I used this video in a recent sermon on the covenant love of God. One of the great examples of this is found in the prophetic marriage between Hosea and Gomer.
What I find challenging about Hosea is that clearly we are Hosea’s wife. We are the unfaithful spouse. Yet, with our dagger of betrayal still in His heart, He loves us and asks us to stay.
Micah 7:18-20 works well as our response:
[18] Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. [19] He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. [20] You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
What sort of God is this that is faithful even when His faithfulness is met with betrayal? And don’t we severely violate this love when we refuse to love others with this kind of reckless forgiveness?
