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““Seek Seek thethe Lord Lord andand Live!” Live!”

Major Lessons From Minor ProphetsMajor Lessons From Minor Prophets

“Seek the Lord and Live”Contents

1 Spiritual Adultery Hosea 2 Love and Judgment: God’s Dilemma Hosea 3 A Holy and Just God Joel 4 Lord of All Nations Amos 5 Seek the Lord and Live! Amos 6 Eager to Forgive Jonah 7 God’s Special People Micah 8 Trusting God’s Goodness Habakkuk 9 The Day of the Lord Zephaniah10 First Things First! Haggai11 Vision of Hope Zechariah12 Heaven’s Best Gift Zechariah13 Lest We Forget! Malachi

“Seek the Lord and Live”Our Goal {169}

IT’S PRESENT TRUTH—God’s message to us today just as it was a message to those who lived in the time of these twelve writers who,

though long gone, still speak.The question is, will we listen?

“Seek the Lord and Live”Lesson 10, June 8“Seek the Lord and Live”Lesson 10, June 8

First Things First! (Haggai)First Things First! (Haggai)

First Things First! (Haggai)Key Text

Haggai 2:8 NIV

“ ‘THE SILVER IS mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord

Almighty.’ ”

First Things First! (Haggai)Initial Words {279}

HAGGAI’S MESSAGE IS simple:What are our priorities, and why is it

important to get them right?Today, too, it is so easy to get caught up in the struggle for existence that

we forget what our first priority needs to be, which, of course, is

doing always the Lord’s will.

First Things First! (Haggai)Quick Look

1. First and Second Sermons (Haggai 1:1-12; 13-15)

2. Third Sermon (Haggai 2:1-9)

3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons (Haggai 2:10-19; 20-23)

First Things First! (Haggai)1. First and Second Sermons

Haggai 1:9 NKJV“ ‘YE LOOKED FOR much, but indeed

it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away.

Why?’ says the Lord of hosts.

‘Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to

his own house.’ ”

1. First and Second Sermon1st: Planting Much, Harvesting Little {280}

“THE TEMPLE WAS neglected and well-nigh forsaken. The people...

strove to attain temporal property, but…work as they might they did not

prosper. …God bestowed upon them the fruits

of field and garden…but because they had used these bountiful gifts

so selfishly, the blessings were removed.” PK 573

1. First and Second Sermon1st: Planting Much, Harvesting Little {280}

God could not be honored properly as long as His house sat in ruins. The temple was a visible reminder to the whole world that the Sovereign Lord is God of heaven and earth. Their attitude toward the temple revealed a deeper spiritual problem: their loss of the sense of their mission as the remnant people of the Lord.

1. First and Second Sermon2nd: God’s Greatest Promise {281}

The message is instantly obeyed by the leaders and the remnant people. In less than five years the temple

is completed.While the kingdom of God cannot be

identified with a material building, the book of Haggai is a reminder

that God sometimes uses material things, such as buildings, for spiritual

ends.

1. First and Second Sermon2nd: God’s Greatest Promise {281}

Haggai now could deliver a new word from the Lord. “ ‘I am with you.’ ”As soon as the people decided to obey the Lord, the messages of

reproof were replaced by words of encouragement.

The assurance of God’s presence gave them the promise of all other

blessings.

First Things First! (Haggai)2. Third Sermon

Haggai 2:7-9 NKJV

“AND THEY SHALL come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill

this temple with glory…. The glory of this latter temple shall be greater

than of the former…

and in this place will I give peace….”

2. Third SermonDo Not Fear {282}

HAGGAI ASKED THE elders how the temple’s current state compared to

its appearance before the exile.Clearly, the present appearance did not match the former glory. People

may have been discouraged because they had no chance of duplicating the splendor of Solomon’s temple that once stood in the same place.

2. Third SermonDo Not Fear {282}

The prophet encouraged the people to keep working because God’s Spirit was with them. “Be strong! Do not fear!” The prophet declared that, in the end, the Lord would make the temple’s latter glory greater than its former glory. That became true, however, only because One greater than the temple had come.

2. Third SermonThe Desire of All Nations {283}

It would be a different type of glory because this temple would be

honored by the presence of Jesus, in the flesh.

“In this very building would appear, in the fullness of time, the Desire of

all nations as the Teacher and Saviour of mankind.” PK 577

First Things First! (Haggai)3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons

Haggai 2:18, 19; 23 NKJV

“CONSIDER NOW FROM this day…I will bless you.

I will take you, Zerubbabel, My servant…and will make you a signet

ring: for I have chosen you….”

3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons4th: “Give Careful Thought” {289}

WILL CONSECRATED MEAT bring holiness to the things it touches? (vs 12). NO.Will an unclean person having contact with a dead corpse defile things around himself? YES.Sin automatically spreads around us; therefore, if we want something good to happen around us, it must be cultivated carefully!

3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons4th: “Give Careful Thought” {289}

Only God can produce holiness in a person’s life, because He is the only

source of holiness.People, things, and time can become holy only as they are in relationship

with God.

3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons5th: The Lord’s Signet Ring {284}

Zerubbabel would be the Lord’s signet ring, an object that provides

evidence of royal authority and ownership.

Although Zerubbabel’s role is key in building the temple, he did not fulfill all the promises given to him by God through Haggai. Gospel writers point

to Jesus as the final fulfillment.

First Things First! (Haggai)Final Words {349}

“THE LACK OF temporal prosperity was the result of a neglect to put

God’s interest first…. Had the Israelites honored God, had they

shown Him due respect and courtesy, by making the building of

His house their first work, they would have invited His presence and

blessing.” PK 574