There is no substitute for the preaching and teaching of God's Word. Each weekday on enjoying the journey, Scott Pauley leads us in a brief study of Scripture.

Today, on the weekend pulpit, we are happy to share a full-length Bible message given through Scott's pulpit ministry. These messages were recorded live in a local church or gospel event in recent days. It is our prayer that the message will be a help to you today. Let's open the Word of God together in the Old Testament one final time to the book of

Josea.

Jose chapter number 14.

I had a friend called me today and he did not know where in the world I was or what I was doing.

I told him I was in Texas preaching and he said,

well, tell me about the meeting and I told him a little about the meeting and I said, I've been

preaching all week from Jose 14. And immediately he got jumped through the phone. He said, that's my

favorite chapter of the Old Testament. You don't hear that very often, but I hope it's become or

becoming one of your favorite chapters of the Old

Testament. It truly is a great revival chapter. How many of you've been reading through

Josea this week? You've been reading through it. That's great. Well, I'd like to encourage you to do

something. Keep that going the rest of this week. Let's just make this week our week in this

little book of the Bible.

And even when the meeting concludes, keep reading. And if you want to take one chapter,

just read it and reread it, reread it, reread it, read Jose chapter 14. I'm telling you,

it's like a deep mind. Every time you roll your sleeves up and crawl into that diamond mine,

you come out with more riches. Isn't that just like our infinite God?

You cannot exhaust a God who is endless. There is no searching of his understanding. There is

no exhausting of his truth. One author I saw just today said, Jose 14, is like a rainbow

put over the flood of Josea.

I think that's true.

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