick Henry and our other Christian Founding Fathers must be very ashamed when they look down and see what we've done to this great nation they formed under God's guidance in 1776.

So... pay day is coming.
[7] Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
[8] I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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