Haggai 2:10-19 Consider your Obedience - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. */

2023-06-07T19:11:19Z

‎Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Wakefien: /* Introduction: */

2023-06-07T14:19:58Z

‎Introduction:

Wakefien: /* Since we are in Christ we are guaranteed that we will be presented to GodHoly and Blameless (Col 1:22) */

2023-06-07T13:56:40Z

‎Since we are in Christ we are guaranteed that we will be presented to GodHoly and Blameless (Col 1:22)

Wakefien: /* =In Lev. 11:44 (read this) God called His people to be holy and this has not changed with Christ. God desires for His people to be holy (1 Pet. 1:16). */

2023-06-07T13:56:15Z

‎=In Lev. 11:44 (read this) God called His people to be holy and this has not changed with Christ. God desires for His people to be holy (1 Pet. 1:16).

Wakefien: /* Our status in Christ is holy and blameless. (4) */

2023-06-07T13:55:59Z

‎Our status in Christ is holy and blameless. (4)

Wakefien: /* Our status in Christ is holy and blameless. (4) */

2023-06-07T13:55:29Z

‎Our status in Christ is holy and blameless. (4)

Wakefien: /* In fact, this is what the second half of Ephesians is all about. Paul argues that a spiritual life will have an impact on how you live your physical life. */

2023-06-07T13:54:33Z

‎In fact, this is what the second half of Ephesians is all about. Paul argues that a spiritual life will have an impact on how you live your physical life.

Wakefien: /* A universal truth: While holiness is not contagious, Sin has a corrupting effect! (11-14) */

2023-06-07T13:51:29Z

‎A universal truth: While holiness is not contagious, Sin has a corrupting effect! (11-14)

Wakefien: /* A specific promise: For Israel, faithful obedience brought a promise of blessing. (15-19) */

2023-06-07T13:48:47Z

‎A specific promise: For Israel, faithful obedience brought a promise of blessing. (15-19)

Wakefien: /* Defilement from a corpse prevented excluded someone from celebrating Passover with everyone else (Numbers 9:6). It seems they were excluded being part of corporate worship until clean (Numbers 5:2). */

2023-06-07T13:47:23Z

‎Defilement from a corpse prevented excluded someone from celebrating Passover with everyone else (Numbers 9:6). It seems they were excluded being part of corporate worship until clean (Numbers 5:2).

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 =====2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.=====
 =====1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.=====
 ===On the other hand, sin has the ability to wield devastating corruption. (13-14)===
 ====The picture of defilement by a corpse is supposed to remind us of how disgusting sin actually is.====

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 '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: God’s standard for obedience is high. Those who know God’s standard are expected to follow God’s standard.'''
-=Introduction:=
+=Introduction: Memory verse Haggai 2:9=
 ==Image: Lipstick on a pig: vacuuming the carpet in our first house.==
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 =====Priests communicated and interpreted the law for the people.=====
 ====In Haggai 2:10-19, God is going to use this 3-month anniversary to remind the people of the mistakes of the past and the blessings of the future.====
 =Body=

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 =====He chose for us to be blameless=====
-======Since we are in Christ we are guaranteed that we will be presented to GodHoly and Blameless (Col 1:22)======
+======Since we are in Christ we are guaranteed that we will be presented to God Holy and Blameless (Col 1:22)======
 <p>Col 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation</p>
 ======Under the Mosaic covenant blessing followed obedience, under the New Covenant Christ was perfectly obedient and secured our blessing. Now God wants us to be obedient because it is what is best for us.======
 Here is where everything comes together. For the Jews to which Haggai was ministering disobedience had brought about devastation but God reminded the people that their now obedience would bring about blessing. For the Christian, we have the promise of blessing but that doesn't change the fact that God desires obedience. The big difference is that now God's law is written on our hearts. Our obedience does not come from without but from within as we submit to the working of the Holy Spirit. Disobedience may bring chastisement but that chastisement is always aimed at restoring the individual to God's way of life.

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 =====He chose us to be Holy=====
 This is it, this is important, don't just let this one pass by you!
-======In Lev. 11:44 (read this) God called His people to be holy and this has not changed with Christ. God desires for His people to be holy (1 Pet. 1:16).=====
+======In Lev. 11:44 (read this) God called His people to be holy and this has not changed with Christ. God desires for His people to be holy (1 Pet. 1:16).======
 <p>Lev 11:44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.</p>
 <p>1 Peter 1:16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.</p>
 =====He chose for us to be blameless=====
 ======Since we are in Christ we are guaranteed that we will be presented to GodHoly and Blameless (Col 1:22)======

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 ====Hence, we are blessed with freedom from sin! A genuine relationship with God.====
 ===Our status in Christ is holy and blameless. (4)===
-<p>Don't get lost in the weeds here. God chose us, we could spend hours debating what that means. Here is what I want to say. Ephesians is written to people who were saved. Hence, God in some way chooses people. This passage says nothing about God not choosing other people and says nothing about God chooses some people for damnation. Here is what I know, God in all knowing and all powerful in some manner beyond my comprehension God chose to bring me to a saving faith in Jesus Christ, not because of anything that I have done but simply because of his grace. I am smart enough to know there is much in this world I don't fully understand and so why not just admit that I don't really understand what it means to say that God chose me.</p>
+<p>Don't get lost in the weeds here. God chose us, we could spend hours debating what that means. Here is what I want to say. Ephesians is written to people who were saved. Hence, God in some way chooses people. This passage says nothing about God not choosing other people and says nothing about God chooses some people for damnation. Here is what I know, God is all knowing and all powerful in some manner beyond my comprehension God chose to bring me to a saving faith in Jesus Christ, not because of anything that I have done but simply because of his grace. I am smart enough to know there is much in this world I don't fully understand and so why not just admit that I don't really understand what it means to say that God chose me.</p>
 ====Don't lose sight of what God chose us for!====
 =====He chose us to be Holy=====

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 ======This does not mean God does not provide physical blessing but rather, that physical blessings come out of spiritual blessings.======
 ======In fact, this is what the second half of Ephesians is all about. Paul argues that a spiritual life will have an impact on how you live your physical life.======
 =====how: in Christ. i.e. it is nothing that we have done=====
 ======The blessings that we have are by virtue of our union with Christ.======

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 The efforts, intentions, etc. of the people were irrelevant if they did not deal with the sin that was so corrupting.
 ====What had the people done that was so awful as to defile everything else?====
-=====Chapter 1 tells us. The people were neglecting the completion of the temple!=====
+=====Disobedience!=====
 ===Image: When Cilantro tastes like soap.===
 I do not like cilantro. I am told that some people are generically predisposed in a way that cilantro tastes like soap and overruns everything. I must have that because if cilantro is in a dish, that is all I can taste. You can add as much of whatever else you want but the cilantro will corrupt the taste.

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 ==A specific promise: For Israel, ''faithful'' ''obedience'' brought a promise of ''blessing''. (15-19)==
-Haggai open the next section of this prophecy with another call to consider carefully. Think about what happened in the past and recognize the significance!
+Haggai opened the next section of this prophecy with another call to consider carefully. Think about what happened in the past and recognize the significance!
 ===In Israel, disobedience brought consequences. (15-17)===
 ====Haggai told the people to remember that disobedience had brought them economic disaster.====

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 ====The picture of defilement by a corpse is supposed to remind us of how disgusting sin actually is.====
 =====In Leviticus 22:4 (don't read) Moses had written that defilement from contact with a corpse was a significant defilement.=====
-=====Defilement from a corpse prevented excluded someone from celebrating Passover with everyone else (Numbers 9:6). It seems they were excluded being part of corporate worship until clean (Numbers 5:2).=====
+=====Defilement from a corpse prevented excluded someone from celebrating Passover with everyone else (Numbers 9:6). It seems they were excluded from being part of corporate worship until clean (Numbers 5:2).=====
 ====In verse 14 Haggai applies the text to the people====
 =====The people were offering what they thought were sanctified sacrifices.=====