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THE SUPERSCRIPTION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Micah 1:1
Psalm 44
God’s Word nourishes better than any food!
THE SUPERSCRIPTION
Superscription means that which is written above or on the outside. By this superscription, Micah 1:1, Micah gave us a clear picture of his person, his ministry, and the times in which he lived.
Micah called himself the Morasthite, i.e. he came from Moresheth (southwestern Judah near the border to the Philistine territory). It is also called Moresheth-gath to pinpoint its location as near to Gath, a Philistine city. Can you find it on the map? As Moresheth-gath is mentioned but once in the Bible, in Micah alone, it must be an insignificant place. But God is no respector of places, nor of persons. God can use you even if you come from the jungles of Borneo.
"In the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah" (Mic 1:1) circumscribes Micah’s ministry within the longer one of Isaiah, whose ministry preceded Micah’s by one king, viz Uzziah.
We can be certain that he delivered his message in Samaria before the fall of this capital city of the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel, 722 BC.
We are strengthened by Micah’s boldness to speak to the highest authorities in both Samaria and Jerusalem. If he a nobody from some country farm had courage, under God, to testify to governors and kings, to withstand the hierarchy of false priests and prophets, let us be strong in our witness even to the leaders of our nation. There is a ministry to the poor, the common people. There is also a ministry to the rich and the powerful. Before God they are the same, of a lost mankind.
Our Lord had warned His disciples: "And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. … And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved" (Matt 10:18, 22).
THOUGHT: The Gospel is for all, no one is to be left out.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to endure and suffer for Thy name’s sake.
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Micah 1:1
Psalm 44
God’s Word nourishes better than any food!
THE SUPERSCRIPTION
Superscription means that which is written above or on the outside. By this superscription, Micah 1:1, Micah gave us a clear picture of his person, his ministry, and the times in which he lived.
Micah called himself the Morasthite, i.e. he came from Moresheth (southwestern Judah near the border to the Philistine territory). It is also called Moresheth-gath to pinpoint its location as near to Gath, a Philistine city. Can you find it on the map? As Moresheth-gath is mentioned but once in the Bible, in Micah alone, it must be an insignificant place. But God is no respector of places, nor of persons. God can use you even if you come from the jungles of Borneo.
"In the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah" (Mic 1:1) circumscribes Micah’s ministry within the longer one of Isaiah, whose ministry preceded Micah’s by one king, viz Uzziah.
We can be certain that he delivered his message in Samaria before the fall of this capital city of the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel, 722 BC.
We are strengthened by Micah’s boldness to speak to the highest authorities in both Samaria and Jerusalem. If he a nobody from some country farm had courage, under God, to testify to governors and kings, to withstand the hierarchy of false priests and prophets, let us be strong in our witness even to the leaders of our nation. There is a ministry to the poor, the common people. There is also a ministry to the rich and the powerful. Before God they are the same, of a lost mankind.
Our Lord had warned His disciples: "And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. … And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved" (Matt 10:18, 22).
THOUGHT: The Gospel is for all, no one is to be left out.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to endure and suffer for Thy name’s sake.
Posted in Adult RPG