Does God Really Care How He Is Worshiped? The Book of Hosea.

September 03, 2021 00:08:30
Does God Really Care How He Is Worshiped? The Book of Hosea.
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Does God Really Care How He Is Worshiped? The Book of Hosea.

Sep 03 2021 | 00:08:30

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Show Notes

I have been discussing the wrath of God in the Old Testament and have mentioned a point that here that I want to reemphasize, a point rarely observed by Bible readers (in fact I think I didn’t take much notice of it until recently). In the Bible God sometimes punishes people because they misbehave toward others – kill, exploit, oppress, and so on; other times he punishes them because they do not worship him properly or at all. Read by Petra Ortiz

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