What Does the Lord Require? Micah 6:6-8. 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself...

What Does the Lord Require?

Micah 6:6-8

6 With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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?

Micah 6:6-8

Micah 6:6-8

Micah 6:6-8• Israel's struggle with sin


• God's messengers, the prophets



• The message and nature of God




• The message and nature of faith





• Three questions





• Three questions• With what shall I come before Him?





• Three questions• With what shall I come before Him?• Shall He be pleased?





• Three questions• With what shall I come before Him?• Shall He be pleased?• What does He require?





• Three questions• With what shall I come before Him?• Shall He be pleased?• What does He require?

• Three answers

Wrong Answers

Wrong Answers• The importance of specified worship


• Nadab and Abihu


• Nadab and Abihu

1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Leviticus 10:1-2


• Nadab and Abihu• Saul and Samuel's late arrival


• Nadab and Abihu• Saul and Samuel's late arrival

12 "then I said, 'The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.' Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering."

13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

14 "But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."

1 Sam. 13:12-14


• Nadab and Abihu• Saul and Samuel's late arrival• Saul and the Amalekites


• Nadab and Abihu• Saul and Samuel's late arrival• Saul and the Amalekites

18 "Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'

19 "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?"

1 Samuel 15:18-19


• More than specified worship

6 With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

Micah 6:6



• More than gifts of your greatness

7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:7



• More than gifts of your greatness

• Looking inward instead of upward

Right Answers• Do justly


Micah 6:8


• Salvation and obedience


• Salvation and obedience

• Fundamental rule of life


• Love mercy


Micah 6:8


• Love mercy• Daily awareness of His mercy


• Love mercy• Daily awareness of His mercy• Rejoicing in showing mercy to others


• Love mercy• Daily awareness of His mercy• Rejoicing in showing mercy to others• Bringing mercy to the wayward


• Love mercy• Daily awareness of His mercy• Rejoicing in showing mercy to others• Bringing mercy to the wayward• Bringing mercy to the lost


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly


Micah 6:8


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction• He is in charge


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction• He is in charge• Samuel: "Speak Lord . . ."

9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears."

1 Samuel 3:9-10


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction• He is in charge• Samuel: "Speak Lord . . ."• Paul: "What will You have me to do"

5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

Acts 9:5-6


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction• He is in charge• Samuel: "Speak Lord . . ."• Paul: "What will You have me to do"• Jesus: "Deny, take up cross, follow"

31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Mark 8:31-34


• Love mercy

• Walk humbly• Walking by faith in the same direction• He is in charge• Samuel: "Speak Lord . . ."• Paul: "What will You have me to do"• Jesus: "Deny, take up cross, follow"• James: "Draw nigh to God"

7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:7-8

2 For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist," Says the LORD. "But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word."

Isaiah 66:2

Walking Humbly With God

Walking Humbly With God• Believe John 3:16


• Repent Luke 13:3



• Confess Faith Matt. 12:32




• Be Baptized Acts 2:38





Added to His church, His body, His kingdom





Added to His church, His body, His kingdom

• Be Faithful Rev. 2:10

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