1. God Sent
Hosea to
Speak God’s
Unconditional
Love

2. HOSEA
-The son of
Beeri
-His name
means
“salvation”
-The prophet
during the
reign of
Uzziah,

3. HOSEA
-Married
GOMER,
daughter
of Diblaim
-CHILDREN:
Jezreel,
Unloved

4. HOSEA
-Message:
God’s
grace and
love, a
love that
remained
constant

5. HOSEA
“God used
his whole
miserable,
tragic
experience
of
personal

6. 3 Basic Themes of Hosea’s Direct Preaching
1. God’s
relationshi
p to
Israel
was
initiated by
divine love

7. 3 Basic Themes of Hosea’s Direct Preaching
2. That
relationshi
p was
spurned
(rejected)
by
Israel’s

8. 3 Basic Themes of Hosea’s Direct Preaching
3. That
relationshi
p was
maintained
by divine
loyalty
(Hosea

9. God’s Love
“God is
love” and
love is His
first gift,
containing
all
others.

10. God’s Love
“God is
love” and
love is His
first gift,
containing
all
others.

11. God’s Love
God who
created
man out of
love also
calls him
to love
the

12. LOVE