July 5
Lesson 5
NO REST FOR THE WICKED
DEVOTIONAL READING: Proverbs 11:1–10
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Micah 2
MICAH 2:4–11
4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
KEY VERSE
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
—Micah 2:7
GOD’S PROPHETS DEMAND JUSTICE
Unit 2: Micah Calls for Justice Among Unjust People
LESSONS 5–8
LESSON AIMS
After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
1. Summarize how the Lord’s people acted unjustly, how they had mocked both God and His messengers, and the judgment that awaited them.
2. Tell how God’s people today (the church) are sometimes guilty of the attitudes and actions of Micah’s hearers.
3. Examine areas of life where he or she has not taken God’s Word seriously in daily conduct or treatment of others and make a plan for change.
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction
A. Cheerleaders or Coaches?
B. Lesson Background
I. Prophecies of the Future (MICAH 2:4, 5)
A. God’s People to Be Jeered (v. 4)
B. God’s People to Be Judged (v. 5)
Making Practice Match Profession
II. Problems in the Present (MICAH 2:6–11)
A. The People’s View of God (vv. 6, 7a)
Is God Intolerant?
B. God’s View of the People (vv. 7b–11)
Conclusion
A. “Mercy Me!”
B. Prayer
C. Thought to Remember
HOW TO SAY IT
Ahaz
Ay-haz.
Amos
Ay-mus.
Hezekiah
Hez-ih-kye-uh.
Isaiah
Eye-zay-uh.
Jeremiah
Jair-uh-my-uh.
Jotham
Jo-thum.
Judah
Joo-duh.
Micah
My-kuh.
Micaiah
My-kay-uh.
Moresheth
Mo-resh-eth.
Pharisee
Fair-ih-see.
Samaria
Suh-mare-ee-uh.
Uzziah
Uh-zye-uh.
Redford, Douglas et al. “No Rest for the Wicked.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 62. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2014. 379. Print.
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