Micah - Judgement Against Israel’s Leaders

READ:

Micah 3:1-12 • Proverbs 13:14 • Proverbs 21:13 • Matthew 15:14 •

• Who are “heads of Israel” and the “rulers of the house of Israel” that Micah is addressing in verse 1 and 2?

What analogy does he use for their injustices? What does the analogy mean? How were Israel’s governing

leaders treating the people they governed? Is it the responsibility of those who oversee justice to know

what justice is? Explain.

• What is God’s declaration of judgement against Israel’s corrupt governing leaders and their injustices

against the people? According to Micah 3:4 and Proverbs 13:14, what is one of the consequences of living

as if there is no God?

• What injustices were the religious leaders (prophets and priests) guilty of in Micah’s day? Where do you

see evidence today of false/impure motives among some of the religious leaders in America? Why did Jesus

say impure religious leaders are “blind guides leading the blind” (Matthew 15:14)?

• According to Micah 3:8, what are some of the marks of Godly leadership? Why did Micah fit this

description? What role does repentance play in turning a people or nation back toward God?

DISCUSS: • How is Micah’s preaching and message regarding a nation’s leaders still relevant today? How can bad

leaders be both a judgment from God and a reason for judgement?

• Micah said, “you hate what is good and you love what is evil.” Do you see that same scenario playing out in

our nation today? How does this affect a nation? How does this affect the church?

• Do you want ministers/leaders in the church to point out sin? If you were a church leader, what sins

and/or injustices of our time need addressing?

• How does this passage point us to Jesus? What kind of leader is Jesus?

PRAY:

Pray for a mighty work of the Spirit in the hearts of our local, national and international governing leaders.

Pray that God would work in and through our spiritual leaders to shepherd and guide our souls to truth.

RESPOND:

Choose one governing leader and one religious leader, and pray Micah 3:8 over them this week (That they

would be filled with power, filled with the Spirit of the Lord, filled with justice and strength, boldly declaring

the truth of God.)

Sermon Notes

Micah - do justice • love kindness • walk humbly

Part 3 – Judgement Against Israel’s Leaders

Micah 3:1-12

The leaders of a nation can be both a judgment from God and a reason for judgement.

If we stop listening to God, there may come a time when He stops listening to us.

A false gospel tells us to come to Jesus to get health, wealth, and prosperity. The true gospel tells us to come

to Jesus to get Jesus.

God’s judgment against a nation is not turned by better laws, better congress, better presidents. God’s

judgment is turned by the repentance of its people.

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