PPT-33 Micah

MICAH Southern Kingdom PreExile Northern Kingdom already in Assyrian exile Key theme God judges sin and calls for justice Key verse Micah 68 Micah delivered three messages Note Hear in 12 31 61. Convened by this network 140 leaders of Christian organisations involved with the poor from 50 c ountries met in Oxford in September 2001 to listen to God and each other for mutual learning encouragement and strengthening as we serve the cause of th Micah 3:1-5:15. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message. This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com. Micah 3:1-5:15. Micah 6:8. He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.. What Does God Want From Me?. Micah 6:8. He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To . SPECIAL . PEOPLE. (. MICAH). Lesson 7 for May 18, 2013. HISTORICAL . CONTEXT. Micah, as did Isaiah, carried on his prophetic ministry in the critical period of the latter half of the 8th century b.c., when Assyria was the dominant world power. In his own country Jotham, the king of Judah, when he began his prophetic ministry, “did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,” although the people of his kingdom “sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places” (2 Kings 15:34, 35). Ahaz, Jotham’s son and successor, went the full length of idolatry, even burning “his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen” (2 Chron. 28:3). He did not hesitate to rearrange and change the brazen altar of burnt offering, and the laver, and to place within the sacred Temple precincts an idolatrous altar which he saw at Damascus (2 Kings 16:10–12, 14–17). These and other iniquitous acts against the true worship of the Lord made Ahaz probably the most idolatrous king who had reigned over Judah. During the time of this spiritual declension among the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, Micah exercised his prophetic office. The contents of his book set forth the moral and religious conditions among the people during the . Resource Class. Over-. Overact. Overcharge. Overachieve. Overcomplicated. Overcompetetive. Overbear. Overcontrol. Over-. Her mom was . overcontrolling. , so she allowed her daughter to go to the party.. MICAH. Southern Kingdom - Pre-Exile. (Northern Kingdom already in Assyrian exile. ). Key theme: . God judges sin and calls for justice. . Key verse: . Micah 6:8 Micah delivered three messages (Note “Hear” in 1:2; 3:1; 6:1). Hear what the Lord says:. Rise, plead your case before the mountains,. and let the hills hear your voice. . 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord,. and you enduring foundations of the earth;. Judgment, Mercy, and Forgiveness. Micah. And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord. . Micah 6:5-8; 7:18-20. Micah 6:5-8. My people, remember what . Balak. king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of . Beor. answered.. Remember your journey from . Shittim. to . Gilgal. , that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.. Micah is an example of living without rules.. Study Judges 17 and 18.. Judges 17:6. In those days . there was. no king in Israel; everyone did . what was. right in his own eyes. . Theme of this time. Israel, the Church and You. Odek. , Uganda - 2007. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. . 1:2 Urges . All People To Hear and Listen. … That Includes Us. ISRAEL. JUDAH. Kings of Judah. ASSYRIA. BABYLON. PERSIA. EGYPT. Rehoboam. Abijah. Asa. Jehoshaphat. Jehoram. Ahaziah. Athaliah. Joash. said . to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”. Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you, my son!”. Rise, plead your case before the mountains,. and let the hills hear your voice. . 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord,. and you enduring foundations of the earth;. for the Lord has a controversy with his people,.