STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. JUDGMENT IS COMING. (1 OF 7)
Scripture: Micah 1:1-16
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Stop. Look. Listen. Judgment Is Coming. (1 of 7)
Series: Micah
Robert Dawson
Micah 1:1-16
I saw a picture of a Railroad crossing sign out in the country. It wasn’t the bright yellow sign with the Rs and the X. It was a sign that simply said “Stop. Look. Listen.” Good advice. It’s amazing how trains can be so sneaky on these backroads with no flashing lights and armbars to announce their coming. They can be easily missed! That’s why school buses have to “Stop. Look. Listen.” They stop, open their doors. Look both ways. They listen.
Today we will begin a short study of Micah, one of the minor prophets. This country boy from a small town, about 25 miles outside of Jerusalem, knew God’s people, in both the Northern and Southern Kingdom, were at a crossroads. Micah took the time to stop, look and listen. He was like the men of Issachar who came to take part in David’s coronation, men described as those who “understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do” (1 Chronicles 12).
• He stopped and looked at was taking place in the world around him.
• He not only saw what was taking place but where it was leading. Ideas have consequences. Ideologies are not just words on a page. They lead somewhere. That is true for the individual. That is true for an organization. That is true for a nation.
• What we will also discover is that Micah saw and understood what was taking place in the world around him in the context of God’s Word.
• Micah not only stopped to look, but he also stopped to listen. What he heard was the train of God’s judgment barreling down the track.
As we dive into this OT prophet’s message, if we stop, look, and listen, we will be eerily surprised at how closely Micah’s day and our day parallel. (I think it is just a reminder that “no matter how much things change; they still manage to stay the same.” We don’t change. God doesn’t change).
Micah 1.1 – The Word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham ...
Series: Micah
Robert Dawson
Micah 1:1-16
I saw a picture of a Railroad crossing sign out in the country. It wasn’t the bright yellow sign with the Rs and the X. It was a sign that simply said “Stop. Look. Listen.” Good advice. It’s amazing how trains can be so sneaky on these backroads with no flashing lights and armbars to announce their coming. They can be easily missed! That’s why school buses have to “Stop. Look. Listen.” They stop, open their doors. Look both ways. They listen.
Today we will begin a short study of Micah, one of the minor prophets. This country boy from a small town, about 25 miles outside of Jerusalem, knew God’s people, in both the Northern and Southern Kingdom, were at a crossroads. Micah took the time to stop, look and listen. He was like the men of Issachar who came to take part in David’s coronation, men described as those who “understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do” (1 Chronicles 12).
• He stopped and looked at was taking place in the world around him.
• He not only saw what was taking place but where it was leading. Ideas have consequences. Ideologies are not just words on a page. They lead somewhere. That is true for the individual. That is true for an organization. That is true for a nation.
• What we will also discover is that Micah saw and understood what was taking place in the world around him in the context of God’s Word.
• Micah not only stopped to look, but he also stopped to listen. What he heard was the train of God’s judgment barreling down the track.
As we dive into this OT prophet’s message, if we stop, look, and listen, we will be eerily surprised at how closely Micah’s day and our day parallel. (I think it is just a reminder that “no matter how much things change; they still manage to stay the same.” We don’t change. God doesn’t change).
Micah 1.1 – The Word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham ...
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