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Who Is an Enabler Like You? Micah 3:5-12. Who Is a God Like You?. Message #1 Who is a Judge Like You? (1:1-7)Message #2 Who Laughs Like You? (1:8-16)Message #3 Who is a Father Like You (2:1-5)
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Who Is an Enabler Like You? Micah 3:5-12
Who Is a God Like You? • Message #1 Who is a Judge Like You? (1:1-7)Message #2 Who Laughs Like You? (1:8-16)Message #3 Who is a Father Like You (2:1-5) • Message #4 Who is a Shepherd Like You (2:6-13)Message #5 Who is a Protector Like You (3:1-4) • Message #6 Who is an Enabler Like You (3:5-12) • Message #7 • Message #8 Message #9 Message #10 Message #11 Message #12 Message #13 Message #14
MICAH CHAPTER 3 - THREE UNITS The theme is “judgment” - “justice” 3:1-4, “to know judgment” (3:1) 3:5-8, “and of judgment” (3:8) 3:9-12, “that abhor judgment” (3:9)
The Outline for Micah 3:1-4 • I. THE ADDRESS/APPEAL TO THE “HEADS” (3:1) • II. THE ACCUSATION - they do not maintain justice (3:2-3) • A. Their Charge - To know and keep the Law (3:1) • B. Their Character - Their hearts are evil (3:2) • C. Their Conduct - They act like cannibals (3:2-3) • III. THE APPROPRIATE SENTENCE - God will not listen to them or look at them (3:4)
I. THE PROPHETS CENSURED • A. Their Problem for the People • B. Their Payment from the Prosperous • C. Their Preaching on Peace • D. Their Persecution of the Poor and/or Pure • Micah 3:5, • Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets • that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
II. THE PROPHETS CONDEMNED • A. The Judgment of Darkness • B. The Judgment of Desertion: Devoid of Answers • C. The Judgment of Disgrace • Micah 3:6, • Therefore night shall be unto you, • that ye shall not have a vision; • and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, • and the day shall be dark over them.
THE PROPHETS CONDEMNED • Micah 3:7, • Then shall the seers be ashamed, • and the diviners confounded: • yea, they shall all cover their lips; • for there is no answer of God.
III. THE PROPHETS’ CONTEMPORARY: MICAH • A. His Power • B. His Justice • C. His Courage • D. His Preaching • Micah 3:8, • But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, • to declare unto Jacob his transgression, • and to Israel his sin.
Examples of Spirit-filled Preachers • Polycarp, “Eighty and six years have I served (Christ) and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?” • Hugh Latimer, “Be of good courage, brother Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust never shall be put out.” • Martin Luther, “Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.”
IV. THE POLITICAL LEADERS CHALLENGED • A. They Do Not Listen • B. They Abhor Justice • C. They Twist Everything that is Straight • D. They Build by Corruption • Micah 3:9, • Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
THE POLITICAL LEADERS CHALLENGED • Micah 3:10, • They build up Zion with blood, • and Jerusalem with iniquity.
V. THE PROBLEMS OF THE CORRUPT HEART • A. The Problem of Greed • B. The Problem of Presumption • Micah 3:11, • The heads thereof judge for reward, • and the priests thereof teach for hire, • and the prophets thereof divine for money: • yet will they lean upon the LORD, • and say, Is not the LORD among us? • none evil can come upon us.
Their Presumption! • They presumed upon God’s grace! • They presumed upon God’s power! • They presumed upon God’s promises! • They presumed upon God’s holiness! • They presumed upon God’s justice!
VI. THE PROPHET MICAH’S CONCLUSION: JERUSALEM BEING DESTROYED • A. The Cause for the Destruction • B. The Comprehensive Nature of the Destruction • Micah 3:12, • Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, • and the mountain of the house • as the high places of the forest.
Invitation to seek God’s “pardon” Dear God, I now repent of my sins and lean upon Your Son for salvation. Please “pardon” all of my sin. Help me to have a profession of faith that is real and that leads to good works! I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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