Freedoms Gate Ministries  
  Sermon Date 10/17/10  

Sermon Title:  Are You Qualified?
 
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Verses Covered
Hosea 9:9-12 (Part1) Numbers 25:1-9   (Part2) Matthew 7:21-23   (Part3)
 Exodus 19:4-6   (Part1) Deuteronomy 4:1-8  (Part2) 1 John 1:9  (Part3)
Hosea 9:10  (Part2) Hosea 9:10-12  (Part3)  
     Many of us who are believers and disciples of Jesus Christ, often find ourselves in the midst of storms. We often ask why
we are in these storms. God reminds us that He finds us to be qualified to go through the storms to glorify Him and as witnesses
for Him.
     Let us not forget how God dealt with the northern 10 tribes of Israel when they chose not to accept God's covenants
and His assignments to glorify Him. God wanted His people qualified for His work and His rewards. Instead they rejected Him
and His goodness. The storms and destruction they experienced were for punishment and not because they were qualified to
do God's work. So, are your storms because God finds you qualified or are they for your punishment, because you reject Him?
Ask God, He will answer.
 
Verses Referenced during the Sermon
Numbers Chapters 23 - 25  (Part2) Revelation 14:1-5  (Part3)  

Hosea (Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Modern Hoshea; "Salvation of/is the Lord", Greek Ὠσηέ = Ōsēe) was the son of Beeri and a prophet in Israel in the 8th century BC. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also known as the Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud (Pesachim 87a) claims that he was the greatest prophet of his generation, which included the more famous Isaiah.    Read More
Parchment  - Copied late first century B.C.E.   
Height 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.), length 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Known as "The Hosea Commentary Scroll" was first published by J. Allegro as the fifth volume of the official publication series, "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert."
 
Traditional 12 Tribes Of Israel
Reuben Issachar Naphtali Benjamin
Simeon Zebulun Gad Joseph
Judah Dan Asher Levi
12 Tribes (according to allotment of land)
Reuben Issachar Naphtali Benjamin
Simeon Zebulun Gad Ephraim (Son of Joseph)
Judah Dan Asher Manasseh (Son of Joseph)
    Levites being priest were not allocated land, except a number of cities located within the territories of the other tribes.
(Joshua 14:3). Jacob elevated the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph by his Egyptian wife Asenath) (Genesis 41:50) to the status of full tribes in their own right, replacing the Tribe of Joseph (Joshua 14:4).
   
      Israel was divided during the reign of Rehoboam (son of Solomon 960s BCE). Israel (Northern Kingdom) rejected Rehoboam as their king. Ten tribes formed the Northern Kingdom: the tribes of Reuben, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim,
Simeon and Manasseh. In addition, some members of Tribe of Levi, who had no land allocation, were found in the Northern Kingdom. The Tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to Rehoboam, and formed the Kingdom of Judah (or Southern Kingdom). Members of the Tribe of Levi, and the remnant of the Tribe of Simeon was also part of the Southern Kingdom.