SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE  REBELLIOUS

HOSEA 7:14

INTRO:  -- WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHERE REBELLION IS ON EVERY HAND.   ITS NOT  JUST IN  THIS YOUNGER GENERATION BUT ALSO IN THE OLDER GENERATION.   IT’S A  SERIOUS MATTER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TAKEING TO LIGHTLY.    

?         REBEL  -  ONE WHO  RESISTS   AUTHORITY

?         REBELLION - A DEFIANCE OF ANY AUTHORITY

?         REBELLIOUS - OPPOSING CONTROL

--PROV. 17:11 “An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.”

--1 SAM. 15:23 “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”

--PROV. 29:1 “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

?         REPROVE -  MEANS  TO REBUKE     --SO HE THAT HAS TO BE OFTEN REBUKED, REPROVED  HARDENETH HIS NECK, AND SHALL SUDDENLY BE DESTROYED WITHOUT REMEDY.

--DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHIPPINGS ALL THE TIME FROM THE LORD.  SO THERE IS AN END TO THE ONE THAT REBELS  AGAINST THE LORD.  AND IF YOU WILL REBELL AGAINST THE LORD YOU WILL REBELL AGAINST ANYBODY.

--BUT HERE IN OUR TEXT V.14,    OF COURSE THE BOOK OF HOSEA IS ONE ON REPENTANCE  AND BACKSLIDERS BEING INVITED TO RETURN TO GOD OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING CUT OFF.  BUT HERE IN CHAPTER 7 WE SEE  MANY SINS LISTED AND IN V.14  WE SEE THE SIN OF REBELLION.

--I WANT US TO LOOK HERE IN CHAPTER 7 AND SEE WHAT COULD BE SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ONE WHO REBELLS.

--IF YOU THINK  THAT SIN  ISNT APART OF REBELLION AND REBELLION ISNT APART OF SIN  JUST LOOK WITH ME HERE IN CHAPTER 7.

--AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BE RIGHT WITH GOD AND BE IN A REBELLIOUS STATE,  WAY  OR MIND,  NOT ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD,  BECAUSE IT  MEANS YOU ARE RESISTING OR IN DEFIANCE TO AUTHORITY.

?         IF YOU HAVE A REBELLIOUS ATTITUDE, CANT STAND AUTHORITY,  YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL CAUSE GOD CAN  REVEAL TO YOU WHO HAS ALL AUTHORITY, AND YOU WOULD GET HUMBLE REAL FAST, THAT REBELLIOUS ATTITUDE  WOULD BE GONE.

?         BUT WHY DOES IT TAKE PEOPLE TILL THEY GET TO THE END OF THERE ROPE OR GOD GETS THEIR ATTENTION IN SOME WAY THAT’S NOT PLEASANT TO THEM, BEFORE THEY WILL OPEN THEIR EYES, BECAUSE  THE DEVIL HAS THEM BLINDED.

?         SO WHAT COULD BE SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REBELLIOUS:

1.       SECRET   SINS      V.1

?         YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING HID FROM YOUR MOM OR DAD,  HUSBAND OR WIFE.

?         BUT THERES ONE THING ABOUT IT,  YOU DON’T HAVE  IT HID FROM  GOD.    

?         ACHAN  IN THE BIBLE  HID SOME THINGS UNDER HIS TENT, THINGS HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE DESTROYED  AND BY THINKING KNOW ONE WOULD KNOW  BECAUSE HE HID THEM UNDER HIS TENT,    THEY  LOST  THE  BATTLE AT AI,  BECAUSE SIN WAS IN THE CAMP.

?         YOU NOT ONLY HURT YOURSELF   BUT YOU HURT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

?         IF YOU’RE HERE AND YOU KNOW YOU  ARE A REBELLIOUS PERSON OR HAVE A REBELLIOUS ATTITUDE,   THEN ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION,     AM I TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING FROM MY MOM OR DAD,  HUSBAND OR WIFE,   ETC…

2.    FALSEHOOD AND LYING      V. 1, 13

?         FALSE  MEANS NOT TRUE,  UNFAITHFUL,  MISLEADING,   NOT REAL.

?         FALSEHOOD   MEANS  A LIE.

?         HAVE YOU CAUGHT YOURSELF  BEING UNTRUTHFUL LATELY,  TELLING A LIE,    YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING   WHEN YOU LIE, YOU ARE MISLEADING OTHER PEOPLE THAT THINK YOU ARE A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN.

?         HOW ABOUT UNFAITHFUL,  IN YOUR  BIBLE READING,  YOUR PRAYER LIFE, YOUR TESTIMONY.

?         FALSE ALSO MEANT NOT REAL,  IN OTHER WORDS ASK YOURSELF IF  YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON AT CHURCH AND BEING SOMETHING ELSE AT SCHOOL OR WORK.

?         HAVE YOU BEEN UNFAITHFUL, MISLEADING, NOT REAL, LYING.

3-    UNCONCERNED HEARTS    V.2

?         THEY COULD HAVE CARED LESS THAT THE LORD  WAS REMEMBERING ALL THEIR WICKEDNESS.

?         THEY PROBABLY KNEW THINGS THEY WHERE DOING WAS WRONG,  BUT THEY DIDN’T CARE THEY WAS WANTING THEIR  OWN WAY.

?         WHEN IT DOESN’T BOTHER US THAT WE HAVE A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT  AND  THAT WE ARE UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD,  THEN THAT’S  A SIGN WE NEED TO GET BACK TO GOD,  BECAUSE YOU’VE LEFT HIM,  HE DIDN’T LEAVE YOU.

4-    THEY  GLORY  IN THEIR  SINS       V.3

?         THEIR SINS  AND  WICKEDENESS CAUSES OTHER TO BE GLAD OR HAPPY AND THEREFORE THEY CONTINUE TO SIN  FOR THE SATISFACTION SOMEONE ELSE  IS  IMPRESSED BY THEIR SIN.

?         THEY GO ALONG WITH THE FLOW BECAUSE  THERE IS NO OPPOSITION,  THERE WITH THE IN CROWD.

?         I THOUGHT I WAS BAD STUFF IN 5 OR 6 GRADE BECAUSE MY FRIEND CURSED,  I CURSED,  UNTILL THE TEACHER SET US DOWN AND TOLD US IF WE DIDN’T QUIT SHE WOULD TELL OUR PARENTS, THEN I WASN’T GLORING IN MY  SIN ANYLONGER.

?         LISTEN WHEN YOU CAN SIN   AND NOT FEEL BAD OR CONVICTED OF IT,   YOUR NOT RIGHT WITH GOD.\

5-    PRAYERLESSNESS         V.7, 10

?         HAVE YOU FOUND YOURSELF  NOT PRAYING AS MUCH AS YOU USE TOO.

?         USE TO COME TO THE PRAYER ROOMS BEFORE SERVICE NOW YOU DON’T.

?         YOU JUST FIND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO PRAY AS YOU ONCE DID.

?         AND BY THE WAY REMEMBER IF YOUR NOT RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE WITH GOD,  HE WILL NOT HERE YOUR PRAYER , UNLESS IT IS THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE.

6-    THEY CARE NOTHING FOR GOD OR GODLY THINGS   V.13

?         HAVE YOU FOUND YOURSELF NOT WANTING TO COME TO CHURCH.

?         OR YOU RESENT COMEING TO CHURCH.

?         FIND IT HARD TO READ YOUR BIBLE.

?         WHEN THEY GET TO CHURCH,  WHEN THEY FEEL SERVICE SHOULD BE OVER, WHEATHER GOD IS MOVING OR NOT, THEIR READY TO GO.

CONCLUSION:   IF YOU HAVE BEEN QUILTY OF ANY OF THESE  THINGS, OR YOU HAVE FOUND YOURSELF IN A REBELLIOUS ATTITUDE, PLEASE COME ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU AND HELP YOU OVERCOME THIS SIN CALLED REBELLION.