Lawsuit - What God Requires from Me

God’s LawsuitWhat God Requires of Man

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Micah 6:1-2

God’s Accusation

“My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you?

Answer me. 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.”

Micah 6:3-4

Micah 6:5

“My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what

Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the

Lord.”

Israel’s Response

Micah 6:6-7

“He has showed you, O man, 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.”

Micah 6:8

Micah 6:8Walk

Humbly with God

Love Mercy

To ActJustly

Walk humbly with God

EGW, 4 Testimonies, 337.“To walk humbly with God is essential to the perfection of

Christian character. God requires undeviating principle in the

minutest details of the transactions of life. Said Christ: ‘He that is

faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much’.”

Love Mercy

Walk Humbly with God

To Act

Justly

Matthew 23:23“Woe to you, teachers of the law

and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint,

dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important

matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have

practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”

Justice

Faithfulness Mercy

Micah 6:8

Walk Humbly with God

Love Mercy

To ActJustly

Matthew23:23

Faithfulness Mercy Justice

Mercy

EGW, 3 Testimonies, 524.

“If we neglect the cases of the needy and the unfortunate that are

brought under our notice, no matter who they may be, we have no assurance of eternal life; for we do not answer the claims that God

has upon us.”

Justice

Faithfulness Mercy

I Corinthians 13:13

“And now these three remain: faith,

hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Micah 6:8

Walk Humbly with God

Love Mercy

To ActJustly

Matthew23:23

Faithfulness Mercy Justice

I Corinthians

13:13Faith Love Hope

Justice X Hope

EGW, Welfare Ministry, 217.“Let those in our churches and those who stand in position of

responsibility in our institutions learn from these words how carefully the Lord guards the

interests of those who cannot help themselves. He hears the cry of the widow for her fatherless children. He will surely bring into judgment those who disregard the rules that He has laid down to shield them

from harm.”

Micah 6:8

Walk Humbly with God

Love Mercy

To ActJustly

Matthew23:23

Faithfulness Mercy Justice

I Corinthians

13:13Faith Love Hope

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EGW, 6 Testimonies, 273.“There are many who complain of God because the world is so full of want and suffering, but God never

meant that this misery should exist. He never meant that one

man should have an abundance of the luxuries of life while the

children of others cry for bread. The Lord is a God of benevolence.”

EGW, Signs of the Times, June 13, 1892.“In the providence of God events have been so ordered that the poor

are always with us, in order that there may be a constant exercise in the human heart of the attributes

of mercy and love. Man is to cultivate the tenderness and

compassion of Christ; he is not to separate himself from the

sorrowing, the afflicted, the needy, and the distressed.”

Corporative Solution

“And what does the Lord

require of you? To act justly and

to love mercy

and to walk humbly with

your God.”

Micah 6:8

Seeds

Deeds

Weeds