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Lesson Summary:
Micah preaches judgment against Israel for failing to do the right thing in response to God’s love and great blessings.
Focus Passage: Micah 6.
Outline and Lesson Goal
Principles and Applications
I. Great Blessings (Micah 6:1-5)
- Principle: God Has Blessed His People Greatly.
- Application: What has the Lord done for you? What are your greatest blessings in life from Him?
- Scripture Reference
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 1:3 (NASB)
II. Great Expectations (Micah 6:6-8)
- Principle: God Expects His People to Live Righteous Lives.
- Application: How is your life a righteous response to the Lord’s great blessings in your life?
- Scripture Reference
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 (NASB)
III. Great Desolation (Micah 6:9-16)
- Principle: God Disciplines His People for their Sins.
- Application: What changes do you need to make in your life to avoid the Lord’s discipline?
- Scripture Reference
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.”
Hebrews 12:5-6 (NASB)
Conclusion: So What?
Credits
- Music: How Deep the Father’s Love for Us by Stuart Townsend
- Performed by Stacey Figueroa