Hosea: God's Faithfulness in Christ - Doubled Minded

Our culture has created ethical non-monogamy or polyamory. For a long-time the world has engaged in polygamy, the practice of one man having multiple wives, or polyandry, the practice of one woman having multiple husbands. We see this in the Scriptures where Abraham, Jacob, and David had multiple wives even though God condemned the practice. But today’s culture has rejected monogamy (one man with one woman for life), blowing through the idea of a covenant marriage. Ethical non-monogamy, or polyamory, concludes that if the spouse knows about the other relationships and agrees to the practice, then having multiple partners remains ethical. Beyond the theological implications and fallacies, the ethics of it violate God’s clear instruction for marriage as an earthly institution that mirrors our spiritual and exclusive union to God through Christ. This is in fact why God uses Hosea’s broken marriage as His illustration of Israel’s unfaithfulness. Israel is spiritually polyamorous.

Our text this Sunday presents a deeper look at Israel’s spiritual non-monogamy. Israel added God to their lives but had not reserved themselves exclusively for Him. For them, God functions as one among many. In our text, God exposes further evidence of their deism which has led them to polytheism (multiple gods) and the tragic results of breaking covenant with Him. While it’s tragic, we hope in and walk united to Christ, who lived in spiritual monogamy with His Father. Join us as we worship and learn from Christ.