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What God Requires from Me?
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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
DEEDSSEEDS WEEDS
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
