#1,186 – The Compassion of God (Hosea 11:8-9)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 6 November 2020

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God has been incredibly compassionate with us despite our sin and the wrath we deserve. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.5	O'Shea Chapter 11, verses 8 and 9.
0:08.9	How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
0:11.3	How can I hand you over, O Israel?
0:14.3	How can I make you like Adma?
0:16.7	How can I treat you like Zeboim?
0:19.4	My heart recoils within me.
0:22.6	My compassion grows warm and tender.
0:25.6	I will not execute my burning anger.
0:28.6	I will not again destroy Ephraim.
0:31.6	For I am God and not a man, the holy one in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
0:40.0	This chapter is one of the most beautiful pictures of God's love.
0:46.3	I would say in all of the Bible.
0:48.4	It starts from the very beginning in Josead chapter 11, verse 1,
0:52.1	when God speaks of his people Israel like a child whom he loves
0:57.6	out of Egypt he says I called my son whole picture here just like we've seen in
1:03.7	Josea a picture of God's love for his people like a husband's love for his wife and specifically in
1:12.8	Josea an unfa faithful wife.
1:15.6	But here the imagery shifts from the love of a father for his son.
1:20.1	Just the imagery throughout this chapter specifically talks about just how God raised up his
1:27.2	people as his child, like taught them to walk, took them by the
1:32.4	arms and wrapped them in cords of kindness and bands of love. It's such a powerful picture.
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