People
Hosea in Romans 9
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This person shows up in Romans 9:25: “As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Romans 9:25
“As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.””
What kids can learn
When you hear hosea in Romans, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Romans 9:25 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Romans 9:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AshesaysalsoinHosea,“Iwill‘mypeople,’werenotmypeople;andher‘beloved,’whowasnotbeloved.”