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Thy Kingdom Come
Micah: Who is like the Lord?, Week 6
Previous Messages
Ordinary Faithfulness, not Spiritual Flashiness
Micah 6:1-8 is a series of 4 short speeches to make this point:
God's righteous acts require from us an ordinary faithfulness, not spiritual flashiness!
Vs1-2: Micah Speaking - Micah tells the people that God is bringing an indictment, charges of sin against them.
Vs3-5: Lord Speaking - The Lord asks the people to give account for what he has done to deserved to be forsaken in vain pursuit of fake gods. Then the Lord reminds the people of 4 righteous acts he has done for his people.
Vs6-7: The People Speaking - With one voice, the people respond asking what show of spirituality God wants from them.
Vs8: Micah Speaking: Micah responds that what God requires is not spiritual flashiness, but ordinary faithfulness. What God requires is a daily following after Jesus in justice, kindness, and walking humbly with God.
God's Encouraging Promises
Micah 5 continues with 3 great promises of God to his people:
1) God will glorify himself through his people
2) God will sanctify his people
3) God will defend his people
Peace through the Promise
Guest speaker, Trevan, continues our series in Micah with the first half of chapter 5, including some of the most well known words from Micah:
In this message we see:
1) Humiliation in Judah
2) Hope in the Little Town of Bethlehem
3) Harmony in our Security
Thy Kingdom Come
The King builds a strong nation by disciplining the sin within and defending against the enemies without. Micah 4:6-13 highlights four components of the Kingdom God is building:
1) The King disciplines his people
2) The King defends his people against all his (and all our) enemies
3) The King is worthy of our devotion
4) The King will establish his dynasty
Jerusalem Rising
From Jerusalem plowed under to the house of the Lord lifted up. Jerusalem rising - but how and when and why? How do we get from such a dark picture of impending judgment to a picture of almost unimaginable grace?
Leaders Fail, Jesus Won't
Leadership is not morally neutral and if character is not guarded, the leader will lead... but the result may be very bad. We need leadership that is not merely strong and effective - but also good and godly. Micah 3 covers the actions, motives, and consequences of the leaders of Israel.
The message for us: We will fail. Our leaders will fail. But Jesus will never fail.
Twisted Leadership
Unlike the twisted leaders of Israel, Jesus, the good King and good Shepherd, goes before his people to protect them and to give his life for them.
Hiding in a Cave
In Micah 1:10-16, Micah continues his warnings of impending judgment coming against Judah. But he does so through the use of word plays. He riffs off the names of the towns to pronounce the judgment. But in the judgment, he also alludes back to those times when David went into hiding from Saul (v10 in Gath, v15 in the caves of Adullam) to remind us that God will be faithful to preserve his people and the line of his anointed king, David.
Warnings and Restoration: An Introduction to the Book of Micah
Micah's name, in the original Hebrew, is a question: Who is like the Lord? The implied answer to the rhetorical question is clear: No one. There is no one like the Lord. The book of Micah is an invitation to encounter the character of God. He is the God who judges sin AND the God who forgives sin.
Mustard, Yeast, and the Kingdom of God
We should find hope and assurance that the coming of the kingdom of God is both inevitable and unstoppable! Jesus' death on the cross inaugurated his kingdom and its coming in all its fullness is a certainty!
Awaiting the Harvest
What if this parable is really about God preserving his people now until they enter into his eternal joy forever? Pastor Steve preaches on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.
Heaven, Hell, and Eternity
In Luke 13:19-31, Jesus tells a story that, for so many of us, is hard to accept because it deals with eternal things because it forces us to confront an uncomfortable, if true, reality: there is an eternity. Are you prepared for it? Because the only path to heaven is through faith in Jesus in this life.
Well Done - The Parable of the Talents
Jesus will return and generously rewards the faithful and punish the faithless. The Parable of the Talents is a beautiful promise that God rewards those who delight in serving their Master and a sobering truth that God will punish those who reject his kindness.
What Shall I Do?
Jesus told a poignant story about tenant farmers. Every time the landowner sent a servant to collect his rightful share, they beat up the servant and sent him away. Until the landowner sent his own son. This time? They killed the son.
We are the ones who have rejected and killed the Son. Each of us will either be broken in our sin and submit to Jesus, the Cornerstone, or we will be crushed underneath it. What Shall I Do?
Am I The Fool?
Jesus is teaching a crowd when a guy interrupts and asks him to intervene in a dispute the guy has with his brother over his inheritance. Instead, Jesus tells a story. In that story, a wealthy landowner experiences a bumper crop. His response? I'll build myself some bigger barns and then I can kick back in the recliner, crack open a cold one, and enjoy life. But his life would be required of him that night. Then what of all the stuff he acquired?