The Harvest of Self-Reliance
Hosea 8
Purpose: When we, the church corporately, rely on ourselves, we foolishly set ourselves, our desires, and our wisdom up as competition for the jealous, Sovereign God of the universe.
- Their False Reliance on God (Hosea 8:1-3)
- Their Self-Reliance for Security (Hosea 8:4a, 8-10)
- Their Self-reliance in Worship (Hosea 8:4b, 11-13)
- Their Destruction by Self-Reliance (Hosea 8:7, 14)