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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>HOSEA,
JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH - OVERVIEW - T3701R</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><u>“<font size="3"><b>THE
BACKSLIDER RESTORED”</b></font></u></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. Hosea 6:1-2 (1-7, ASV '01) ISRAEL'S SINS
INTOLERABLE: GOD IS HOLY. “Come, and let us return unto Jehovah;
for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will
bind us up. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"> 2</font> After
two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and
we shall live before him.” </b><span style="">O
Father, whose name is in Jesus - hear our prayer. We come to you like
Israel. We give place to the coming of Your Kingdom. </span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>2. Hosea 10:12 (8-10) ISRAEL SHALL BE PUNISHED: GOD
IS JUST. “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to
kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek
Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” </b><span style="">We
hear Your heart-call to us Father, and we say, Yes, Lord! Yes - we
come </span><u><span style="">fully</span></u><span style="">
to your will and Kingdom. We submit fully to You! </span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>3. Hosea 11:1, 4 (11-14) ISRAEL SHALL BE DESTROYED:
GOD IS LOVE. “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and
called my son out of Egypt. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">4</font>
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to
them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food
before them.” </b><span style="">Father, in
Your Sovereign love You chose Israel, clothed and fed her. Because
You are without respect of persons, You will do likewise with us.
</span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>4. Joel 2:24-25 (1-3) THE DAY OF JEHOVAH COMES.
“And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow
with new wine and oil. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">25</font>
And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the
canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm my great army
which I sent among you.” </b><span style="">Father,
our hearts overflow with thanksgiving in the light of Your covenant
love and faithfulness. Hallowed be Your Name! O forgive us for our
slowness to believe; our hardness of heart. Grant us the New Covenant
blessing of believing hearts of flesh! </span><b><i>Our :daily
:bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>5. Amos 5:4 (1-6) JUDGMENT IS DESERVED AND DECREED.
“For thus says Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek me, and you
shall live.” </b><span style="">Father, we hear
Your voice through Your prophets and through Your word. We
acknowledge Your righteousness in impending judgment. But we know
also You are a God of mercy, and turn when we repent. We turn! </span><b><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>6. Amos 9:4 (7-9) FIVE VISIONS. “And I will
bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build
the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and drink the wine of them; they shall also make gardens, and eat the
fruit of them.” </b><span style="">No power of
Satan, Father, can prevent this word of Yours, neither any other word
of You, from being fulfilled! Hallelujah! </span><b><i>And bring us
not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>7. Obadiah 17 (1:1-21) OBADIAH: PROPHET OF POETIC
JUSTICE. “But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and
it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their
possessions.” </b><span style="">Deliverance,
holiness and full inheritance! You have spelled it out through Your
Prophet, Father: </span><u><span style="">natural</span></u><span style="">
for Israel - </span><u><span style="">spiritual</span></u><span style="">
for Your church! </span><b><i>But deliver us from the evil </i><span style="font-style: normal;">one.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE:</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
From Hosea to Malachi, the 12 books are called the “Minor
Prophets.” However, they are </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">not</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
“minor” in importance, but only in “length!” Isaiah, Jeremiah
and Ezekiel only take precedence over these 12 - because of their
greater length!</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
a sense, the first 4 prophetic books above are self-explanatory, and
the key verses selected from each tend to emphasize the message. The
title does likewise (Several of the titles are from Dr. J. Sidlow
Baxter). In all four, the heart of God shines through, and the Spirit
of God impels the writer to record the message impressed upon his
heart by that same Spirit.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Remember
the Spirit's word through Peter many centuries later - 2 Peter
1:19-21 (1:12-21) - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“And
we have the word of prophecy </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">more
sure</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
whereto you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a murky
place, until day dawn, and </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
day-star arise in your :hearts: </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">20</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
knowing this first, that </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">no
prophecy of scripture</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is of </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">its</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">own interpretation</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">21</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
For </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">no prophecy</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">ever</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
borne by man's will; but men </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">spoke
from God</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
being </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">borne </span><i>on</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
by </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Holy Spirit</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
also remember that all 66 books of the Bible, both OT and NT - are
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">not</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the words of man, but the words of our God and His Christ </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">through</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
men - 1 Corinthians 14:37 (14:37-40) </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“If
any thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take
knowledge of what </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
I write you, that </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">it
is </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Lord's
commandment</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”</span></span></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Imagine
the shock that will come to the wicked, sinners and scoffers when
they at the last judgment appear before the Great White Throne, and
Jesus - God's appointed Judge - reveals how foolish, sinful and
short-sighted they were in their earthly life! The doctrine of
soul-sleep is not compatible with the teaching of Scripture! Neither
is that of “Ultimate Reconciliation” or “Universalism.”</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">See
the reaction of one unbeliever when confronted by the apostle Paul on
one occasion! Acts 24:24-25 (24:1-27), </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“But
after certain days, :Felix came with Drusilla, his own :wife, who was
a Jewess, </b></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>and</b></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
sent for :Paul, and heard him concerning the faith unto Christ Jesus.
</b></span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>25
</b></span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>And
as he reasoned of </b></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>righteousness</b></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
and </b></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>self-control</b></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>,
and </b></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>the
judgment</b></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
:to come, :Felix </b></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>was
terrified</b></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>,
and answered, Go for :now; and when I have a convenient season, I
will call for you.”</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
- J.A.W.</span></span></font></p>
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