05 Hosea 13:4-5 (Forgotten word, forgotten God)

Forgotten Word, forgotten God
Israel neglected the word, forgot the word, and thus forgot God
I. Review/background
II. The Indictment (Israel neglected the word, forgot the word, and thus forgot God)
1. Lack of knowledge (4:1,7)
a. Rejected knowledge.
2 Peter 3:5
b. Lack of knowledge.
c. They forgot the Lord.
2. Knowledge over religion (6:6)
Amos 5:21-23
3. Claiming to know God (8:2-3)
4. Strange commands (8:12)
5. Forgotten maker (8:14, 13:5-6)
III. Where is the hope?
1. We must be people of the book.
Deuteronomy 32:47
• Read it!
• Meditate on it!
• Know it!
• Memorize it!
• Teach it!
2. We must pass the torch.
Ephesians 6:4
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Titus 2:7
Deuteronomy 31:12-13
Joshua 8:35
2 Chronicles 20:13
Nehemiah 14:23
Ezra 10:1
Joel 2:15-16
Matthew 14:21
Acts 21:5
3. Though we may forget Him, He will not forget us.
Hosea 13:4-5