WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF ME?

“…do justice, love kindness & walk humbly with God.” Micah 6:8

Micah 6:8 LEB

He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

William Wilberforce

*English Slave Trade

I. DO JUSTICE

A. What is justice?

i. Hebrew: To judge rightly. Not to show favoritism.

i.

ii. Proverbs is covered up with this:

a. Vs.

b. Vs.

c. Vs.

iii. This is dealing with our relationship with those around us with whom we have influence.

II. LOVE KINDNESS

A. What is kindness?

i. Hebrew: Grace, Mercy, Love IN ACTION

ii. The OT give us examples:

a. Vs.

b. Vs.

c. Vs.

iii. This is dealing with our relationship with everyone around us – especially the needy & the hurting:

a. Matthew 25

III. WALK HUMBLY WITH GOD

A. What is humility?

i. Hebrew:

ii. OT examples:

a. Vs.

b. Vs.

c. Vs.

iii. This is dealing with our direct relationship with God

a. And notice, this is dealt with after TWO TIMES showing us how to relate to those we see everyday

i. I John: “If you don’t love people you see daily, you don’t love God whom you’ve never seen.”