Hosea 14

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  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Hos 14: 8

    …if it does not break, will weaken our interest? ‘What have I to do any more with idols?’ Hos 14: 8. So would a Christian say, ‘God is my God; what have I to do any more with sin, with…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Lack Assurance and with Backsliders cites Hos. xiv. 1

    …back and that all he asks of them is that they acknowledge their sin and return to him. Hos. xiv. 1‒4, is full of tender invitation to penitent back–sliders and also shows the way back to…

  3. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer cites Hosea xiv. 1

    …He is near." (Isaiah lv. 6.) "Take with you words, and come unto the Lord," says Hosea. (Hosea xiv. 1.) "Repent and pray," says Peter to Simon Magus. (Acts viii. 22.) If you want faith and a…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Hos. 14:2

    …here is remission: “so will we render the calves of our lips,” here is satisfaction (Hos. 14:2). I know that they have still a more subtile evasion, by making a distinction between…

  5. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    October cites Hos 14:2

    …words, and turn to the Lord; I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.”— Hos 14:2, 3, 4. “Simon... lovest thou Me? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I love…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Hos. 14:2

    …away all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips,” (Hos. 14:2). Not only do our tongues proclaim the kindness of God, but they naturally inspire us…

  7. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Hos. xiv. 3

    …that make it pleasant and comfortable. From both these is that of the church, in Hos. xiv. 3, “Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to…

  8. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Hos. xiv. 3

    …for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” So, also, doth the church, Hos. xiv. 3, reject all appearing assistances whatever, — as goodly as Asshur, as promising as idols…

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 11 — Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God cites Hos. 14:3

    …is denounced. Being works of men, they have no authority from God (Isa. 2:8, 31:7; Hos. 14:3; Mic. 5:13); and, therefore, it must be regarded as a fixed principle, that all modes of…

  10. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of March cites Hos. 14:3

    …transactions. March 6 GUARDIAN OF THE FATHERLESS "In thee the fatherless findeth mercy" Hos. 14:3 This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the…

  11. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Mercy of God cites Hos 14:3

    …of pardoning, saving mercy. See yourselves orphans. ‘In thee the fatherless find mercy.’ Hos 14:3. God bestows the alms of mercy only on such as are indigent. Be emptied of all opinion of…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 18 — Of the Popish Mass cites Hos. 14:3

    …before thee as incense” (Ps. 141:2). And Hosea gives the name of “calves of the lips” (Hos. 14:3) to thanksgivings, which David elsewhere calls “sacrifices of praise;” the apostle…

  13. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites Hos. xiv. 4

    …of sin? There is a promise working for good. “ I will heal their backslidings” (Hos. xiv. 4). God will not only bestow mercy, but grace. And He has made a promise of sending His…

  14. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Hos 14: 4

    …our enmity. We may force God to punish us, but not to love us. ‘I will love them freely.’ Hos 14: 4. Every link in the golden chain of salvation is wrought and interwoven with free grace.…

  15. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    Communion Broken and Restored cites HOSEA 14:4

    …heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. HOSEA 14:4 Taylor also notices a change in the bride’s words over the course of the book. Early on…

  16. The Way to God (For Teens) · Dwight L. Moody

    Coming Back cites Hosea 14:4

    …their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.” — Hosea 14:4 (KJV) Moody’s last chapter is for people who have drifted away from God. The old word for…

  17. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    October cites Hosea 14:4

    …lodestone draw us heavenward towards itself. October 22 “I will love them freely.” (Hosea 14:4) This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a…

  18. The Saint and His Saviour · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Jesus Desired cites Hos. xiv. 4

    …when thou canst cry after the Lord, and then even thou shalt be delivered! a Crisp. b Hos. xiv. 4. c 2 Sam. xiv. 14. d C. Wesley. e Herbert. f Sermon on Prayer and its Answer. g Ephr.…

  19. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    When the heart is disquieted by sin, speak no peace to it until God speak it cites Hos. xiv. 4

    …pardon,” — he will multiply or add to pardon, he will do it again and again; or that in Hos. xiv. 4, “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.” This the man considers, and…

  20. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Hosea 14:4

    …thing by his Prophet: “I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him,” (Hosea 14:4). Assuredly he is not influenced by works if his love turns to us spontaneously. But the…

  21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Grace cites Hos 14:4

    …of grace; that ‘God will cast our sins behind his back;’ that ‘he will love us freely;’ Hos 14:4; that he will give us a will to accept of the mercy of the covenant, and strength to…

  22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Growth in Grace cites Hos 14:4

    …not only compared to stars for their light, but to trees for their growth. Isa 61:1, and Hos 14:4. A good Christian is not like Hezekiah’s sun that went backwards, nor Joshua’s sun that…

  23. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Growth cites Hosea 14:7

    …grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.” (Hosea 14:7) And again He says, “ Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the…

  24. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites Hos. xiv. 8

    …fire of love purges out sin. “Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols!” (Hos. xiv. 8). He that loves God will have nothing to do with sin, unless to give battle to it. Sin…

  25. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Hos 14: 8

    …is not of our own growth, it comes from him, the true vine. ‘From me is thy fruit found.’ Hos 14: 8. It was nothing but pure love for Christ to lay out his blood to redeem such as he could…

  26. Days of Heaven Upon Earth · A. B. Simpson

    December cites Hos. xiv. 8

    …wholly, All for which He calls thee from above. December 4 “From me is thy fruit found” (Hos. xiv. 8). Nothing keeps us from advancement more than ruts and drifts, and wheel-tracks into…

  27. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    September cites Hosea 14:8

    …and bold to carry them out at all hazards. September 8 “From me is thy fruit found.” (Hosea 14:8) Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly…

  28. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.2 Repentance cites Hos 14: 8

    …so as never to have to do with sin any more. ‘What have I to do any more with idols?’ Hos 14: 8. Repentance is a spiritual divorce, which must be till death. [2] Change of life has in…

  29. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Eighth Stage cites Hos. 14:9

    …Safe for those for whom it is to be safe; but transgressors shall fall therein. Hos. 14:9. Christian: Is there in this place any relief for pilgrims that are weary and faint in…

  30. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Hos. 14:9

    …a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. Hos. 14:9, “The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors…