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Meeting God, Again - Micah 1 Meeting God, Again - Micah We’ve been going through a series called Meeting God, Again. If you’re just joining us for the first time, we’ve been walking through the minor prophets in the Old Testament to highlight the character of God, and really, to see what kind of relationship God wants with us. Today we’re talking about the prophet Micah. Like all the minor prophets, Micah deals with sin, judgement and hope… but not just on an individual level… The prophets are addressing sin, judgement and hope on a national level. And as I studied this book, I couldn’t help but wonder: Are we really a “blessed nation”? ​ ​ ​ On one level, I’d say, yeah we’re definitely blessed. We live in a free country! Honestly, I have to say, when my plane landed back in the states after 2 weeks in Israel, I was really glad to see our flag flying high! I’m convinced that we can’t fully appreciate the freedom we have unless we’ve been to a country without freedom - and I only had a small taste of that! So, don’t misunderstand my question: I appreciate and completely respect those that have served our country (like all of my grandfathers) and especially those ​ ​ that have given their lives for our freedom! So yes, on one hand, we’re blessed. But, I’m not convinced we’re blessed in ​ such a way that the wealth and prosperity we have is proof that God is on ​ ​ our side. ​ Think about this: We have everything we need - actually, most of us have more ​ than we need to live. I remember researching for a sermon a few years ago where I found that if you have clean running water and a roof over your head, you’re in the top 1% of the wealthiest people on the planet! Hard to believe… I know… but that’s because we’re in a nation that is so abundantly wealthy that we simply don’t know any better unless we’ve visited parts of the world that don’t have clean running water and a roof over their head. 2 But again, after studying Micah and the other prophets, I’m wondering if we’re actually a “blessed nation” in the way we assume we’re blessed. Hear me out on this one… I was thinking this week… and this is sort of a thought experiment… it’s what I like to call a campfire discussion question… Could it be that our wealth and luxurious living is sort of a mirror image of the story of Job? If you remember Job in the OT, this was a guy who was ​ faithful to the LORD. But one day an adversary approached the throne room of God and said, “You know what? I bet your servant Job wouldn’t be so faithful if You would stop blessing him so much.” So Job was put to the test. His wealth was taken… His family was taken… even his health was taken from him. But in the end he proved faithful and Yahweh God blessed him even more. Is our story sort of the opposite of Job’s? Has our nation been given so much as a test to see whether or not we would be faithful to God? In other words: Will we ​ depend on the LORD even though we have everything we need, or will we detach ourselves from Him because we feel like we don’t need Him? That’s actually a main strategy that the enemy uses to keep us distanced from God. When I say ‘enemy,’ I’m talking about Satan. He’s called the ‘god of this age’ in 2 Corinthians 4:4; the ‘ruler of the kingdom of the air’ in Ephesians 2:2; and the ‘prince of this world’ in John 12:31. But it’s not just Satan, the scriptures also talk about other bad guys - not demons - they’re lower level evil spiritual beings - I’m talking about the really bad guys of the Bible… the heavy hitters. Paul calls them the rulers, authorities and powers of this dark world, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph. 6:12) - Paul’s talking about evil spiritual forces who influence nations! [One of these days maybe I’ll do a short series on the bad guys of the Bible, but for now check out the resources I have listed in your sermon notes] These bad guys of the Bible influence nations in different ways, but for our nation, I’m convinced that Satan and his spiritual forces of evil would love nothing 3 more than for us to be unaware of just how much we need Jesus because of how well off we are. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says that “The god of this age has blinded the minds of ​ ​ unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” It’s no wonder that the world says: “Why would we need this Jesus guy? ​ We’ve got everything we need. We might not have everything we want, but hey, if we just work hard enough, good things will come our way! We can succeed if we just try hard enough. Success will come our way if we don’t give up! We just have to speak it out into the universe! You’ve got the power to make your life whatever you want it to be! You can do it!” I know you’ve heard these statements before. Think about them from a biblical worldview. What if the situation we live in is kind of a test to see exactly how faithful we are to Jesus? I think that’s a great discussion to have as you’re ​ ​ roasting marshmallows by the campfire this fall! So, we’ll see that in Micah’s day all of Israel chose to depend on themselves rather than Yahweh God. We’ll see exactly how they rebelled against God, and we’ll see God’s response to their unfaithfulness. Let’s Pray Turn with me to the book of Micah. As you get there, let’s talk about why Micah was writing to God’s people... The prophet Micah lived during the same time as Isaiah and Hosea. Long before Micah’s day, God’s people had divided into two nations - The Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Both nations were prospering… but it’s one of those cases where the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting even more poor. Both nations fell into so much sin that God decided their days were numbered. So, Micah was writing as a warning to the Israelites ​ that judgement was coming because of their sin, but he was also writing because there would be hope for their people. 4 The book itself is written mostly in the form of Hebrew poetry. So you’ve got this back and forth of judgment and hope throughout the whole book. What I’d like to do this morning is look at the reasons why God’s people were about to be judged… What were they guilty of? #1. They were guilty of idolatry and serving other gods. Of the 10 Commandments, these are the first two! They say, “You shall have no other gods before me.” And, “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:3-4a). Go with me to Micah chapter 1, starting in verse 7: “All her idols will be broken to pieces; all her temple gifts will be burned with fire; I will destroy all her images. Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes, as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.” So, they were making idols… idols are man made statues that represent certain deities. They made their own idols of other gods and then placed them in their temples (we’ve seen examples of this during this series with the cities of Bethel and Dan). The bible often talks about the sin of worshiping other gods as prostitution. God’s people essentially sold themselves to other gods. And because they did that, they were prospering. But Yahweh God says that “since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes, as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.” This is talking about a later event when the nation of Assyria comes to Israel, invades their capital city of Samaria, and then takes Israel’s wealth and uses it to fill their own Assyrian temples of worship. So, Israel is guilty of idolatry… 5 #2. Israel was guilty of stealing wealth and materials that were not theirs Check out Micah chapter 2, starting with verse 1… “Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.” [Advance slide again] They were to the point where they were staying awake at ​ night trying to figure out how they could steal from other people! These are like people today who try to steal our identity.
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