“A WIFE OF WHOREDOM!”

Hosea 1:1-3                                              (ESV)

“1 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself “A WIFE OF WHOREDOM” and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD."

3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.”

When the WORD of the LORD comes to you, expectations might be to hear BE YE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY, or something along those lines.   However, when GOD spoke to Hosea, HE had a totally different message.  Imagine being a relative of Hosea and hearing that he said GOD had told him to find himself “A WIFE OF WHOREDOM”!  More than likely, he would have immediately been checked into a psychiatric hospital for a mental evaluation!  Surely GOD must be mistaken?  Having someone as your wife who is prone to not honor their vows would not be something that would be on our wishlist!  

But am I any better than Gomer???  She cost Hosea a hefty ransom because of her indiscretions, but Hosea loved her and went after her and paid a tremendous price for her sins.  Am I any better than a woman who will not change her ways and live a pure life for her groom.  Even when he had to humble himself and buy her back, she continued to be “A WIFE OF WHOREDOM”!  How many times do I expect JESUS to come looking for me when I stray?  

ALMIGHTY GOD knew that NONE of us, NO NOT ONE (Romans 3:10) was able to live the life that HE required to enter Heaven.   So HE sent HIS Hosea (JESUS CHRIST) to pay the sin debt for us, even though we are “A WIFE OF WHOREDOM”!!!