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Dolterous, unfaithful wife, and have a family that's marked by adultery and unfaithfulness.

And the imagery here is obviously so potent.

This picture of God saying this is what sin is.

It is spiritual adultery.

I know there are likely people listening to this right now who have experienced this

in your marriage or family, and I don't presume to know all the hurt that goes with that,

having walked through that with couples alongside couples, I've seen the effects.

And at the same time, I've seen the effects of God's grace and God's mercy and God's redemption.

And that's the whole picture from the very beginning of Hosea.

God's saying, sin is serious.

Sin is spiritual adultery that God's people had run after the things of this world.

It had been unfaithful to God in a horrifying, terrible, hurtful way.

But God is calling Hosea to bring good news to his people that he loves them anyway,

that he will forgive them and he will bring them back, that he will redeem them,

that he will restore them if they will trust in him.

So to hear this from the very beginning of Hosea, let's remember one,

how serious sin is.

Let's not run.

Oh, let's not run around on God on Jesus.

Let's run to him.

Let's be faithful to him today.

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