Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Forming the habit of forgiving trespasses will take care of repeat offenders, insincerity, and deliberate violations against our persons, once we follow on in Christ’s footsteps, and if we have decided to adopt the Biblical teaching on this matter.
This leads us to our study for today, in which one of God’s prophets was to be given many lessons in the process of forming the habit of forgiving trespasses. Hosea was instructed by God in this instance to marry a woman who was a whore. Her very life was bound up in pay to play, and therefore adultery was a common occurrence with her.
Lest anyone should take this command by God to the prophet out of context, the Bible specifically says that the instruction was issued so that Hosea would have a firsthand view and experience of the love of God towards backsliding Israel. And, in the process, Hosea would be put into a position where forgiving such a spouse could be quite difficult.
Hosea 1:2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!