June 17, 2018 Teaching Outline

Divine Direction – Haggai speaks – God Encourages
 



Summary: 
The times in which Haggai lived and worked were among the most fruitful the world has ever known. He is in company with the greats, at a critical time.Top of Form
 
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Haggai’s times - August 29, 520 BC
 
Introduction of Haggai:
 
 
  
So what does the Lord Almighty say?
God is encouraging His people, though it may not seem that way at first.
 

  Haggai 1:
 

• verse 2, God makes it clear that yes, He knows what’s going on.

 

• verse 4, God makes His point -- the Judeans were being selfish.

 

• verses 5-7, God reiterates that He knows the problems that they’ve suffered. He tells them to “Give careful thought to [their] ways”. He says it twice!

 
Then He tells them what they need to do to “fix it”
-- “go to the mountains, get lumber, and rebuild the temple”.
 
 
He was trying to remind them of the job they were sent to do!
 
 
 
In chapter 2 they get upset because
they don’t feel like what they’ve done is good enough.

 
Then, he makes three encouraging promises to the people:
 

•  He reminds them of the promise He made to their ancestors. v. 5

 

•  He promises that the Holy Spirit would remain with them. v.5

 

• He promises them that the temple they just built would surpass that of King Solomon! Word for word. v. 9

 
 
Has God promised something to you, but you feel like He hasn’t delivered yet? Remember that God always keeps His promises…
 
The only question is how and when -- and that’s the fun part.
 
Be encouraged!