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Lesson Summary:

Hosea prophesies the complete repentance, restoration, and return of Israel.

Focus Passage: Hosea 14.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Requirements for the Return (Hosea 14:1-3)

Principle: Returning to God Requires True Repentance.
Application: How does your life show that you have truly repented from your sins?
Scripture Reference

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
³⁸Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:37-38 (NASB)

II. Results of the Return (Hosea 14:4-7)

Principle: Returning to God results in Complete Restoration.
Application: How has the Lord restored you after your repentance?
Scripture Reference

¹²Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
¹³His soul will abide in prosperity, And his descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant.
Psalms 25:12-14 (NASB)

III. Reasons for the Return (Hosea 14:8-9)

Principle: Returning to God’s Ways is the only Wise Path to Life.
Application: How does your life show that you are walking in the ways of the Lord?
Scripture Reference

1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,Nor stand in the path of sinners,Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
²But his delight is in the law of the Lord,And in His law he meditates day and night.
³He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;And in whatever he does, he prospers.
Psalms 1:1-3 (NASB)