| Hosea 1:1-3 |
The Pedagogy of Biography |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson begins his series on the prophecy of Hosea. Dr. Johnson expounds in this first message on God's command that Hosea marry a woman with a harlot's spirit. |
| Hosea 1:3-2:1 |
The Panorama of Divine Love |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds upon Hosea's family and the names God commands the prophet to give to his children. |
| Hosea 2:2-15 |
The Pained Appeal of a Forgotten God |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson continues his exposition of the prophecy of Hosea by discussing the metaphor of the prophet's marriage with God's relationship to the Nation Israel. |
| Hosea 2:16-23 |
Israel and God's Eternal Love |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds God's love for Israel as his people. Dr. Johnson makes the contrast between the loyal love of Yahweh and the false worship of the Canaanite baal gods. |
| Hosea 3:1-5 |
Transcendent Love, or The Return of the Adultress |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds Hosea's second commitment to his adulterous wife. |
| Hosea 4:1-19 |
The Saving Power of Theology |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson discusses the specific judgment of Yahweh against Israel by detailing the spiritual corruption of the Levitical priesthood and their teaching. |
| Hosea 5:1-15 |
God Withdrawn |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds upon the prophet's words concerning how Yahweh must discipline Israel for thier unfaithfulness. |
| Hosea 6:1-11 |
God Dismayed |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson continues his discussion of the relationship between the disobedient Nation Israel and God. Dr. Johnson explains the response of Israel to Hosea's prophecy against them and emphasizes how God alone can restore the relationship through divine discipline. |
| Hosea 7:1-16 |
The Blessedness of Grey Hair |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds upon a unique poetic figure in Hosea's prophecy that judges the Kingdom of Israel's unfaithfulness to Yahweh. |
| Hosea 8:1-14 |
The Tragedy of a Forgotten God |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson discusses Hosea's prophecy against Israel's nominal commitment to Yahweh. |
| Hosea 9:1-17 |
Hosea on Human Nature |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expound's the Prophet Hosea's characterization of the Kingdom of Israel's depravity before Yahweh. |
| Hosea 10:1-15 |
The Danger of the Divided Heart |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson provides detailed exposition of Hosea's use of poetic imagery to descirbe the apostasy of the Kingdom of Israel. Dr. Johnson explains his use of the term "divided heart" with respect to God. |
| Hosea 11:1-11 |
Eternal Love: Anguishing, Yet Vanquishing |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds the prophet's narrative as Hosea shifts from detailing the disobedience of the Kingdom of Israel to describing how Yahweh intends to discipline them. The true nature of God's unconditional love is explored. |
| Hosea 11:12-14 |
Hosea on Jacob and His Seed |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson gives detailed insight into Yahweh's relationship with the apostate Kingdom of Israel and their heritage of the Patriarchs. Dr. Johnson discusses the Prophet Hosea's literary references to Jacob, specifically. |
| Hosea 13:1-16 |
Idolotry, Old and New |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds Hosea's prophesying about how God will punish Israel's idolatry. |
| Hosea 14:1-9 |
God's Free Love |
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Dr. S. Lewis Johnson concludes his series on the prophecy of Hosea by expounding further the unconditional love of Yahweh as allegorized through the prophet. |
