Consider Your Ways
Haggai 1:1-9
Haggai 1:1-9
Things of this life will not satisfy (v.6)
This is a bag with holes!
(Matt. 6:20-21; Gal. 6:7; Mark 8:36-37)
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Busy-ness prevents obedience! The time has come when
“I have no delight” in the things of God.
Vines: “to change one’s mind or purpose,
always involving a change for the better…”
Sins of Commission
Sins of Omission
Secret Sin (Romans 2:16)
We must demand Purity and be 100% committed!
(Matt. 6:33)
Many excuses are offered (Acts 22:16)
When WILL we be baptized? (Col. 2:10; James 1:4)
Becoming a child of God is an easily understood process
(Matt. 10:33; 1 Pet. 3:21)
Proper subject – can believe, repent, confess
Proper means of baptism - immersion
Proper understanding – remission of sin (Acts 2:38)
“Now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor. 6:2)
Compare instructions to build the Temple (Haggai 1)
with instructions to build the Church (Eph. 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:5)
Spiritual stones must be gathered! (Rom. 10:14)
“He who is wise wins souls” (Prov. 11:30; also Acts 18:4)
Seeking FIRST the Kingdom includes teaching (Matt. 6:33)
When do I know ENOUGH to teach others?
Mark 16:15-16
What Are Your Priorities?