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何西阿书［第8章］
Book of Hosea 8

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何西阿书［第8章］ |Book of Hosea 8

【以色列背约弃神】

主讲：林国晶传道
09/05/2023

引言：

因神的百姓不肯接受神的医治和救赎。所以，神就一一的指出他们背弃神所犯的罪行并他们要承担的后果。

一、违背神律法(v1-3)

神命令先知何西阿吹角警告并宣告他们会遭受敌人像鹰一般迅速来临，攻击耶和华的家，兵灾战祸将无可逃避。这完全是因为‘这民违背我的约，干犯我的律法’的缘故。因为他们故意忘记施恩予他们、造他们的主，虽然神的警告早已经临到他们。

二、凭己意行事（v4-6）

以色列百姓总是凭己意，而不愿按神的心意行事。我们可以从他们立王、敬拜金牛犊，还有他们没有归向神，就算神一直给他们机会。所以，他们必要面对自己犯罪的后果、无可推诿。

三、倚靠外邦人（v7-10）

以色列崇拜偶像，与外邦结盟，并没有带来任何保护，反而因为寻求自保背离神，而为自己带来了灭亡。北国不肯归向神、倚靠神，一意孤行地投奔并向亚述进贡。然而，神的审判、亚述的入侵要如同猛烈的炫风般，临到以色列。

四、倚靠外邦神（v11-13）

以色列民增添了祭坛。不单以拜金牛赎来代替耶和华神，更增加巴力、亚舍拉的祭坛，又有属于亚兰和亚述的祭坛。 他们不再信任神，反相信外邦的神能保佑他们，使他们兴旺。然而，神曾吩咐以色列人不可以在圣殿的祭坛以外另筑别坛献祭。因此，必记念他们的罪孽，追讨他们的罪恶。

五、忘记造他主（v14）

以色列民本应倚靠造他们的主，却遗忘神而把安全寄托在自己所造的事物上。南北两国都倚靠自己所造的偶像和「宫殿、坚固城」，结果只是堆积预备焚烧的干柴。因此，神将摧毁他们所造的这一切。

总结：及时回转

今天，耶稣以宝血和我们立约，但若我们背约，我们就把自己放回被掳的光境，也丢弃神所赐给我们的福份。因此，若我们发现自己已不经意的远离神，寻求其他的保障，我们就要及时回转，得回神所要赐给我们的福份。

Hosea 8: Israel forsook God by breaking the covenant
GK611 Morning Devotion
09/05/2023
The Morning Devotion Speakers: Ps Stella Ling

Introduction：

Because God's people would not accept God's healing and salvation. Therefore, God points out one by one the sins they had committed in forsaking God and the consequences they would have to bear.

1. Breaking God's law (v1-3)

God commanded the prophet Hosea to blow the trumpet to warn and announce that they would suffer the swift coming of enemies like eagles against the house of the Lord, and that there would be no escape from the plague of war. This was because 'Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. For they had deliberately forgotten the Lord who had given them grace and made them, even though God's warning had already come to them.

2. Acting on their own will (v4-6)

The people of Israel always acted on their own will, rather than on God's. We can see this in their making kings, their worship of the golden calf, and their failure to turn to God, even though God had always given them the opportunity to do so. Therefore, they had to face the consequences of their sins and were not to be blamed.

3. Leaning on the Gentiles (v7-10)

Israel's idolatry and alliance with the Gentiles did not bring any protection, but brought about its own destruction by seeking self-preservation and turning away from God. The northern kingdom refused to turn to God and rely on Him, and was bent on defecting to and paying tribute to Assyria. However, God's judgment, the Assyrian invasion, would come upon Israel like a violent wind.

4. Dependence on foreign gods (v11-13)

The people of Israel added altars. Not only did they worship the golden calf ransom in place of the Lord God, but they added altars to Baal and Asherah, and altars belonging to Aram and Assyria. They no longer trusted God, but believed that the foreign gods could bless them and make them prosperous. However, God had commanded the Israelites not to build an altar other than the altar of the temple to offer sacrifices. Therefore, their sins will be remembered and their iniquity will be recovered.

5. Forgetting their maker (v14)

The people of Israel, who should have relied on the Lord who made them, forgot God and put their security in the things they had made. Both the north and the south relied on their own idols and "temples and fortified cities", which turned out to be nothing more than a heap of dry wood ready to be burned. God will therefore destroy all that they have made.

Conclusion: Turning back in time

Today Jesus has made a covenant with us in his blood, but if we break it, we put ourselves back into captivity and forfeit the blessings God has given us. Therefore, if we find ourselves inadvertently turning away from God and seeking other security, we need to turn back in time to regain the blessings that God wants to give us.