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Hosea 1 · Grade 5

You Are Children of the Living God

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Hosea prophesied to the northern kingdom of Israel. When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, He told him to take a wife of prostitution, for the land commits great adultery, departing from Yahweh. God was not describing a scene for its own sake. He was using Hosea's marriage as a living picture of how Israel had left God, its faithful husband, to follow other gods.

Hosea took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and God named the children. Jezreel announced that God would cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. Lo-Ruhamah meant God would no longer have mercy on the house of Israel. Lo-Ammi declared, you are not my people, and I will not be yours. The names reversed God's promises to Abraham and Moses.

Yet the chapter does not end in judgment. The number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured or counted. Where they were called not my people, they will be called children of the living God. In the New Testament, Paul quotes Hosea: I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved (Romans 9:25).

Show What You Know

  1. What did Hosea's marriage picture?

  2. What did Lo-Ammi declare?

  3. What would the number of Israel be like?

  4. What will those once called not my people be called?

  5. In the New Testament, who quotes Hosea about God calling a people?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. prophesied to the northern kingdom of Israel.
  2. was not describing a scene for its own sake.
  3. Hosea took the daughter of Diblaim, and God named the children.
  4. Jezreel announced that God would cause the kingdom of the house of to cease.
  5. Lo-Ruhamah meant God would no longer have on the house of Israel.

Think About It

  1. God turned not my people into children of the living God. In the New Testament, Paul applies these words to people God has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles (Romans 9:24-25). How does that encourage you?

  2. Hosea obeyed God even when it cost him. What could obeying God cost you, and why is He worth it?

Memory Verse

“Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Hosea 1:10 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the families You give us. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Hosea's family life became a sermon to the nation. How might God use the ordinary parts of your life to speak to others?
  • How can you welcome a new kid into your group?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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