Sermons on Micah 5:1-6: showing 31-45 of 156

An Early Christmas Present Series

Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006

The fulfilment of the Christmas prophecies can fill us with hope and confidence.

INTRODUCTION If you complain that the Christmas hype seems to start earlier and earlier each year, then spare a thought for poor Micah. Micah saw the first Christmas coming 700 years before Mary and Joseph ever arrived in Bethlehem to find no room in the Inn! That’s right. 700 years before Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-5

Denomination: *other

Something Great From Something Small: O Little Town Of Bethlehem Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 14, 2004

God can do great things in small places and through humble people

(borrowed and adapted from Bob Russell) SERIES: “CHRISTMAS CAROL THEOLOGY” TEXT: MICAH 5:2-5 TITLE: “Something Great from Something Small: O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM” INTRODUCTION: A. Typical of last minute Christmas shoppers, a mother was running furiously from ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Place Of Beginning

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 10, 2005

Beginnings are very important. However, they usually start very, very small.

A Place of Beginning Micah 5:2 -- “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Matthew 2:1 -- “Now when Jesus was born in ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christmas Eve Service

Contributed by Steven Dow on Dec 21, 2005

This is an entire Christmas Eve Service - complete with Christmas carols, candlelighting and communion. The message is a slight alteration of Pat Cook’s message "Christmas Bread" which is also available on SermonCentral.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE WELCOME INVOCATION: Our glorious God, you sent your Son into our world to show us who you are. In Christ we find love, forgiveness, peace and hope; we are grateful for this reflection of you. May we encounter the Christ child in this time of worship, and in doing so, ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Look To Little Bethlehem

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jan 16, 2009

Advent 4(C) -- When we look to Bethlehem we marvel at Jesus’ humble birth and rejoice at Jesus’ royal majesty.

LOOK TO LITTLE BETHLEHEM (Outline) December 21, 2008 -- ADVENT 4 -- Micah 5:2-15a INTRO: Sometimes mankind looks for all the wrong things in all the wrong places. Mankind likes to boast about his own wisdom and the ability to have an answer for everything. But human wisdom and thinking ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2-5

Denomination: Lutheran

O Little "Big" Bethlehem...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 1, 2011

To glorify The Reason for the season by focusing on a "mystifying", prophetical scripture portion -Micah 5:2

O little “BIG” Bethlehem… O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie… So goes the famous popular Christmas carol sung in many Churches during the Christmas time heralding the birth of the Savior. For those with a flair for history, ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: *other

Insignificant? Not To God.

Contributed by David Mcnally on Dec 4, 2011

At Christmas we remember the birth of Jesus our Saviour in the 'little town of Bethlehem', an insignificant little town in the middle east, but nothing and no one is insignificant to God, who loves every human being and sent His only-begotten Son to die o

Micah 5 v. 2 Nothing is ‘insignificant’ to God ‘O little town of Bethlehem ……………..’ The first time that Bethlehem appears in the scriptures is in Genesis 35. We can read how Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham loved Rachel and ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Such A Little Town"

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Dec 12, 2011

One person, changed by a relationship with Jesus Christ, who acknowledges the Messiah as his/her Shepherd, Can change his/her world that they live in.

“Such a little town” Date: December 11, 2011 Scripture: Micah 5:1-5 from the series Christmas B.C. Introduction It is quite common, particularly in the United States, to be driving along on a major highway and see a giant billboard that reads, 'Jesus Is The Answer'.  And we ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Bethlehem 2011 Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2011

It is Providential that the Old Testament history of Bethlehem foreshadows the birth, person, and work of the Messiah.

Bethlehem 2011 (topical) 1. According to a British Paper (Romsey Advertiser): “Christmas shoppers looking for a bargain should be wary of counterfeit goods which flood the market in the run-up to the festive season, the UK Border Agency has warned. “Fake Ugg Boots, GHD hair straighteners, iPhones ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Promise Of The Birth In Bethlehem Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Dec 13, 2011

You may appear to many to be insignificant, but Jesus was born to be your Savior.

[If you would like to receive a sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@gmail.com, or you can follow my blog at blog.fhfbc.org.] THE PROMISE FULFILLED But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Baptist

The King Who Rules God's Kingdom Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 22, 2011

God has established Jesus as King over all the earth.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas April 27, 2011 THE KING WHO RULES GOD’S KINGDOM Jesus Christ -- The Center of Our Faith: Part 4 Isaac Butterworth Micah 5:1-5 (NIV) 1 Marshal your troops, O city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Bethlehem, O Bethlehem

Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 8, 2010

Nothing can take Christ’s promises away from you, for He was born in the town of Bethlehem to make it so. And no one can take you away from Him, for He seals that promise in His death and His blood.

Intro Bethlehem, O Bethlehem of old, how small you are. You are small, so insignificant, that few even count you among the towns of Judah. So small and little-known are you that Micah the Prophet must call you Bethlehem of Ephratah, or someone might mistake you for another: Bethlehem of Zebulon. ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2-5

Denomination: Lutheran

High & Holy Becomes Meek & Lowly

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 8, 2009

Christ exemplified a character of being the humble ruler, the good shepherd and the passionate deliverer. What will we do with this? Should we really care about this at all? Why was God so mindful of us? Why should He have cared? Are we really worth it?

Opening illustration: Abraham Lincoln’s humble beginnings have become part of American lore. But one historian says that the most difficult part of young Abraham’s life came not during his early years in a Kentucky cabin, but after Thomas Lincoln moved the family to Indiana in 1816. The family ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Prophecy Of Christ

Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Dec 14, 2009

A look at three prophetic passages that Jesus Christ would be born in Bethlehem, that he would be a great light shining in the darkness, that he would be "God with us" and that he would be Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Wonderful Counselor.

When you look at the life of Jesus, He fulfills all 322 of the prophecies in the Old Testament about the coming of the Messiah. The odds of just 8 of the major prophecies being fulfilled by one person is 1 in 10 to the 17th power, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000. And this is only 8 of them! To help ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-5, Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 7:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

The King Has Come! Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 23, 2009

Two principal questions find answers in our text. First who is this promised King? And second, what kind of King is he?

Scripture I would like to draw your attention to a prophecy that was written about the place of Jesus’ birth 700 years before he was born. It is found in Micah 5:2-5a: 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed