Reading Selections and Questions for Sunday, May 24th, 2009.
1) Micah 4:1-4
What time period does this prophecy pertain to? What will be different about then than now?
Psalm 86:9; Jeremiah 3:27; Zechariah 8:3; Philippians 2:9-11
How are the end times described in these verses? In your opinion, what would be the best part of the experience of these times?
2) Micah 5:1-5a
Chapter 4 was a message of hope about future peace. Then, Micah reminds them they have to face judgment first.
What information does this passage give about the coming Messiah?
Would their judgment last forever?
How could verse 3 apply to the post-exile time for the Jews? How could verse 3 apply to Jesus’ end times return?
3) Micah 4:3-4; 5:4-5
These verses prophecy about 2 qualities of Jesus.
A) As the Bringer of peace.
“To sit under one’s own vine” was a proverbial saying that meant a state of peace, security and contentment. Are you experiencing your life in Christ sitting under your own vine?
Isaiah 9:6
Where do you turn for peace in your life? Are you allowing the Prince of Peace to rule?
B) Shepherd
Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 11:15; John 10:11-18
How has Jesus been the Shepherd for you?
4) Micah 6:6-8
What was the problem described by Micah in verses 6-7?
In what ways do people try to come to God on their own terms (or by earning it) today?
What is the irony in us offering our own first born to be made right with God?
According to this passage, what does God require? How well does you life measure up to these requirements today?
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