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

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            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