Hearing But Not Listening Micah 2 Introduction Sm1 sd2me, hey th ttl 2ths mssg snds lk lst wk,try 2prch sm mssg agn Cif anybdy lstnng? That is a good idea, I wasn’t planning to do, but maybe sometime try see if… Review Mnr prphts – why listen? Prch whol counsel Ac20:27; 4r instruction Ro15:4, timless ppls Micah - ~736-700BC, 1:1 sys Jotham,Ahaz,Hezekiah; fall Samaria 722, revival Judah Micah 1 Last week title Hear and Listen – Samaria and Jerusalem, capitals of … Lord cmng agn, natns that don’t ruins, that do contiu, cap affects little guy, chldrn Notice in Micah 1:9 and 12 trouble at the gates of Jerusalem, come fm Samaria Micah 2 two sins of Samaria at gate of Jerusalem, both have to do w hearing not listen 1st When Men Think Up Evil And Do It 1-5 A. Samaria 1 Kn 21:1-14 King Ahab and Jezebel taking Naboth’s vineyard B. Jerusalem Micah 2:1,2 devise iniquity [sin] Work out evil on beds At morning practice it Because they have power to do so Covet fields Take them by violence Oppress man and his house and Word of God also says lots about doing such Dt 6:6,7 teach the word include Dt 5:21 U shall not covet… Dt 15:7,11 not harden your heart to the poor Dt 27:19 cursed is one who perverts justice of stranger, fatherless, widow Ps10:2 wicked persecute the poor, caught in plots they have devised Pv14:31 oppresses the poor reproaches His Maker Isaiah 3:14,15 judgment of ppl for plunder My ppl and Amos 5:11 you tread down the poor, written ~25 years before Micah God says woe to U, Specifically To these plans and actions v3-5 3agaisnt this family, devising disaster, evil time 4 that day proverb against U lamentation…,changed heritage of my ppl,div fields C. Applications 1. because U can doesn’t mean you should, science, nations should learn as well 2. watch out for an attitude of coveting, serious problem in world today 3. God cares for the poor and oppressed, and punishes those who take advantage 4. two evils we live w now in our society: abortion, same sex marriage, in the gat 2nd When Men Say To God ‘Don’t Say Such Things’ A. Samaria 1 Kn 22:24-29 Ahab’s false prophet Zedekiah to true prophet Micaiah B. Jerusalem Micah 2:6 ‘Do not prattle’ you say to those who prophesy Prattle is meaningless irrevelant speech, here said of the prophet Micah’s Speaking the Lords words in 3-5 Negative, stop speaking, stop prophesying these bad things God says to those who hear but do not lsten 7-11 3 rhetorical Q 7 My ppl rise up lik an enemy..pull off…the wmn rmvd…My glory tkn awa Destroy with utter destruction If a man walk with a false spirit speak a lie, you would accept this !!! C. Application 1. False teachers have a hearing because they preach what ppl want to hear instead of the whole counsel of God. U won’t hear false teacher preach minor prophets too negative, cherry pick topics, interest, popular 2. Be careful of dismissing preaching because you don’t want to hear it. Some may be off target, but if it is in the Word of God hear and listen and do Preaching is the explanation of God’s Word 2Ti4:2. III. Hearing And Listening To A Promise of God 12-13 Serious consequences to hearing but not listening to God’s word BUT Micah closes w a glimmer of hope for Samaria and others who do not listen God will gather th remnant like a shepherd gather the sheep, the Lord lead as king