Our Deeds are Before His Face - Hosea 1-7

 Hosea 7:2 (ESV Strong's)

2 But they do not consider

that I remember all their evil.

Now their deeds surround them;

they are before my face.

Our Deeds are Before His Face

The book of Hosea is a prophecy against Israel.  This is the last prophet who spoke God’s word to them before they were exiled to Assyria.   They thought they were exempt from God’s wrath because of their “national” heritage.  They thought, “Since we are God’s chosen people we are blessed and not cursed.”  They thought wrong.   They had God on their national hearts but not on their internal heart.   They did not follow Him inwardly, but only professed outwardly.    God delivers, through Hosea, a stern warning and a stern pronouncement about His judgment for their sins.   He tells them that they “do not consider” that He “remembers all their evil.”   Their deeds are “before my face.”  Notice what the writer of Hebrews would write 800 years later:

Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV Strong's)

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

We must ALL give an account of our deeds to Him.   That is not even a question.   Outside of the atheist camp, most people believe that they must give an account.  They believe, if they live a “good” life, they can balance the scales.  However, the Bible does not teach that, at all.  We will give an account for every evil deed we have done.  God watches and knows.  Only forgiveness in Christ and His living a perfect life in our stead can release us from that final judgement.   We will be judged.   It is only a matter if we have someone who stands in our place for that judgment, or we stand their on our own, weak, sinful, not sufficient merits.  

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV Strong's)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.