God's Not So Simple Requirements of Man

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Micah 6:8 God's Not So Simple Requirements of Man Sermon Outline for July 25, 2010 by Pastor Dennis Tuuri 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? Intro - Liquid Life and the Perplexities of Our World Liquid Church/Christianity and the Difficulty of RCC's Task Liquid Life, Public Schools and the Preeminence of Pop Culture Old Books and Their Summations of the Faith The Centrality of Our Text in Micah 6 and the Death of Judah I. The Reality of God's Requirements A. They Are Met in Christ Ps. 24; Pr. 23:26 B. They Are to Characterize Those in Union (Covenant) with Him Practicing Righteousness - 1 John 2:29 II. The Revelation of God's Requirements III. The Goodness of God's Requirements Rom. 7:12; Ps. 119:68;Titus 1:8 IV. The Simple Content of God's Requirements A. Do Justice - Isa. 56:1; 51:1,7; Ps. 89:14; 1 Jn. 3:7,10; Job 29:14; Is. 57:1,2 B. Love Mercy - Psalm 89; The Royal Virtue (Rev. 1:6; 5:10) Rom. 12:13' 1 Pet. 4:9 C. Walk Humbly with God - Eph. 5:15; Pr. 11:2; Mic. 6:6,7 . Daniel 4:26,27 V. The Not So Simple Nature of God's Requirements A. Expecting the Inevitable vs. Doing Marxism and Christianity, The Sinful Majority B. Modern Justice - Equality of Results C. Modern Mercy - Impersonal Entitlements, Coercive State vs. Royal Family D. The Absence of Humility and the Inevitable Presence of Distorted Vision