WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF MICAH ... IT WAS NEEDED MESSAGE IN MICAHS TIME. MICAH PROPHESIED DURING THE REIGNS OF JOTHAM, AHAZ, AND HEZEKIAH. THESE WERE DAYS OF INEQUALITY AND IDOLATRY. HEZEKIAH. WAS THE BEST OF THESE KINGS, BUT EVEN HIS REFORMS HAD ONLY A TEMPORARY EFFECT. MICAH PREACHED ABOUT BOTH JUDGMENT AND HOPE. ISRAELS SINS COULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED, BUT NEITHER COULD THE PROMISES OF GOD ... INCLUDING THE PROPHECY INVOLVING THE LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, WHERE A MESSIAH WOULD BE BORN, A RULER WHOSE GOINGS FORTH WERE FROM OLD, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING. SOMETIMES WE MAKE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE SOMETHING ITS NOT ... PLACING OURSELVES UNDER ARBITRARY, SELF-IMPOSED RULES, LONG LISTS OF DOS AND DONTS, RESTRICTIVE DISCIPLINES, AND COMPLICATED OBJECTIVES. THE PROPHET MICAH, HOWEVER, BOILS IT ALL DOWN BY ASKING, WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE? HE REQUIRES US TO DO JUSTLY, LOVE, MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH HIM. AMEN
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:19:15 +0000
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