Micah Bible Study
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Micah
Micah
Micah was one of the “minor prophets” who wrote around the eighth century BC.
Micah ministered during the same time as Isaiah.
Isaiah preached to the royal class
Micah preached to the commoner
***God needs people on every level to reach out to others
Micah was in the Southern kingdom, in a town called Moresheth.
His prophesies consist of warnings of future judgment upon the people, and afterwards, a future restoration by God.
One of the main themes God through Micah focuses on, is the treatment of those who were poor, and the abuse of their wealth among the rich.
He accuses the leaders of becoming wealthy through theft, and even the prophets who have become corrupt through covetousness. He condemns their idolatry and greed.
Yet, even though the prophet deals hard words to the people, there is a note of hope and restoration. As a matter of fact, we see that the judgment, in part, is so that God can restore the people.
Each of the three sections begins with a call to listen, or hear.
Hear, all ye people
Hear, O heads of Jacob
Hear now what the Lord saith
It is interesting to note how often God calls us to hear, or listen. It is not as if our natural ears don’t work, but He knows that we are prone to look for, and listen for, evidences that will support what we already believe. It is called Confirmation Bias.
It is interesting to note how often God calls us to hear, or listen. It is not as if our natural ears don’t work, but He knows that we are prone to look for, and listen for, evidences that will support what we already believe. It is called Confirmation Bias.
Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
King James Version Chapter 7
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD;
I will wait for the God of my salvation:
My God will hear me.
O thou that art named the house of Jacob,
Is the spirit of the Lord straitened?
Are these his doings?
Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying,
I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink;
He shall even be the prophet of this people.
It is interesting to note how often God calls us to hear, or listen. It is not as if our natural ears don’t work, but He knows that we are prone to look for, and listen for, evidences that will support what we already believe. It is called Confirmation Bias.
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord,
And of judgment, and of might,
To declare unto Jacob his transgression,
And to Israel his sin.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field,
And Jerusalem shall become heaps,
And the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
And he shall judge among many people,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruninghooks:
Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war any more.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah,
Though thou be little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;
Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand;
And thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
And what doth the Lord require of thee,
But to do justly, and to love mercy,
And to walk humbly with thy God?
Therefore I will look unto the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation:
My God will hear me.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:
When I fall, I shall arise;
When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
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