Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. The text may be considered as the language of a Church. I. SMARTING UNDER RECENT CHASTISEMENTS. 1. Shew the sufferings of such a Church. 2. These sufferings are to be received as from the hand of God. 3. And regarded as chastisements of God for the sins of the Church. II. HOPING FOR A SPEEDY REVIVAL. That hope rests on the following grounds. 1. On the mingled exercises of mercy and judgment which characterise God's government of His Church. 2. On the regard which God has to the honour of His name, and the success of His cause in the earth. 3. On the ground of the mediatorial prerogatives of the Son of God. 4. On the promised power and grace of the Holy Spirit. III. RESOLVING UPON IMMEDIATE REFORMATION. Let us give up the language of complaint and mutual recrimination, and substitute for it the voice of prayer. (T. Vasey.) Parallel Verses KJV: Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. |
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