By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung From Hosea Chapter 13:9-16 10:9 “You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. 10Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’? 11So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath, I took him away. 12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record. 13Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.  14“I will deliver these people from the power of the […]

Sin causes a terrible spiritual death. Our sins rob us of our identity, our status, and our worth. Because of sin, we become ungrateful and arrogant. Let us be quick to repent and confess our sins, lest the wrath of God come upon us.

To live by the standards of human conscience is to live in vain. God’s truth is the sole standard by which we should live our lives.

When challenges come our way, let us be like Jacob; he reached for the Lord throughout his life to gain our God’s favor. Let us not rely on others without first turning to the Lord. Without God, our every act is as futile as trying to eat the wind.