Hosea 14:1. O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Fallen into sorrow, fallen into shame, fallen into spiritual poverty, fallen into weakness of faith, fallen almost to destruction, though thou art Israel, and God loves thee, yet "thou hast fallen by thine iniquity;" and the only possible way in which thou canst obtain restoration, is to "return unto the Lord thy God." Seek once again thy Father’s face; cry, with the prodigal "I will arise, and go to my Father." "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God." Thou mayest do so, for he bids thee come back to him. Thou should do so, for it was ill of thee to wander from him; so end thy wandering, and return unto him. "Return unto the Lord thy God." He is "thy God" still. He denies not the sacred band which binds thee to himself. Though thou hast forsaken him, yet still he bids thee think of him, not as a stranger, but as thy God. O child of God, are you just now very heavy in heart because of your backsliding? Is the lamp of spirituality burning very low? Do you feel as if you had got into a state of spiritual barrenness? Then return-return at once-unto the Lord your God, for your sad condition is due to your iniquity.
Hosea 14:1. O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Fallen into sorrow, fallen into shame, fallen into spiritual poverty, fallen into weakness of faith, fallen almost to destruction, though thou art Israel, and God loves thee, yet "thou hast fallen by thine iniquity;" and the only possible way in which thou canst obtain restoration, is to "return unto the Lord thy God." Seek once again thy Father’s face; cry, with the prodigal "I will arise, and go to my Father." "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God." Thou mayest do so, for he bids thee come back to him. Thou should do so, for it was ill of thee to wander from him; so end thy wandering, and return unto him. "Return unto the Lord thy God." He is "thy God" still. He denies not the sacred band which binds thee to himself. Though thou hast forsaken him, yet still he bids thee think of him, not as a stranger, but as thy God. O child of God, are you just now very heavy in heart because of your backsliding? Is the lamp of spirituality burning very low? Do you feel as if you had got into a state of spiritual barrenness? Then return-return at once-unto the Lord your God, for your sad condition is due to your iniquity.