Sermon Tone Analysis

*January 9, 1994*

*The Basement House*

*Haggai 1:1-15*

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*I.

Prayer*

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*II.

Word Picture:  The Basement House - Personal Reflections*

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*III.

Historical Overview to Haggai - A Recap of Context*

*            A.

Foundation Ezra 3:10-11*

*            B.

Opposition Ezra 4:4-5, 24*

*            C.

Cyrus 538, 1st Return 536, Cambyses 530, Darius 522, *

*                        Resume Work 520, Complete Work 516.*

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*IV.

Comments on Book of Haggai - Structure and Organization.*

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*V.

Scripture Reading Haggai 1:1-15 - With Comment*

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*VI.

Foundational Principles of Application*

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            *A.

We must be careful what we build upon.*

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                        *1.

Work of Christ:*

1Corinthians   3: 10-15

 10  By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it.

But each one should be careful how he builds.

11.

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12  If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,

 13  his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light.

It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.

14  If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.

15  If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

*2.

Apostles and Prophets*

Ephesians   2: 19-22

 19  Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,

 20  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

21  In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

22  And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

*3.

Gospel*

2Corinthians  11: 4

 4  For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

*4.

Word of Christ*

Luke   6: 47-49

 47  I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.

48  He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock.

When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

49  But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation.

The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."

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*                        5.         Forgiveness*

Luke   7: 40-47

 40  Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."

"Tell me, teacher," he said.

41  "Two men owed money to a certain moneylender.

One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

42  Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both.

Now which of them will love him more?"

 43  Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled."

"You have judged correctly," Jesus said.

44  Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman?

I came into your house.

You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

45  You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet.

46  You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.

47  Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-- for she loved much.

But he who has been forgiven little loves little."

*                        6.         Faith*

Hebrews  11: 6

 6  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Isaiah 7: 9

 9.

--If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.

 

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Fear* /               Foundation of wisdom/

Proverbs   1: 7

 7.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

*8.

Love*                /Continuation of wisdom/

 

1John   4: 18

 18  There is no fear in love.

But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

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Obedience*      /Completion of wisdom/

1John   5: 3-5

 3  This is love for God: to obey his commands.

And his commands are not burdensome,

 4  for everyone born of God overcomes the world.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

5  Who is it that overcomes the world?

Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

 

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Temple of H.S.*

1Corinthians   3: 16-17

 16.

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

 17  If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

*B.

We must complete what we start.*

*1.

Escape corruption of world.*

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2Peter   2: 20-21

 20  If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

21  It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

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*                        2          Receive knowledge of truth*

Hebrews  10: 26-27