Mandurah Presbyterian Church — Hosea 11:12 - 13:16 describes Israel's fall from grace. They trusted in and looked to their own cunning, intelligence and wisdom to sustain them. Instead of recognising that everything they had received was God's undeserved goodness - His grace - they forgot God. We too are guilty of crediting ourselves with everything we have. Ultimately, this snubbing of God's grace merits God's wrath for our sinful self-reliance. Yet, God in His grace, saves His people from themselves. Instead of relentlessly pursuing His people as enemies, He relentlessly pursues the great enemy of His people - death. At the cross and in His resurrection, Jesus Christ defeated death. We are called to throw away our self-dependence and look to Christ and His saving grace.