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"Sons of the living God"

Text: Hosea 1:10

A GLORIOUS CHANGE OF RELATIONSHIP

Solemn words were uttered against Israel. Understanding it superficially, it would mean the end of the existence of Israel. But there was a deeper message that needed to be proclaimed!

“Yet the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There it shall be said to them,
‘You are sons of the living God.'”
Hosea 1:10

1. Israel as a kingdom-nation

a) This will end as Hosea prophesied.

b) The Assyrians would destroy Israel as a kingdom (722 BC).

2. The children of Israel

a) They will continue to be blessed by the Lord.

b) War may kill many people.

c) But the children of Israel would populate again.

i) Their numbers would be as the sand of the sea.

ii) They would never be exterminated completely.

3. “Not My people”

a) This is with reference to Israel as a nation.

b) Temporarily Israel will cease to be a nation.

c) The sins of the people had to be judged and the sentence carried out.

4. “Sons of the living God”

a) This describes a new relationship.

b) The focus is on the individual.

c) Each believer would be called “a child of God”.

d) All believers are privileged to be called “sons of the living God”.

e) The application of this truth would extend to Gentiles.

f) The Person who would make this possible would be the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

g) He would give the authority for believers to be called “children of God” (John 1:12).