Barry Hicks

Micah 6: 8-16….Two Alternative Ways to Live!

8 He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the LORD require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?We dealt with the above glorious call of how to please God, yesterday. Today deals with God’s attitude to wickedness!9 The voice of the LORD criesContinue reading “Micah 6: 8-16….Two Alternative Ways to Live!”

Micah 6: 1-8….Sitting in the Court of Heaven!

Introduction: There must have been a pretty severe outcry against God for Him to institute a Court and call all of nature (the mountains and the hills) to be the jury! 1 Hear what the LORD says:Arise, plead your case before the mountains,and let the hills hear your voice.2 Hear, you mountains, the indictment ofContinue reading “Micah 6: 1-8….Sitting in the Court of Heaven!”

Micah 5: 1-15….A Portion of this was read to King Herod!

1 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops;siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the judge of Israelon the cheek.- Comment: Maybe this would have meant a particular Judge and a particular person who smote the Judge (Punched him in the jaw?). I like to think that it is talking about GodContinue reading “Micah 5: 1-15….A Portion of this was read to King Herod!”

Micah 4: 1-13….Am I reading too much into this?

1 It shall come to pass in the latter daysthat the mountain of the house of the LORDshall be established as the highest of the mountains,and it shall be lifted up above the hills;and peoples shall flow to it,2 and many nations shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of theContinue reading “Micah 4: 1-13….Am I reading too much into this?”

Micah 3: 1-12….Nothing but gloom!

1 And I said:Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—2 you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,3 who eat the flesh of my people, andContinue reading “Micah 3: 1-12….Nothing but gloom!”

Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!

1 Woe to those who devise wickednessand work evil on their beds!When the morning dawns, they perform it,because it is in the power of their hand.2 They covet fields and seize them,and houses, and take them away;they oppress a man and his house,a man and his inheritance.3 Therefore thus says the LORD:behold, against this familyContinue reading “Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!”

Micah 1: 1-16….Is Micah dealing with the Present or the Future?

1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.2 Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you,Continue reading “Micah 1: 1-16….Is Micah dealing with the Present or the Future?”

Isaiah 11: 1-5….Is Jesus the shoot from the stump of Jesse?

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,the Spirit of counsel and might,the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.3 And his delight shall be inContinue reading “Isaiah 11: 1-5….Is Jesus the shoot from the stump of Jesse?”

Deuteronomy 18: 9-22….A promised new Leader.

Introduction: Tomorrow starts Advent season. In the book of Deuteronomy which is the last of the books of the Law of God as written in the main by Moses (he cannot have described his own death!) a new Leader is promised. The book has a lots of ‘do’s’ and ‘dont’s’, all of which are veryContinue reading “Deuteronomy 18: 9-22….A promised new Leader.”

Matt 2: 1-13 & 16-18….What is Christmas to You?

Comment: Advent period commences this coming Sunday in the West. In many ‘Orthodox’ churches it begins 13 days later (Their Christmas is on January 7th). As far as I know, Jesus didn’t have a birth certificate issued, and there is uncertainty as to the exact date when he was born! In America Christmas Celebrations wereContinue reading “Matt 2: 1-13 & 16-18….What is Christmas to You?”