Micah 5 tells us THREE THINGS God's Shepherd-Ruler will do…

He will Shepherd a Flock into Hostile Lands 

He will Expand His Flock into Every Land 

He will Deliver His Flock Forever from All Enemies

Three practical instructions...

Answer Slander with Praise — vv 1-2, 8

Trust God for Protection and Vindication — vv 3 & 7

Rest in Confident Prayer — vv 4 & 5-6

People will keep DIVIDING over WHO Jesus IS (40-43)

The Prophet OR The Christ? 

Surely NOT the Christ

People will keep DEBATING over WHAT to DO with Jesus (44-49)

Arrest Him

Hear Him Out

Insult & Threaten 

Jesus will keep DRAWING People TO Himself (50-52)

Chief Priests and Pharisees

Officers 

Nicodemus 

Are You Listening?

Jesus calls urgently

Jesus calls compassionately

Jesus calls everybody 

Are You Thirsty?

Are You Drinking?  

What does it MEAN to drink? 

WHAT are we drinking? 

What HAPPENS when we drink?

Quotations read were from:

The Silver Chair, by CS Lewis

Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of John, by JC Ryle

They’ve Absorbed “Folk” Theology 

They’ve Rejected Sovereignty 

They’ve Practiced Inadequate Faith

We study the power and importance of our speech from verses all across Proverbs 10-31, and the New Testament, ESPECIALLY...

Ephesians 4:29

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."

The Responses of Jesus's Critics:

Unmet Expectation 

The Human Paradigm

Jesus’s Paradigm

Unholy Exaltation

The Result: All Manner of Sin

The Remedy: Obey First 

Untrue Exclamation 

We Ought to Honestly Assess Our Own Hearts

We Ought to Be Careful What We Say