06 Hosea 13:14 (Sad Sacrifices)

Sad Sacrifices: Israel turned to idols
I. Review/background
II. The Indictment (Israel turned to idols)
1. Idol worship (4:12-13, 9:10)
a. Definition: primary
b. Definition: secondary
Ephesians 5:5
Colossians 3:5
c. Why are idols wrong?
2. Idol worship multiplied (8:4-6, 11)
3. Idol worship to sexual immorality (4:17-18)
Exodus 32:1-6
4. Idol worship to cutting (7:14)
5. Idol worship to child sacrifice (3:1-2, 9:13)
Psalm 106:35-39
6. Idols to be torn down (10:8)
III. Where is the Hope?
1. We must cast aside idols.
a. We must beware of literal idols
b. We must cast aside our own created Jesus.
c. We must cast aside emerging paganism/pantheism.
d. We must beware of Christianese idols.
2. The Lord will ransom us from death
Hosea 13:14
1 Corinthians 15:54-58
Proverbs 12:28