Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hosea 12:2-6
by: Cheri Appel.
Is it ever too late for repentance? Is our salvation not assured? Does God not always love us? The answer to all three questions is “Yes!” However, God’s people have been known to walk away from Him. They chase after trivial things, tell lies, and participate in violence. They make deals with the ungodly and are unequally yoked with nonbelievers. God loved Jacob’s clan, but Ephraim’s tribe, who inherited a faith in God, turned away and continued to knowingly sin against Him. They faced punishment according to God’s justice. If this describes you today, take heed of Hosea’s words, “Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually” (v.6).