Israel had given away their heart to sin. Today we think about the call to keep our hearts with all diligence.

We have been talking for several weeks about the blessing of fellowship. As we enter the Christmas season, we find that this is one of two primary purposes for the coming of Jesus Christ. May our celebrations surrounding Christ's birth exhort us to seek, not only the salvation of a God who came to save men, but also the fellowship of a God who IS with us.

A rejection of truth, mercy, and knowledge lead to moral depravity, loss, and mourning. We consider this theme of knowledge in the prophecy of Hosea in Hosea 4.

1 John is written that our joy may be full. In this final survey sermon, we consider the lies in our lives that might strip from us fellowship, and so fullness of joy.

Last week we learned that it is the birthright of the believer to have fullness of joy. This week we contemplate how we come to this joy.

The direct context of Hosea 3 teaches us that God will one day redeem Israel. The extended application connects well to the Church's redemption. Most literally, however, the example of Hosea and Gomer teaches us important things about being a husband. We speak about those this evening.

LBC has spent the whole year memorizing 1 John 1. Now, as we come to our final month, we are going to talk about what it means.

The account of Hosea and Gomer serves to teach us that God still has a plan for the nation of Israel, but it also serves a much more personal metaphor of redemption. In our time together, we consider the connection between the redemption of Gomer in Hosea 3, and our own redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ.

In Psalm 138 David expresses his confidence in the promises of God, giving him a hope for the future and compelling him to the heights of praise. May it do the same for us as we think on this blessed Psalm.

We come to the conclusion of the narrative surrounding Hosea and Gomer, where we find Hosea purchase his wife's redemption. God uses this act of sacrificial love as a prophetic promise of Israel's future. We connect those dots in our time together today.