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    Adult Enlightener: First Quarter 2019
    Adult Enlightener: First Quarter 2019
    Adult Enlightener: First Quarter 2019
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    Adult Enlightener: First Quarter 2019

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    The Contemporary Training for the Church (CTC) is a church ministry of training. The discipline of the Contemporary Training for the Church guides train church membership in the distinctive beliefs held by Christians. This ministry is designed as an essential part of the total educational program of the church.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9781681674698
    Adult Enlightener: First Quarter 2019

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      Adult Enlightener - R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation

      Selected Scripture: Micah 2:4–11

      BIBLICAL TEACHING EMPHASES:

      I. Mocking Lament

      II. Exhausting the Lord’s Patience

      RESOURCES:

      The Holy Bible, God’s Promises Edition. (Nashville, Boyd Publication, 1998).

      LEARNING SESSION

      Most of what we know about Micah the prophet is contained in this book of prophecy. Micah prophesied during the latter part of the eighth century and possibly the early part of the seventh century B.C. He likely prophesied before and during the fall of the Northern Kingdom.

      Micah’s prophecies were often directed at those in positions of power. They were the ones who had greater responsibility in leading the nation in faithfulness to the Lord. He knew that the wealthy and powerful were depriving those on the margins of society instead of helping them, and it had been revealed to him that the Lord would no longer tolerate these actions. He also knew that while the wealthy believed it was to their benefit to act in these ways, these actions were ultimately self-destructive. In abusing the people, they were depriving the entire community of the wholeness that the Lord had promised. They were depriving the people of justice. The prophet Micah caused a big stir in Israel when He criticized the leaders for their ungodly actions. Their wealth did not exempt them from walking humbly before the Lord.

      I. MOCKING LAMENT

      In order to understand Micah 2:4–5, we must first look at the beginning of Micah 2. The Lord was accusing and bringing judgment against those who made schemes and plots to take the land of others. Indeed, this prophecy seems to be directed at a particular family (v. 3). The family members would wake up in the morning to work out their schemes to deprive others of land. It is significant that Micah refers to the morning here in verse one. The morning was supposed to be a time of renewal; these people were instead using it to deprive others of life. This family was likely participating in the same practice discussed in Isaiah 5:8: Ah, you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is room for no one but you, and you are left to live alone in the midst of the land! (NRSV). God was very angry with those who plotted evil.

      In Micah 2:3, we read that the Lord was plotting evil against this family that had grown in power and taken the land from all others. This evil, though, depended on the perspective of those who had experienced it. For those who had been dispossessing others and the dispossessed, this was justice. This family would now experience what they had done from the perspective of the dispossessed. There would be a song sung by unknown mockers that mimicked the wailing of these formerly wealthy and powerful people. They would try to throw themselves on the mercy of the Lord, but they would not possess true repentance, only a self-centered indulgence. Thus, the Lord would exclude them from the apportioning of the land in the assembly (see Joshua 14–21).

      ACTIVITY

      MAKING IT RELEVANT:

      What does divine justice mean? How does Micah apply justice in this text?

      II. EXHAUSTING THE LORD’S PATIENCE

      Those in power did not want to hear Micah’s words. In the same way that Amaziah tried to silence Amos (see Amos 7:10–17), the people to whom Micah prophesied tried to silence him. They did not want to hear the truth about what they had done, and wanted to ignore the damage they had caused. They did not want to know what the results of their actions would be.

      In Micah 2:6–7, determining the identity of the speaker can be difficult. ‘Do not preach’—thus they preach— ‘one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.’ Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the LORD’s patience exhausted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to one who walks uprightly? (NRSV). The NRSV indicates that the speaker is Micah, speaking on behalf of the Lord. If this is the case, Micah was telling the powerful oppressors that they had brought this calamity upon themselves. The Lord would no longer hold back His judgment against these people. The Lord desired to do good things for them, but they constantly rebelled against Him, and He could no longer bless them.

      However, this verse could also be the continued speech of those who spoke in verse six. If so, they continue to defend themselves by turning to another audience and saying that surely the Lord would not do this to them. Surely He would not bring this harsh judgment upon His chosen people. Indeed, if they were the ones speaking, they continued to assert their righteousness. They continued in their delusion that no harm would come to them regardless of their actions. This truly could be an example of those who couldn’t admit their sins and their complete abandonment of the ways of the Lord.

      If we follow the reasoning that verse seven is the continued

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