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“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:34-35 (NIV)
1. GOD’S LOVE PURSUES ME
Then the LORD said to me, “Go and get your wife again. Bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the LORD still loves Israel even though the people have turned to other gods, offering them choice gifts.
Hosea 3:1 (NLT)
2. GOD’S LOVE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute…
Hosea 1:2 (NLT)
Then the LORD said to me, “Go and get your wife again. Bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the LORD still loves Israel even though the people have turned to other gods, offering them choice gifts.
Hosea 3:1 (NLT)
3. GOD’S LOVE IS CONSTANT
So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and about five bushels of barley and a measure of wine. Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution.
Hosea 3:2-3 (NLT)
Then the LORD said to me, “Go and get your wife again. Bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the LORD still loves Israel even though the people have turned to other gods, offering them choice gifts.
Hosea 3:1 (NLT)
4. GOD’S LOVE PARDONS ME
Then the LORD said to me, “Go and get your wife again. Bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the LORD still loves Israel even though the people have turned to other gods, offering them choice gifts.
Hosea 3:1 (NLT)
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:34-35 (NIV)