Hebrews 6: So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. ² You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. ³ And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

⁴ For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵ who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come— ⁶ and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

 

this is one of the times I am not a fan of paul.. if he wrote this book... it seems they are unsure who wrote this because it was much better writing technique than paul normally is known for... whoever wrote it.. I am not their friend... I have fallen away from God over and over throughout this lifetime.. and while I think it will never happen again... it did.. but I don't believe God gave up on me.. or determined I was worthless or it was impossible to bring me back to repentance... I just got sidetracked by self....

 

I am so thankful that God does not give up on us.... so thankful that He gave me one more chance after the 300,000 I had already messed up on...

Hosea 3: The Eternal spoke with me again.

Eternal One: Go and love a woman who is loved by someone else and is adulterous. Care for her and protect her, just as I love the people of Israel even though they’re unfaithfully turning to other gods and selfishly eating sacred raisin cakes in their honor.

² So I paid the bride-price for this woman, less than I would pay to own a slave: six ounces of silver, about ten bushels of barley.

Hosea (to the woman): ³ You’re going to live with me for a long time. I didn’t buy you just for my own pleasure, and I’m not going to cast you aside. But I’m not going to let you commit adultery again—in fact, you’re not going to have sexual relations with anyone, not even me.

⁴ In the same way, the people of Israel will go for a long time without having a king or prince of their own, without having any altars or sacred pillars, and without having any way of divining answers through a vestment or images. ⁵ And afterward, once their devotion is renewed, they’ll return and genuinely worship the Eternal their God, and they’ll end their rebellion against the royal house of David. In those days they’ll come trembling to the Eternal One and rediscover His goodness.

 

I always thought that hosea went and re-bought gomer.. but this version makes it seem as if it were a different woman... idk if  that is right...

it says he paid less for her than what he would have paid for a slave... can you imagine if our worth was less to God than that of a slave? I would say that has been true of men.. but it would be tramatic if that were true of God... thankfully.. it is NOT true of Him...

 

he says he will live with her a long time and he will not allow her to be adulterous... and that he did not buy her for his own pleasure alone.. and he promises to not cast her aside...  and they would not have sexual relations.. other versions say for a long time... this version sounds like ever... in the name of Jesus.. please don't let it be never again....

 

and once our devotion is once again for God alone.. then we will re-discover His goodness... and that has surely been the truth in my life.. and I see it being truth in Tina's life too... thank you Father!!!