12-21: A Child is Born :: Hope In The Unlikeliest of Places
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Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our last message of this series we take a look at Micah 5 and the prophecy of a Savior from the unlikeliest of places.
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Micah 5:1-5
A Ruler from Bethlehem
(Matthew 2:1–12)
[1] Now, O daughter of troops,
mobilize your troops;
for a siege is laid against us!
With a rod they will strike the cheek
of the judge of Israel.
[2] But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come forth for Me
One to be ruler over Israel —
One whose origins are of old,
from the days of eternity.
[3] Therefore Israel will be abandoned
until she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of His brothers will return
to the children of Israel.
[4] He will stand and shepherd His flock
in the strength of the Lord,
in the majestic name of the Lord His God.
And they will dwell securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.
[5] And He will be our peace
when Assyria invades our land
and tramples our citadels.
We will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
Notes:
*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.
Sermon Notes
Slide 1
Image of a map of the kingdoms.
Slide 2
Micah 1:3
For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Slide 3
Some Unhighlights from Micah
● Worship of foreign gods in the high places (1:5)
● Covetousness, corrupt land seizures, and oppression (2:2)
● The leaders of Israel and Judah hate good and love evil (3:1)
● False prophets taking advantage of others (3:5)
● Deceitful weights and measures in business practices (6:11)
Slide 4
Some highlights in Micah
● A return to God’s ways with Zion at the center (4:1-2)
● An end to all wars (4:3)
● People enjoying peace, security, and bountiful provision (4:4)
● A new king (4:8-9)
● Redemption from enemies, both now and in the future (4:10-13, 5:5-6)
● A remnant will survive and thrive under the Lord (5:7-9)
Slide 5
Micah 5:1-5
Slide 6
Numbers 26:20-22
20 And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.
Slide 7
1 Samuel 17:12-15
12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. 13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: 14 David was the youngest 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
Slide 8
“You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Slide 9
1 Samuel 17:42
He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy,
Slide 10
Genesis 49:10-11
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples
Slide 11
2 Samuel 7:12-13
12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Slide 12
Luke 2
Slide 13
Matthew 2:5-6
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
Slide 14
Galatians 4:4 (NLT)
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman…
