Month: November 2022

Sunday 27th November 2022
Read: Matthew 21:1-17; Micah 4:1-13

Sermon: Micah 4:1-13

Micah 1-3 Yhwh’s Spirit exposing sin

Micah 4:1-5 An ideal new Jerusalem

Micah 4:6-7 The people gathered to the new Jerusalem

Micah 4:8-5:1 The painful birthing of the new Jerusalem
Micah 4:8 from little things, big things grow

Micah 4:9-10 birth through the pain of exile

Micah 4:11-13 delighting in Zion’s defilement leads to a threshing

Micah 5:1 striking Israel’s judge in judgment

Matthew 21 The return of the king to Jerusalem

Sunday 20th November 2022
Read: Psalm 119:153-160; 2 Timothy 4:1-5; Micah 3:1-12

Sermon: Micah 3:1-12

Introduction The test of true prophecy

Micah 3:1-4 Corrupt rulers turn cannibalistic

Micah 3:5-8 Corrupt seers can’t see

Micah 3:9-12 Corrupt leaders content with dangerous lies

Conclusion The true prophet’s difficult task

Sunday 13th November 2022
Read: 1 Kings 21:1-23; John 10:1-11; Micah 2:1-13

Sermon: Micah 2:1-13

Micah 1 Israel’s incurable wound

Micah 2:1-11 When the land of rest becomes unclean

Micah 2:1-5 the LORD devises evil against those who devise evil

Micah 2:6-11 when people prefer alcoholic liars to true prophets

Micah 2:12-13 The shepherd king will gather his faithful remnant

Sunday 6th November 2022
Read: Psalm 144; John 6:25-40; Micah 1:1-16

Sermon: Micah 1:1-16

Micah 1:1 Micah the prophet

Micah 1:2-5a Everyone, everywhere: pay attention

Micah 1:5b-7 Samaria’s doom

Micah 1:8-9 Judah’s incurable wound

Micah 1:10-15 Judah’s inevitable disaster

Micah 1:16 Exile announced

Conclusion: salvation or judgement when Yahweh comes down?