Scripture: Micah 3
Introduction
Rotten Rulers
- “Hear” – Listen up!
- You should know justice
- You hate good and love evil
- You are like cannibals!
- God won’t answer you
Pathetic Preachers
- Promise peace when they are fed and paid
- Shalom – prosperity, success, welfare, health
- Jesus called out self-righteous Pharisees in Matt 23:37-39
- Paul warned about false teachers in 2 Tim 4:1-5
Show Justice or Face Judgment
Pathetic Preachers – Darkness, no message from God, He will not answer you
Rotten Rulers – because of you Jerusalem will be destroyed. The Temple mount will become a wild forest.
Jesus came with the Gospel
Jesus proclaim Good News (Gospel)
- Liberty for the captives
- Sight for the blind
- Freedom for the oppressed
- The Gospel is Spiritual salvation
Take Aways
- Have you repented and trusted Jesus?
- Are you a godly leader?
- Do you love good & hate evil?
- Do you speak truth in love?