Hosea: God's Faithfulness in Christ - Refusing Treatment

One of my favorite channels presents videos of vehicles that are taken to a service center with customer complaints. The narrator says, “Customer complains he hears a clunk when he hits the brakes.” Then the videographer shows that the customer’s brakes are completely worn out, grinding the rotors to powder. What’s fascinating is what is said next, “Customer refused service and drove away.” Why would the customer refuse service? Why would they drive away knowing the danger? It’s scary to think that people are driving around with cars in this condition.

In our text this week God says that He wants to heal Israel, but they stubbornly refuse to return to Him. They don’t want to give up their sin, but more importantly they are convinced that they can solve their own problems: we’ll remove the king; we’ll turn to others for help; we’ll turn to Baal. The one thing they won’t do is turn to the Lord for help, even though He longs to heal them. Join us Sunday as we worship the One who came to heal our hearts!