Minor #6

Truth:
1. Israel worshipped idols in the place where they earned their living.
2. Israel considered a man of the spirit, or an inspired one, as mad.  This indicates that they did not care for God's interests.
3. Israel had committed two evils: forsaking Jehovah and turning to idols.

Life experience/Application:
1. The fruit of the vine should have been offered to God as a drink offering, but they used the vines to bring forth fruit for themselves, not for God.
2. When the church is proper, the church has the headship, the leadership, representing God as His authority.
3. To seek Jehovah rightly is to sow rightly.  thus, Hosea charged the children of Israel to sow unto righteousness.  If they did this, they would reap according to lovingkindness.
4. Fallow ground is ground that has been plowed but has not been sown with anything.  The children of Israel were the fallow ground.  They had been plowed by God, but had not been sown with righteousness.