Return to the Shepherd-King
September 18, 2022
LOVING-KINDNESS OF DISCIPLINE
PARENTING ILLUSTRATION
- Explaining to a child what they did wrong
- Disciplining the child for willful disobedience
- Affirming your love for the child after discipline
- This is the pattern we see in the book of Micah across four cycles
[1] DISOBEDIENCE OF ETHIC & TRUTH
Micah 1:1-2:11
- God steps down for Judgement (1:2-4)
- Explaining what they did wrong (1:5 – 2:11)
- How you treat others (2:1-5)
- How you distort truth (2:6-11)
PROMISED DELIVERANCE (2:12-13)
- “One to break open the way…” is the same idea/word used in Matthew 11:10 to describe John the Baptist
- “Their King…The Lord” is a Hebrew comparative couplet revealing that the promised Messiah with be the eternal King and God himself.
[2] DISOBEDIENCE OF LEADERS
Micah 3:1-4:8
- Unjust leaders will be judged (3:1)
- Compromised preachers will be judged (3:5-11)
- James 3:1 – Teachers will receive a stricter judgement.
PROMISED KING & KINGDOM
- In the last days
- God will be King (4:1)
- God will teach us (4:2)
- No more injustice or war (4:3)
- Equal prosperity (4:4)
[3] MISPLACED HOPE
Micah 4:9-
- The thunder of war approaches as people hoped in human Kings and counselors (4:9-13)
- Defeated (5:1)
PROMISED SHEPHERD-KING
- Coming from the small and insignificant town of Bethlehem (5:2)
- Origin is from eternity past, ancient times
- He will be the shepherd-king, born of a woman, leading God’s people as a shepherd
- He will bring peace
- He will judge
- He will rescue
[4] PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE
- God’s judgement (5:7-15)
- God’s Rebuke (6:1-5)
- Prophet’s Plea (6:6-8)
- What the Lord Requires (6:8)
Micah 6:8 “Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
APPLICATION [PROMISED HOPE]
MICAH’S FOCUS (Micah 7:7)
MICAH’S CONVICTION (7:8-9)
MICAH’S HOPE (7:14, 18-19)