Justice, Kindness, and Humility

Sunday, July 18, 2015
Micah 6:3-8 NIV 

3 "My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. 4 I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam. 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD." 6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What questions does the Lord ask of His people? (v.3)
2) What does the Lord remind them of? Why? (v.4-5)
3) What had the Lord's people asked of Him? (v.6-7)
4) What has the Lord required of His people? (v.8)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Have you, your family, your local church, and/or your church denomination done what the Lord requires of His people? if not, why not? If so, briefly explain how. 

LIFE LESSONS
6) The Lord is serious about our covenant with Him and our commitment to other people.
7) The greatest sacrifice that we can offer the Lord is the sacrifice of our will for His.