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How Sin Slowly Takes Over | Hosea 13:1
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- May 30, 2026
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Summary
Welcome to The Daily. We are 14 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your 1 Peter Scripture Journal now. And if you are a Project23 donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in Project23 . Our text today is Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. — Hosea 13:1 One of the lessons we have learned throughout Hosea is that spiritual collapse never happens suddenly. It happens slowly. This warning continues in this chapter. You see, there was a time when Ephraim/Israel was respected, strong, and honored. There was spiritual weight and seriousness to their lives. But then something changed. "...he incurred guilt through Baal and died." Notice how slow the change is, but how quickly God perceives it. One compromise slowly opened the door to another. And eventually, the very people who once feared God became spiritually lifeless. That is how sin always works. Most people do not wake up one day planning to drift far from God. It begins with smaller compromises that do not seem dangerous at first: tolerated sin, ignored conviction, spiritual passivity, quiet pride, hidden lust, bitterness, greed, dishonesty, compromise with culture. Over time, what once bothered you stops bothering you. Your conscience grows unconscious. Your spiritual sensitivity saps. And slowly, sin begins to reshape into a new normal. That is why compromise is so dangerous. It never stays isolated and small. This is happening everywhere in our culture today. You see it happening right before your eyes. People are norm…