A Sermon from Hosea 6:1-3.Introduction
When you think about what's going on in our world, what do you think is the great need of the day? Here's what one politician who's running for president said about the need of our country:
“Unity is the great need of the hour - the great need of this hour. Not because it sounds pleasant or because it makes us feel good, but because it's the only way we can overcome the essential deficit that exists in this country. I'm not talking about a budget deficit. I'm not talking about a trade deficit. I'm not talking about a deficit of good ideas or new plans. I'm talking about a moral deficit.”
Unity is great. It is helpful in government, in business, in communities and families and churches. But is that our great need for the day?
I read an article recently that said this of the world's greatest need: “Leadership wisdom is the greatest need of our time. It will be perhaps the most important need of the 21st century. God's kind of leadership is the only leadership that can lead our societies into a real and genuine change.”
Wise and godly leadership is great! We need more of it... in all aspects of life. But is that our greatest need for the day?
Tonight, I want us to look at our text, Hosea 6:1-3. And I want us to see that what was the greatest need for their day, is the greatest need for our day also. The great need for their day... the great need for our day... is repentance.
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This month will be applied theology as Jason Kovacs of the Abba Fund will be coming to speak to us about how to encourage adoption in our churches. This is a very important subject and one way that Christians can display the grace of God in a tangible way to our lost world. Anyone who is interested can come, but all pastors in particular are urged to come and listen.