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It Is Time to Build

It Is Time to Build. Lessons from Haggai. Background. God’s people returned from Babylonian Captivity in 538 B.C. (Ezra 1-2) They immediately laid the foundation of the Temple in 536 B.C., but soon stopped their work (Ezra 3:8)

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It Is Time to Build

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  1. It Is Time to Build Lessons from Haggai

  2. Background • God’s people returned from Babylonian Captivity in 538 B.C. (Ezra 1-2) • They immediately laid the foundation of the Temple in 536 B.C., but soon stopped their work (Ezra 3:8) • Haggai and Zechariah were sent to stir up the people to resume their work in 520 B.C. (Ezra 5:1-2) • The Temple was finished in 516 B.C. (Ezra 6:15) • What caused the Lord’s work to stop for sixteen years?

  3. Three Hindrances to Building 1. Personal matters, misplaced priorities and materialism (Haggai 1:2-9; Mt. 6:33; 10:37-39; Lk. 8:14; 9:57-62; Jn. 4:34; 9:4; 2 Cor. 8:5; 2 Tim. 2:4) 2. Resting on past accomplishments and discouragement (Haggai 2:1-9; 1 Cor. 15:58) 3. Uncleanness (Haggai 2:10-14; 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 6:14ff)

  4. The Lord’s Building • The “time” (Hag. 1:2,4) is now to be busy building (Mt. 16:18; Ac. 15:16; Rom. 15:20; 1 Cor. 3:10ff; Eph. 2:21; 4:12,16) • Let us not allow these three hindrances to stop our building today … “Consider your ways…” • Reset our priorities, don’t rest on the past, and remain pure • Our “spirit” (attitude) must be right (Haggai 1:12-14)

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