YOU LOVE WHAT YOU PRIORITIZE
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Haggai 1:1-15 Haggai is a prophet sent to the children of Israel after they have started the migration from Babylon back to Israel. They have been freed or released from captivity, but were still living contrary in many ways to the Lord their God. Contemporary of Zachariah and Ezra
Degree of Darius/Cyrus 538
Exiles Return 536 led by Zerubbabel and Joshua the High Priest , followed latter by Ezra the Priest & Scribe
Haggai starts his preaching in 520
14 years later that rebuilding of the temple restarted and was finally completed in 516.
The Temple, what did it mean, and why should it have been important to them in their day?
Temple represented the Presence and Favor of God
Solomon's Temple
2nd Temple/Herods Temple
What their attitudes and behaviors communicated about their spiritual conditions or positions
Qualitative (Relationship)
Quantitative (Works or methodologies)
3 Major types of Believers
People who get delivered and forget what they are delivered from and who they are delivered to
Hearers and not doers
James 1:22-25
Selfish Lifestyle with little to No quantitative (works) or qualitative (relationship) with God
Matt 6:19-21, 24
Religious, solely based on Quantitative methods (Works)
Used manipulatively with the hopes of appearing qualitative (relational) with the hope of acquiring material blessings and looking Godly.
Rom 3:20
Gal 2:16
Spirituality concept but no (Works) or works based on ignorance not the truth of scripture
John 4:21-24
Rom 10:1-3
James 2:17-19
God’s favor and Blessings
Ezra 7:9-10
Study (Learn for our lives)
Do it (Work it out in our lives)
Teach it (Make disciples through our lives)