Hosea 6:1 KJV
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Barnes' Notes says of this passage that when the Jews get revived they will, ".... not [be] content to return singly or to be saved alone. Each encourageth another to repentance, as before to evil...."[1]
Let the same be said of us! Though God has torn us; though He has smitten us in order to chasten and correct and set us on the right path, when He binds us up and when He heals us, our heart's desire ought to be to see other bound up and healed with us.
The Christian's heart is always pointed toward reaching another if it is a heart that is right with God.
We cannot love the Lord without having a love for others.
We cannot reach out to the Lord without reaching out a hand to another.
The two are as naturally connected as life and breath. it is impossible to have the one without the other.
[1] E-Sword, Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible, Albert Barnes (1798-1870)
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Barnes' Notes says of this passage that when the Jews get revived they will, ".... not [be] content to return singly or to be saved alone. Each encourageth another to repentance, as before to evil...."[1]
Let the same be said of us! Though God has torn us; though He has smitten us in order to chasten and correct and set us on the right path, when He binds us up and when He heals us, our heart's desire ought to be to see other bound up and healed with us.
The Christian's heart is always pointed toward reaching another if it is a heart that is right with God.
We cannot love the Lord without having a love for others.
We cannot reach out to the Lord without reaching out a hand to another.
The two are as naturally connected as life and breath. it is impossible to have the one without the other.
[1] E-Sword, Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible, Albert Barnes (1798-1870)
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