{"id":2285,"date":"2020-04-22T04:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2020-04-21T20:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T00:17:27","slug":"day-three-you-all-are-gomer-surprise-surprise-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/?p=2285","title":{"rendered":"Day Three: You (all) are\u2026 Gomer! Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch this video of a modern adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g2zd22j_XR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hosea<\/a>\u00a0(Best with headphones!).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_45414\"  width=\"525\" height=\"295\"  data-origwidth=\"525\" data-origheight=\"295\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2zd22j_XR8?enablejsapi=1&rel=0&disablekb=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g2zd22j_XR8\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>What are we supposed to learn about God\u2019s love through this story?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder whom you have identified yourself with while we looked through this little book. Hosea, perhaps? Have you sympathized with him? After all\u2026 we all know how hard it can be to love sinners. But you realize who you really are, don\u2019t you? I am here to tell you, you are Gomer.<em> You are Gomer<\/em>\u2026 You and I are the unfaithful objects of God\u2019s ever-faithful love. Only when we understand this do we begin to understand what love is\u2026 Gomer\u2019s only hope was in a love that she never deserved. And this is your only hope as well. That\u2019s the message of Hosea.\u201d [M. Dever]<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This is a profound mystery, but I am talking about Christ and the church.\u201d<\/em> (Eph 5.32)<\/p>\n<p>What qualities do people look for in a future spouse?<\/p>\n<p>Jesus gave up His life for us when we were most unlovely, unlovable and unloving. We were never fit to be His bride. Jesus takes it upon Himself to make her holy, glorious, unblemished, faultless\u2026 by rescuing, forgiving, washing, feeding, caring (Eph 5.21ff). 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What are we supposed to learn about God\u2019s love through this story? \u201cI wonder whom you have identified yourself with while we looked through this little book. Hosea, perhaps? Have you sympathized with him? After all\u2026 we all know how hard it can be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/?p=2285\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day Three: You (all) are\u2026 Gomer! Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-all-are-married","category-you-all-are"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2288,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agape-churches.org\/missioncontrol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}