Empty Religion - Hosea 6:1-10
Posted in Sunday Sermon by waukeecommunitychurch on November 15th, 2009 Series: unFaithful
Title: Empty Religion
Scripture: Hosea 6:1-10
Preached: 11/8/2009
If you’ve ever followed business trends, you’ve noticed that the concepts of “employee loyalty” and “company loyalty” have drastically changed over the last 30 years. Not too long ago, it was common to run into people who had worked for the same company for over 40 years. For their entire career, those employees had been loyal to their company. They did what was required of them. They towed the company line. Thus, the phrase “company man” originated. A “company man” is someone who says what he’s supposed to say, even when it goes against his beliefs and even his fellow employees. He says what he knows he’s supposed to say because, in the end, he believes it will serve his own interests best.
Some people think that, when it comes to religion, God is looking for “company men.” They think He’s looking for people to do what He says regardless of what they think or feel. In Hosea 6:1-6 we see something very different. This Sunday, as we continue our series in Hosea, we’re going to see that God wants to shake up religion’s “company line” and radically engage people in a new religious paradigm.
