BLESSED IS THE NATION

THE BELIEVERS BIBLE STUDY
General Subject
Stewards of The Mysteries of God
Topic: Blessed is The Nation

Scripture Reading: (Hosea 4)
Purpose: Blessed is the Nation
By Paul B Thomas

A MINI COURSE

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. 3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away (Hosea 4:1)

1.God has a controversy with the people
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (Hosea 4:1)

2..Rampant Crime and lawlessness in the city

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! 2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. 3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.… (Hosea 4:1-3)

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. (Isaiah 2:4-6)

Where there is no law the people ramp violent. Murder and stealing brings fear to the inhabitants as they loose trust in local government No one benefits but the criminals the thieves and the reckless, why the law covers them. The law favours the unjust and so business is destroyed as business folks abandon the state. as the scripture states, 3'Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away.' (Hosea 4:3)

2.You will become slaves to other nations
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. (DEUT 28:47)

3.Your gates shall be useless Foreigners will besiege your cities
They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you. (V;52).

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustest, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. (KJV)

4.Pandemics and plagues shall be your portion
If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God— He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. (Deuteronomy 28:59, 60-61).

5. Those who speak with interity shall be a laughing stock
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity. (Amos 5:10)
“Don’t say such things,” the people respond. “Don’t prophesy like that. Such disasters will never come our way!” (Micah 2:6 NLT).

“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.” 7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” .. (Micah 2:6 Berean)

6. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine,
…..but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3,4)

7. The wicked will call bad, ‘good’ and Good ‘evil!’
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. (Isaiah 5:20).

8. Gods promise
1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths. ”For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Then He will judge between many people and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation nor will they train anymore for war. And each man will sit under his own vineyard, under his own fig tree with no one to frighten him For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken. Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever. (Isaiah 2L:1-5) (Micah 4:1-5)

NOTES:

Note the cause for the problems, anti God rebellion ‘there is no knowledge of God in the land’ Its amazing how in the twenty first century has at it’s disposal all the means necessary for getting the good news of the gospel out there to every man in every place, 24/7 yet however today's generation seems to display much ignorance of God than any before it, Even in America and Britain once seen as Christ nations the signs of the deuteronical curses are most evident. The answer I believe lies in the beliefs of the church we have replaced the one God with trinitarianism's triune God, born of water and spirit with easy believism. as well as a host of other practices that have become doctrines to which God will not honor. such practices rob us of the living witness of what our faith is truly about.

Questions to Consider: 1.When nations set themselves against God what happens (Psalm 2:4,5) 2. Whose hand does God move? (Proverbs 21:1) 3. God’s sovereignty is his right and power to do all that he decides to do. (Job 42:2) What do you understand about God's sovereignity?For further Study: Literature: visit brother Paul on amazon for pentecostal/ apostolic ebookshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Thomas/e/B005SRDAES

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