How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

If you watch the news, then you're well aware of the evil in our world.

And if you believe the news commentators, you might even be tempted to think that evil is winning.

But it's not.

And that's the message Dr. J. Vernon McGee has for us in this concluding study of the book of Hosea.

Welcome to Through the Bible.

If you've hopped aboard the Bible bus to hear some very good news, here it is. God wins. God always wins. And that reminds me of the old hymn, this is my father's world. And it says, though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. I'm Steve Schwetz, inviting you to find your seat, open your copy of God's

word to the Old Testament book of Hosea, and get ready to hear about God's unfailing love and mercy.

Josea tells us that though Israel failed God over and over, God will heal their backsliding

and love them freely. Now that's amazing grace. Let's thank him now. Father,

thank you for the reminder that your amazing grace extends to us. Thank you that we can trust you,

even when all we see is destruction in the world. Draw us closer to you through the teaching of your

word. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

We begin in Hosea 11, so turn there now as we go through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

Now we're coming to our study in Hosea, the 11th chapter.

God says here in verse 1, when Israel was a child, then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt. And we dealt with that last time. This reveals something of how the word of God, in statements in the Old Testament,

have application to the future, though not said directly about the nation, but Matthew applied

it to the Lord Jesus, because the Lord Jesus was identified with the nation, and when Israel

was a child, and I loved him. And because God loved him, he took him out Egypt, not because of his ability or his

superiority. He had nothing like that. The explanation is, I loved him. And God called my son out of Egypt.

And that's made application to Christ. And the Lord Jesus identified himself with his people.

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