Jesus In The Book Of Micah

Micah 12/15/24 A.M.

Well, we’re a week and a half away from Christmas. Growing up, my parents never went out too big for Christmas. We would have a nice lunch and my parents would buy us some nice gifts but it was never a big celebration like it is in some families. And I still, even today, don’t go out real big for Christmas. Some of you all might have already figured that out. BAH HUM BUG RIGHT!!! But listen, I’m not going to go into debt up to HERE, to buy gifts I can’t afford, for items that are overpriced, for stuff that people don’t need.

Now this is where I’m going with this. The fact that Jesus CAME the way He CAME, He LIVED the way He LIVED, He DIED the way He DIED, and He AROSE the way He AROSE is something worth CELEBRATING EVERYDAY. I’m afraid the GOSPEL MESSAGE is lost in the CELEBRATION of Christmas. I’m thinking there are a lot of misconceptions about Christmas.

I’m afraid people THINK that Jesus didn’t exist until that Christmas morning when He was born. JESUS IS ETERNAL

I’m afraid people don’t even realize that Baby Jesus grew to become a man who died for the SINS of the world. I don’t know if the average person walking down the street can even TIE Christmas to Easter.

I don’t know if people really get that Jesus was God in the FLESH and HE is an EQUAL PART of the TRINITY.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL DO. MOST OF YOU ALL GET IT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

Do they “GET IT”? And here in good old “Buckle of the Bible Belt” Oklahoma, more people probably “GET IT” than in other parts of the country.

This morning I want to look at the Book of Micah. I haven’t preached very many sermons out of this book and here’s why. Micah is kind of DARK. In the first Chapter, we are told that Israel’s false gods and their IDOLATRY show how unfaithful they were to the TRUE and LIVING God, he compares them to HARLOTS. He goes on to say that the pride of each of her cities will become her downfall, and that God will melt mountains when he comes. Going on in the following Chapters we find out about her corrupt leaders, corrupt prophets, corrupt judges. And we see how these corrupt officials have abused the women, children, and families. Micah gives us a very dark description of a nation that has turned it’s back on God.

But yet in this DARK TIME in this DARK BOOK we see Jesus. And even though Micah didn’t know Him by name, we see Him throughout the book. And so this morning let’s go ahead and pray and then we’ll get into the message.

Brother ____, would you lead us in prayer?

Before we get into all of the different places that we see Jesus in this book, I want to point something out. If Jesus had not taken all of the sin of the world upon Himself, how could we accurately say that the God of this universe is a God of LOVE? If God had not given us a way of salvation then He wouldn’t be a LOVING GOD. But He did.

I. First of all we see Jesus as a SHEPHERD who gathers His flock. Let’s look at Micah Chapter 2, Verse 12.

“I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

A lot of folks, including me, see this as a PROPHECY that the Nation of Israel would be re-established. Of course we know this happened in 1948. Since then, the Nation of Israel has become one of the most powerful nations in the world.

Now let’s look at Micah Chapter 4, Verse 8,

“And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.”

And then Micah 5, Verse 4,

“And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.”

And so now I want us to look at what Jesus said about Himself. John Chapter 10, Verses 7-11 tells us

“Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.