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Haggai 1:8-118 Go up to the mountain, and bring

wood, and build the house; and I wiltake pleasure in it, and I will be glorisaith the LORD.

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it camlittle; and when ye brought it home, blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD ohosts. Because of mine house that is

waste, and ye run every man unto hown house.


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Haggai 1:8-1110 Therefore the heaven over you is

stayed from dew, and the earth is stafrom her fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon tland, and upon the mountains, and uthe corn, and upon the new wine, anupon the oil, and upon that which thground bringeth forth, and upon me

and upon cattle, and upon all the labof the hands.


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The result of Gods Displeasur

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Result of His Displeasure

3. The Distress in His Discipline: V9

5. The Desire in His Discipline: V8

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2. The Dispute in His Discipline: V9

4. The Demand in His Discipline:V8

1. The Device in His Discipline: V10,


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10 Therefore the heaven over you is stafrom dew, and the earth is stayed from fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon the

and upon the mountains, and upon thecorn, and upon the new wine, and uponoil, and upon that which the groundbringeth forth, and upon men, and upo

cattle, and upon all the labour of the ha

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Discipline of GodGod uses his hosts in order to

discipline His people.

Heaven, earth, land, mountain, gro

- Corn, wine, oil, cattle, labour

Heaven over you

Not in the case of others: Believers

assemblies etc.

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Discipline of GodLev 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all

hearken unto me, then I will punish yoseven times more for your sins.19 Andwill break the pride of your power; anwill make your heaven as iron, and you

earth as brass:20 And your strength shall be spent invain: for your land shall not yield herincrease, neither shall the trees of the

land yield their fruits.

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Discipline of GodBlessing of Isaac on Jacob Gen 27:2

Therefore God give thee of the dewheaven, and the fatness of the eartand plenty of corn and wine

Blessing of Isaac on Esau Gen 27:39And Isaac his father answered and unto him, Behold, thy dwelling sha

thefatness of the earth, and of thedew of heaven from above;

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Discipline of GodPs 133:3 As the dew of Hermon

and as the dew that descendedupon the mountainsof Zion: for

there the LORD commanded the

blessing, even life for evermore.

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Because of mine house that is waste, andrun every man unto his own house.

Ye run: Lots of activity; They were too busno time now

1Sam 23:18 And they two made a covebefore the LORD: and David abode in thwood, and Jonathan went to his house.

1Sam 20:42 And he arose and departed

and Jonathan went into the city.

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Discipline of GodYe Run: We are in a race which

race?

Jude: run greedily after the erro

Balaam-for reward : the world?There are many examples in

scripture of many who ran

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Discipline of GodThe first person who ran was Ab

to make the 3 strangers feelwelcome at home

Second was Eleazer when he sawthe bride for Isaac he ran to her.

Third was Rebekah ran to fetch

water - Service

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Discipline of GodLord also looks for fruit Mk 11:1

And seeing a fig tree afar off havleaves, he came, if haply he migh

find any thing thereon: and whe

came to it, he found nothing but

leaves; for the time of figs was n

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Ye looked for much and lo it came

little; and when ye brought it hom

did blow upon it.They had great expectations.

How come they looked for muc

Because they labored very muc

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Discipline of GodWhatever little they got - I did

blow upon it

Lev 26:20 And your strength sha

be spent in vain .Hag 1:11 And I called for a drou

upon the land, , and upon al

labour of the hands.

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Go up to the mountain, and bring

wood, and build the house

(a) The Direction Go up(b) The Provision Bring Wood

(c) The Mission Build the house

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Demand

The going up the mount experie

Abram went up the mount

and built an altar

to intercede for lot

to offer Isaac

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DemandMoses went up the mount

to feed the flock

to intercede Amalekites

to receive the commandments

to view the future land

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DemandLord went up the mount

to preach

to pray

to propitiateGen 12:10 - Abraham went dow

Gen 13:1 Went up out of Egypt.

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Demand

Will they find wood? The Lord h

called for a drought.

When we go up He will provide.We will find the provision neede

do the task

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DemandLev 26:20 And your strength sha

be spent in vain: for your land shnot yield her increase, neither sh

the trees of the land yield their

fruits.

When He gives us responsibilitie

He provides all the means.

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DemandThough there was decrease and

dearth in the lives of the peoplethere was no dearth for wood

producing trees

There is no instruction to cut the

trees. Perhaps they did.

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DemandPerhaps the wood brought 16 ye

ago was also lying there on themount.

He doesnt ask us to functionwithout providing the means

Use the Gifts He has given to bu

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Fulfill the misson that was entruto you.

Now the direct direction from thLord not of Cyrus

Not for a later day - but build no

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(c) The Mission Build the House

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Discipline of GodKnow how ye build

Moses was given a pattern to buildSolomon was given a pattern to bu

1 Cor 3:10 But let every man ta

heed how he buildeth thereupon.

1Co 3:12 Now if any man build upothis foundation gold, silver, preciousstones, wood, hay, stubble;

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Discipline of GodLk 14:28 For which of you, intending to

build a tower, sitteth not down first, andcounteth the cost, whether he have

sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid thefoundation, and is not able to finish it, a

that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build, andnot able to finish.

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I will take pleasure, I will be glor

The size or the magnificence of t

temple does not matter to Him.He takes pleasure in our sincere

faithful efforts to build His house

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Discipline of GodWhen he disciplines us the outc

is he is glorifiedThis should be our motivation: H

pleasure; His glory

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Discipline of GodThe House/temple of God

Moses filled with shekinah G

Solomon - filled with shekinah

GloryLord was made flesh and

tabernacled we beheld His glo

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Discipline of GodThe House/temple of God

1Cor 6:19 What? know ye not your body is the temple of the

Ghost which is in you,20 . therefore glorify God in

your body, and in your spirit, w

are Gods.

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Discipline of GodPs 29:9 and in his temple do

every one speak of his glory.Everything sayeth Glory

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