God’s Unlikely Means - Micah 1:1

Scripture

• Micah 1:1

About this sermon

The true God is not to be trifled with. Ever. He is to be thought of, and responded to, with the utmost seriousness and respect. He should be loved, and admired, and submitted to; never despised, mocked, and resisted. He is often patient with sin because of His love for sinners, but He never ignores sin. Maybe you think that He is tame and distant because He has not yet judged your sin — because He has given you space for repentance — but when He decides to act against sin, you can be sure that His presence is dreadful. He is the God who acts in the present but His perspective and purposes are never confined to the present. He has declared the end from the beginning and therefore He can deal with men in a way that both reproves them and reassures them. He can reprove present disobedience, and reassure as to an ultimate end, because of His never ending faithfulness. He is a God who accomplishes His work among men in ways that are surprising. He confounds the wise by using means that men consider foolish. He confounds the strong by using means that men consider weak. He confounds conventional thinking, and common assumptions, by doing things in a way that men never expect. We see all of this in the book of Micah.