Read: Hosea 4:1-5:15; 2 John 1:1-13; salm 125:1-5; Proverbs 29:9-11
Israel was in a bad state. There was no faith, no love and no acknowledgement of God in the land. There was only lawlessness, adultery and bloodshed. The land mourned and the animals and fish were dying. The spiritual leaders were just as sinful as the people. The people were being destroyed because they had no knowledge. Their priests were not teaching them God’s laws so there was no foundation. God was going to punish the priests, first, for all their sins. Because they chose to reject God, everything in their lives would be cursed and not prosper. God was holding the priests responsible for the people’s sins. The way the priests lived kept the people from returning to the Lord. They had a spirit of prostitution in their heart and did not acknowledge the Lord. God held Israel’s ignorance against them.
In John’s second letter continues to tell us to love one another. Love is who God is and what Jesus came to show us through his life and his death. If we don’t walk in love then the love of Jesus is not in us.
Lord, may we walk in knowledge of your Word and in love for you and others.
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