Choose Spiritual Paths

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Choose Spiritual Paths
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Choose Spiritual Paths Micah

• Rebellion A Path to Ruin
• Corruption A Path to Nowhere
• Hope A Path to Fulfillment
• Commitment A Path to Excellence

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Gods Biblical Message of Hope

• Your best days as a believer are always ahead.
• God has given us a hope and a future that will be
  greater than all the joys of this life combined.
• God has given us a hope that does not disappoint
• Our greatest days await our arrival in heaven or
  the return of our Savior Jesus Christ!

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Hope A Path to Fulfillment

• Seeking Gods Paths (Mic. 41-2)
• Enjoying Security (Mic. 43-4)
• Accepting Sins Consequences (Mic. 51)
• Holding to a Bright Promise (Mic. 52-4)

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Seeking Gods Path

• 1 In the last days the mountain of the LORDs
  house will be established at the top of the
  mountains and will be raised above the hills.
  Peoples will stream to it,
• 2 and many nations will come and say, Come, let
  us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the
  house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about
  His ways so we may walk in His paths. For
  instruction will go out of Zion and the word of
  the LORD from Jerusalem.

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13 Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat 14 Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find it. Matt 713-14 (KJV)
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Enjoying Security

• 3 He will settle disputes among many peoples and
  provide arbitration for strong nations that are
  far away. They will beat their swords into plows,
  and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will
  not take up the sword against nation, and they
  will never again train for war.
• 4 But each man will sit under his grapevine and
  under his fig tree with no one to frighten him.
  For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has promised
  this.

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• Micah encouraged the people of his day with
  positive truths. They were going to endure great
  hardships and discipline from the Lord.
  Eventually there would be a limited earthly
  restoration, but Micah promised a complete
  restoration in the future for Gods people.
• The kingdom of God promises absolute security.
  The picture of each man sitting under his
  grapevine is a portrait of provision and safety.
• The false prophets in Micahs day, for a bribe,
  promised peace but only submission to the Lord
  can provide true peace and security.

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Accepting Sins Consequences

• 51 Now daughter who is under attack, you
  slash yourself in grief a siege is set against
  us! They are striking the judge of Israel on the
  cheek with a rod.
• Rebellion and sin leads to ruin.
• Repentance and obedience leads to rest.

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Hebrews

• Therefore ,as the Holy Spirit says Today if
  you will hear his voice, 8 Do not harden your
  hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of trial
  in the wilderness 9 Where your fathers tested
  me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
  10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
  and said, They always go astray in their heart
  and they have not known my ways. 11 So I swore in
  my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Heb
  37-11

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Holding to a Bright Promise

• 2 Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the
  clans of Judah One will come from you to be
  ruler over Israel for Me. His origin is from
  antiquity, from eternity.
• 3 Therefore, He will abandon them until the time
  when she who is in labor has given birth then
  the rest of His brothers will return to the
  people of Israel.
• 4 He will stand and shepherd them in the
  strength of Yahweh, in the majestic name of
  Yahweh His God. They will live securely, for then
  His greatness will extend to the ends of the
  earth.

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2 Lies of Satan

• It is alright to sin, God is compassionate and
  not angry with you. Jesus knows our weaknesses
  and understands that we are weak.
• Do you think God can forgive you? He is angry
  that you always sin. He is just waiting to punish
  you. Dont bother to go back to Him, He will
  never receive you. He is holy and you are dirty!

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Conclusion

• We will finally live in the safe environment that
  all desire but that can never be achieved by
  human governments or armies.
• In the kingdom of God we will be in our Saviors
  presence, we will be ruled by Him, and we will
  never experience danger or fear again.
• The return of Jesus Christ is the great hope
  that sustains us and encourages us as we face the
  uncertainties and struggles of our daily lives.