f.  We believe in regeneration where the moral nature of the repentant believer is spiritually quickened.

g.  We believe in adoption, the gracious act of God where as justified and regenerated person is declared a son or daughter of God.

  1. 1 John 1:9, Ephesians 1:6-7 & Philippians 3:3-9

h.  Article # 10 - ______& Entire ______

i.  Sanctification is the work of God, which transforms believers into the likeness of Christ. This process moves believers from regeneration to entire sanctification, towards glorification. Believers are made free from original sin and brought into a state of entire devotement to God and the holy obedience of love made perfect. This process also includes the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

j.  Entire sanctification includes the divine impulse to grow in grace as a Christlike disciple.

  1. General Overview - Malachi 3:2-3 & Ezekiel 36:25-27
  2. Christian Perfection - Hebrews 6:1, Romans 13:8-10
  3. Heart Purity - Acts 15:8-9, 1 Peter 1:22
  4. Baptism with the Holy Spirit - Acts 1:5, Jeremiah 31:31-34
  5. Fullness of the Blessing - Romans 15:29
  6. Christian Holiness - Jude 20-21 & Matthew 5-7

Hosea

Scandalous Love-Part Two

Hosea 4-14

As we traveled through the first three chapters of the book we noted three discoveries through the story of Hosea.

·  First, he was given an unusual ______(Hosea 1:1-2:1)

·  Secondly, Hosea reveals the ______of restoration. (Hosea 2:2-23)

·  Finally, Hosea reveals that ______covers a multitude of ______. (Hosea 3:1-5)

Hosea lays out God’s charges against Israel, describing the people’s ______and God’s ______.

1.  The ______of the Lord (Hosea 4:1-4)

a.  In this passage, Hosea is laying out a prophet lawsuit – a charge from the Lord that comes with ______and ______.

b.  Article # 4 – The Holy ______

c.  We believe in the complete inspiration given by divine inspiration, inerrantly revealing the will of God.

  1. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 & 2 Peter 1:20-21

2.  The point of no ______(Hosea 5:1-15)

a.  One of the solemn messages Hosea and other Old Testament prophets are called to deliver is the terrible seriousness of ______against God.

b.  Article # 5 – ______

c.  Sin came into the world via disobedience of first parents and death by sin. There are two kinds of sin; original and actual/personal sin.

d.  Actual or personal sin is a voluntary violation of a known law of God by a morally responsible person. We believe that personal sin is primarily and essentially a violation of the law of love; and that in relation to Christ sin may be defined as unbelief.

  1. Original Sin- Genesis 3 & Romans 7:1-8:9
  2. Actual or Personal Sin - John 8:34-36 & Romans 3:23

e.  Article # 6 – ______

f.  We believe that Jesus Christ made a full atonement for all human sin, and that this Atonement is the only ground of salvation, to those who have reached the age of responsibility only when they repent and believe.

  1. Hebrews 13:12 & Colossians 1:19-23

3.  ______Gone Wrong (Hosea 6:4-11)

a.  ______is the truest test of where a church, or any churchgoer, really stands before God.

b.  Outward rituals and religious formalities do not please God unless one’s heart and life are ______to His will.

c.  Article #11 – The ______

d.  We believe in the Church, the community that confesses Jesus Christ as Lord who is called together by the Holy Spirit through the Word. The church expresses itself through unity, fellowship, worship, preaching, sacraments, and ministry. The church is to share in the redemptive and reconciling ministry of Christ in the power of the Spirit.

i.  Matthew 28:19-20, Jeremiah 31:33 & Ephesians 5:25-27

4.  Blessing from ______(Hosea 14:1-9)

a.  Hosea’s message is a call to ______, an invitation to Israel to repent of her ______.

b.  Article # 8 - ______

c.  We believe that repentance involves a sense of personal guilt and a voluntary turning away from sin and is demanded of all who have by act or purpose become sinners against God.

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:14 & Jeremiah 3:12-14

d.  Article # 9- Justification, ______, & Adoption

e.  We believe that justification is the gracious and judicial act of God by which he grants full pardon of all guilt and complete release from the penalty of sins committed, and acceptance as righteous, to all who believe on Jesus Christ and receive Him as Lord and Savior.