Warning

Hosea 3-8/Acts 27+28/Romans 1

            As Christians we have a tendency to read the warnings in the Bible as warnings to non-Christians. While there are some warnings to non-Christians the majority are for the church. We love to forget that we are still sinners who are forgiven. We get more warnings and more consequences because we know God.

            Hosea is really opening up my eyes to our faulty ideas of worship and repentance. Often times we feel sorrow because the crap is hitting the fan not because we've offended God. Then we try to please God the way we want to be pleased. We give God more stuff. We give God more money. We give God more time. What’s the problem with that? God doesn't need more stuff, money, or time. It’s all His anyway. Our blessing and honoring God with our lives, souls, hearts, and minds is not because He needs it. He delights in it because that’s how he originally made the world. Again He doesn't need it. God doesn't need us to obey. God gains nothing from us doing His will. He warns us, loves us, and tells us what to do for our gain and His glory.

            End of story.