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 our Bibles, in the Old Testament, to the little book of Hosea.

Hosea is the first of what is referred to as the minor prophets.

And let me hastily tell you, God has no minor

messages. Even the minor prophets have major themes. They're called minor, not because they are

less important, they're called minor because they are smaller in size. How many of you know

God can say a whole lot in a short period of time?

And the minor prophets are proof of that. And I think it's very appropriate that

Josea is the first of these minor prophets, this section of the Old Testament, because

he really stands out head and shoulders above the rest based on his theme. I mean by that we know all

scriptures given by inspiration of God and is profitable. We need it all. But Josea's theme, and I love

this, is the love of God. And let me just tell you, there's nothing like the love of God and the God

who is love. And so, Josea brings us to the Lord, nearer to God. I think it was

Vance Havner that used to say that revival

is one thing. It's God's people

falling in love with Jesus

all over again. I like that.

And when you come to the book of

Hosea, you see not only

God's love for you,

you see your lack of love for him.

As a matter of fact,

...