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1. Leaders of Israel were “supposed to
know right from wrong” (3:1, TLB). Are
today’s Christian leaders accountable for the
lives of other people? If so, in what ways?
2. What evil motives can ruin the ministry
of Christian workers today? (Cf. 3:11.)
3. What is intended by these words in the
Lord’s prayer: “Thy kingdom come” (Matt
6:10)? Compare Micah 4:8.
4. Why did God choose a small,
insigni cant city, Bethlehem, as the place of
Jesus’ birth? Was God trying to say
something about true Messiahship, as well
as about His own ways of performing?
5. Why will Jerusalem be a key city in the
last times? What is its status now?
6. Does God have a rightful claim on the
lives of all people (6:8)?
7. What is genuine repentance? What part
does it play in the conversion of a sinner?
8. Does the e ectiveness of prayer depend
on your believing that God hears your
praying (7:7)?
9. In what ways has the Lord been a
“light” to you personally since you became a
Christian (7:8)? Have you had opportunities
to share such a testimony with others?
10. What do these words mean to you:
“Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths
of the sea” (7:19)? Do you think the intent is
that God overlooks sin, or that no judgment
or penalty is involved? Why did Christ die?
Whose sins did He bear on the cross?
11. Compare Micah 6:8 with what the
New Testament teaches about how a person
is saved (e.g., Rom 3:21—5:21).
IV. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Baxter, J. Sidlow. Explore the Book, 4:18794.
Ellison, H. L. The Old Testament Prophets, pp.
63-66.
Freeman, Hobart E. An Introduction to the Old
Testament Prophets, pp. 215-24.
Kelso, James L. Archaeology and the Ancient
Testament, pp. 169-73.
COMMENTARIES
Archer, Gleason L. “Micah.” In The New Bible
Commentary.
Carlson, E. Leslie. “Micah.” In The Wycliffe
Bible Commentary.
Kleinert, Paul. “Micah”. In Lange’s
Commentary on the Holy Scriptures.
Smith, George Adam. The Book of the Twelve
Prophets, vol. 1.
NAHUM: WOE TO NINEVEH!
Over a hundred years after Jonah
preached to Nineveh, God sent another
prophet, Nahum, to pronounce its doom.
The book of Nahum demonstrates how false
is the view that “might makes right.” The
great Assyrian Empire, of which Nineveh
was the capital, boasted its might and
wealth, but it did not acknowledge its sin,
nor would it listen to God. The fall of such a
haughty nation was inevitable, as the text of
Nahum reveals.
I. BACKGROUND
A. THE MAN NAHUM
Very little is known of the personal life of
Nahum. His name does not appear at any
other place in the Bible (unless he is the
Naum of Luke 3:25, KJV).
1. Name. The name Nahum, which is a
shortened form of Nehemiah, means
