Micah Outline

Here in the book of Micah, we find where God has chosen to preserve his prophecy to all generations as a testimony to his Holy desires toward man.

I. The Authority of Micha was considered as legitimate by:

1. Hezikiah king of Judah and certain elders in the time of Jeremiah (Jer 26:16-19) Hezikiah must have seen the fall of Samaria as proof of the Prophets message and taken to heart the message
   
   
2. Herod, the chief priests and elders all believed the book of Micah ( Mt 2:1-5) – Their actions proved they believed!
   - Herod tried to kill the young child (Mt 2:16-18)
   - The religious leaders tried to kill him (Mk 12:7)

      3.  Jesus referred to Micah 7:6 in his teaching the disciples  (Mt 10:21, 35-36)

II. The Accomplices of Micha

1. Isaiah – Preaching to Judah and Jerusalem the Gospel! Isaiah 59
2. Hosea – Proclaiming a holy love to His People! Hos 3:1-5

III. The Attributes of Micah

A. The Sin of the Nation of Israel

     1. The Lord is coming to Judge (Ch 1-3)

          a. The transgression – Samaria (1Kings 12:25- 13:34)
          b. The tears of the prophet(vs 8-10)
          c. The Terror of Judgment (vs 11-16)
          d. The Transgressions of Israel (ch 2-3)

              i.   The People (Chapter 2) – Hope (2:12-13)
              ii.  The Princes (3:1-4)
              iii. The Prophets (3:5-7) – A true Prophet (vs 5!)   Cf Jer 26:12-15 and Jer 26:20-24

       2. The greed of the unrighteous (3:9-12)

B. The Salvation of the Nation of Israel (Chapter 4-5)

     1. The Exaltation of the Lord's House (4:1-5)

     2. The Exaltation of the Lord's People (4:6-13)

     3. The Exaltation of the Lord's Christ (5:1-15)  cf Is 9:7-8

C. The Sanctification of the Nation of Israel (Chapter 6-7)

     1. The Lord's Controversy (6:1-5)

          a. The Lord's appeal in Creation (vs 1-2)
          b. The Lord's appeal in Salvation (vs 3-4)
          c. The Lord's appeal in Perception (vs 5)

     2. The Prophet's Cry (6:6-16)

          a. The theme of righteousness in the Bible (6:6-8)        Humility and faith pleases God.

1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Ho 6:6-7 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Isa 1:11-13To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Jer 7:22-24 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Ecl 5:1-3 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools:

Pr 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

 

     b. The Throne of Righteousness (10-16)

          1. The Chastening of God (vs 10-15) cf Dut 8

          2. The Counsels of God (vs 16)

               i. Statutes (rule of action, ordinance )

                    a. The Statues of Omri (vs 16)  1Kings 16:16-26

                    b. The Statues of the Lord (Ps 19:8)

               ii.  Works (Actions)

                    a. The Works of Ahab (vs 16)  1Ki 21:25 26

                    b. The Works of the LORD  Ps 111:2 

               Psalm 28 Read - Thus the pronouncement of vs 11-15

     C. The People's Condition (7:1-7)
         
          i.  their sin (1-4)
          ii. their judgment (5-6) cf Mt 10:34-36

     D. The Remnant's Cause (7:7-20)

          i.  The Confounding of the nations (vs 16)
          ii. The Compassion upon Jacob (vs 19)