“Yet the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and in the place where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” it will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.” (Hosea 1:10)
The apostle Paul will quote this verse in Romans 9:25-26 as a reference to the future people of God – the Christians. Christians come from the most unlikely of backgrounds. The New Testament is full of tax collectors, prostitutes, terrorists, and heathen that became transformed by the Word of Christ. Uneducated fishermen that learned to speak with boldness the profound truths of Jesus and educated scholars that humbled themselves to accept their own worldviews as being without merit.
Like tiny tributaries flowing into an ever growing river of converts, Christianity is made up of people of every tribe, nation, and tongue, all flowing together to follow the One who would give us living waters. We come from varying backgrounds but we are united in spirit and truth by the One who created us and sent His Son to die for us.
Especially in times like these, the unity of God’s people is so very clear as the world becomes more isolated and divided. In Him, we are one family. The immeasurable sons and daughters of the living God.
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites