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.

Osaya is a book that reveals the love and forgiveness and mercy and grace of Almighty God.

How many of you think we could use some of that, yes?

And the really interesting thing about the book of Oscea is that that picture of God's unfailing love and his mercy and forgiveness and the hope that grows out of it is set in the context of home life.

It is set in the context of family.

Now, the book is primarily a message to the nation of Israel.

We are not Israel. Israel and the church are not the same thing.

But this is so wonderful.

When he speaks to the nation, he speaks through the family.

And because of that, he gives us some very practical application

I think we can take and bring to our own hearts and bring into our own homes. And so here's

what I'm going to do. In the morning hours, I'm going to teach you from a book in the New Testament

every morning, and we're going to have a great time doing that. But in the evening meetings, we're going to

pitch our tent, drive our stake in the ground, get our shoveling our pick and start digging around, and we're just

going to live in the little book of Josea. So everybody grab your Bible ribbon, your marker, some way to

mark your Bible. I want you to mark the book of Josea because this is where we're going to come

every evening. And you may even want to, in your own personal devotions, read through it.

In some ways, the book of Osea is a tragedy.

...