My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah …

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets My Servants The Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Prophets of Micah’s day • ”The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah…” (Micah 1: 1) • Isaiah (Isaiah 1: 1 “…in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah…”) • Hosea (Hosea 1: 1 “…in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah…”) 3

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Kings of Judah in Micah’s day • Jotham of Judah (2 Kings 15: 34 -35) – He did right in God’s sight – The people sacrificed in the high places • Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16: 3 -5, 15: 37) – He walked in the way of the kings of Israel • Hezekiah of Judah – Sennacharib came against Jerusalem (2 Kings 18) – Hezekiah looked to God, and God delivered him (2 Kings 19: 32 -37) 4

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Scope of Micah’s message (near term) • ”The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. ” 5

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Spiritual climate • A time when many of God’s people would just not listen to Him (Isaiah 6: 8 -10, 2 Kings 17: 13 -14, 18) • But some in Micah’s day would listen (a century later, Jeremiah 26: 12 -19) 6

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Outline • Introduction and Chapter 1 - Judgment on Samaria and Jerusalem • Chapter 2 -3 - Woe to those who trouble God’s people with their wickedness • Chapter 4 -5 - Prophecy of God’s Kingdom and the Messiah • Chapter 6 -7 - God’s love and pardon for his people 7

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Lessons • Man’s need to hear to the word of the Lord (Micah 1: 2, 3: 1, 6: 1). – “He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says…” (Revelation 2: 7, 11, 17, 29; 3: 6, 13, 22) 8

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Lessons • Recurrent lesson in the prophets - God rules this world. I’m impressed that God simply declares his will and it is done. Reference the centurion’s faith. (Matthew 8: 8, Luke 7: 1 -9) 9

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Lessons • No one will escape accountability for their actions. When we see injustice toward ourselves or toward others, understand that God will take care of it (now or later, Romans 3: 23). We should sorrow for the sin of others and seek to turn them back to God (2 Corinthians 5: 11, Micah 3: 8) 10

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Lessons • We must be as the prophets, the Lord, and his apostles. Teach – many may not listen, but some will hear and heed the word of the Lord. 11

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 1: 1 -4 • Imperative - the earth must listen to the Lord who rules from heaven – “Hearken, O earth …I will make Samaria a heap…” Israel would be an object lesson to the earth. • Reference our study of Habbakuk. The Lord is in his holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2: 20) 12

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 1: 5 -7 • The root cause for the sin of God’s people was Samaria and Jerusalem – Samaria - reference Jeroboam who made Israel to sin (2 Kings 15: 28) – Jerusalem - kings such as Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28: 1 -5) • Judgment to God’s people. “I will make Samaria as a heap” (Micah 1: 6 -7) 13

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 1: 8 -16 • Expressive language of God’s coming judgment – seemingly a long series of play on words (Micah 1: 10 -16) • Micah mourned for the evil that would come upon Judah (Micah 1: 8 -9) – Expressive language for Micah’s sorrow (Micah 1: 8 -9) • Wailing like the jackals • Mourning like the ostrich • Wounds are incurable 14

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Review – Outline • Introduction and Chapter 1 - Judgment on Samaria and Jerusalem • Chapter 2 -3 - Woe to those who trouble God’s people with their wickedness • Chapter 4 -5 - Prophecy of God’s Kingdom and the Messiah • Chapter 6 -7 - God’s love and pardon for his people 15

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Introduction • Chapters 2 -3 give the answer for why the condemnation in chapter 1 • Micah 6: 8 gives an excellent summary of godly characteristics. But Micah 3: 8 is like the tip of an iceberg. Chapters 2 -3, 5 -6 are the mass below the surface and illustrate the antithesis of the godly traits that God desires in Micah 6: 8. • Judgement is coming to Israel for their injustice, lack of mercy, and haughty spirit before God 16

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 2: 1 -11 • 2: 1 -5 A sad commentary on God’s people – they were a perverse people – Devise iniquity and then bring it to pass • Covet fields and take them by violence • Covet houses and take them away • Oppress a man and his heritage • Reference Luke 12: 13 -21, 1 Corinthians 6: 20 – One day they would be destroyed and there would be 17 none to determine boundaries (5 -6)

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 2: 1 -11 • 2: 6 -11 A sad commentary on God’s people – they would rather hear lies than truth – The people tell the prophets not to prophesy (reminds me of Jeremiah 38: 4, Amos 7: 12 -13) – The people are an enemy and robbed those who passed by in safety – The people appoint liars as prophets – one could prophesy of wine and be appointed a priest in Israel (reminds me of Jeremiah 5: 31, contrast John 8: 32) 18

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 2: 12 -13 A remnant would return • God would assemble and lead a remnant of Jacob / Israel – Whether physically as from captivity (2 Chronicles 36: 17 -23) – Or spiritually with a “ruler in Israel” (Micah 5: 2 -3) 19

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 3: 1 -12 • Heads of Jacob / princes of Israel (3: 1 -4) – Hate the good and love the evil – God will not hear them (I Peter 3: 12) 20

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 3: 1 -12 • Prophets that make my people go astray (3: 5 -8) – How can you make someone go astray? (Ref. Revelation 2: 14 / Numbers 30: 16 / Numbers 25: 1 -6, Jeroboam, Proverbs 28: 10) – Possibly –that they declare peace when they are fed, but war when they go hungry (teach good for hire(? – Micah simply spoke the word of the Lord (1: 1, 3: 8( – The sun would go down on these prophets (Proverbs 28: 10( 21

My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets Lesson 17– Micah Chapter 3: 1 -12 • The rulers, priests and prophets (3: 9 -12) – They hate justice and twist what is right – They build up Zion with blood – They judge for reward, teach for hire – Then they lean upon God and say that the Lord is among them (hypocrisy) • Therefore -> 3: 12 – They were covetous, oppressive, loved lies, made God’s people go astray, hated justice… 22

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