Making a Differencewith Pastor Phil Erickson

Sep 25th, 2011 What A Day That Will Be

Today’s Passages – Micah 1 – 4; Proverbs 25

(Second Milers also read – Revelation 9 – 12; Memorize – Hosea 10:12)

Click here to listen to Micah Chapter 1; Micah 2;  Micah 3; Micah 04; Proverbs 25

Click here to listen to Relevation 9; Relevation 10; Relevation 11; Relevation 12

“But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.” – (Micah 4:1-5)

I am excited about the new feature on the website which allows you to listen to the daily Scripture passages while you read them. The Bible says that “faith cometh by hearing”. I think that you can receive more from your quiet time by listening to the Word as well as hearing it.

I just want to give you a couple of quick thoughts this morning from today’s passage in Micah. In Micah chapter 4, God is referring to the Millenial reign of Christ on the earth. This future time period will come only after the church is raptured and the world endures a seven year period of tribulation which will separate the sheep from the goats (the saved from the lost). This 1000 year reign of Christ on earth will be a wonderful time of peace on the earth. Christ will physically be here on the earth ruling the affairs of men. All nations will be in submission to Him, and it will truly be a time of tranquility and safety. Everyone will be living according to the principles found in the Word of God, and Christ Himself will be the instructer. What a time to live on the earth.

Obviously, the day that we are living in today is not like this Millenial reign of Christ; but I believe that Christians can do a lot more to make their homes and their churches more like this future time period. We can do this by yielding our lives to the will of God; surrendering our wills to the Spirit of God; and saturating our lives with the Word of God. We will never be able to control what goes on in the world around us, but we can do something about the homes that we live in, and the churches that we worship in. In the the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth…”. We can do the will of God while we are on this earth, and by doing so we will have a little taste of the Millenial Kingdom.

See you later in church!

PS – Dr. Paul Chappell posted an excellent article,  “Six Ways To Lift Another’s Load” on his website, The Pastor’s Perspective.