Discern

Introduction:

4 Clues You're Hearing a Bad Sermon (Micah 2:1-13):

  1. The sermon Avoids hard truths. (Micah 2:6a)
  2. The sermon doesn't Agree with something God already said. (Micah 2:6b)
  3. The sermon Appeals to the flesh. (Micah 2:6b)

    4. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 - For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

  4. The sermon Attracts non-spiritual people. (Micah 2:11b)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Micah 2:1-13

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Tell of a bad sermon you’ve heard. What made it “bad”?

  3. What would you say to a friend that excitedly follows a pastor that you know preaches unbiblical sermons?

  4. Which of these “4 clues” catches your attention the easiest when you detect a bad sermon?

Breakout
Pray for one another.