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(1) B. When obedience is our priority, we will gain true blessing from Him.
God’s blessing is the most important thing we can have while we work.
God has already given us all the blessings we need.
The scope of our blessings is all encompassing.
The nature of our blessings is spiritual.
The place of our blessings is heavenly.
God’s blessing is not always seen immediately.
The seeds were planted.
They were waiting on the harvest.
These are days of trusting God’s promise even though you cannot see it yet.
We don’t like to wait for anything.
Especially God’s blessing.
We are finding that there are certain areas that is seems like we miss it a lot when it comes to seeing things through a biblical perspective.
Waiting is one of the biggest ones.
Don’t forget, the Jews waited 400 years to hear from God.
We always need to remember God’s TIMING.
At the exact right time the Messiah came.
God’s blessing is not always seen immediately.
Waiting...
Wondering where your answers are.
Watching the wicked prosper.
We must have complete faith in God’s promises.
God’s blessing does not mean we have no problems, but that He will work them for our good and His glory.
The Jews were still under foreign rule.
Enemies were still on their borders.
They were still just a small remnant with a huge job.
The greatest blessings we receive are not earthly blessings.
The best blessings are those that are waiting for us in glory.
The ones we will never see on earth, but are eternal.
The bible tells us that to receive those blessings, we need to walk through struggles here.
God’s blessing does not mean we have no problems, but that He will work them for our good and His glory.
THEME: Obedience brings blessing!
2. God’s expectation is not simply outward obedience, but full obedience.
Obedience in the heart.
Not just outward obedience, but holiness!
God asks the priests two questions.
1.
If a person carries holy meat in his clothes, and touches bread, stew or any kind of food, does it become holy?
NO
2. If an unclean person touches bread or stew or any other food, does that food become defiled?
YES
(2) A. Holiness is not contagious, but sinfulness is.
If you have a gallon of sour milk, you wouldn’t pour some good milk in it and expect it to be fine.
However, if you pour only a little sour milk into a gallon of good milk you will ruin the entire gallon.
Health is not contagious but sickness is.
It is easier to get sick than stay healthy, especially when you are around sick people.
We don’t pick up holiness from being around holy people.
We can pick up their habits, but we have to intentionally put them into practice.
We are not accidently holy.
It takes purpose to live with holiness.
Especially since holiness is not simply outward action, but our heart.
However, because of our sin nature, we can become sinful when we spend a lot of time with sinful people.
Yet, living in a bubble is sinful as well.
We need to exercise a great amount caution when we are in the world.
Here is another way to think about what Haggai is saying.
Good actions don’t make bad things good.
If you get pulled over for driving 50 in a 30 you can’t say that you were driving 30 in a 50 a few miles back so it all even out.
Doing the right thing the wrong way is still wrong!
God wants us to do the right thing the right way.
All the way back here in the Old Testament we are being taught that good does not balance out bad.
We need to intentionally cultivate Holiness and Godliness in our lives.
The idea of training is a persevering, painstaking, diligent effort.
“There is a price to godliness, and godliness is never on sale.
It never comes cheaply or easily.”
- Jerry Bridges
(2) A. Holiness is not contagious, but sinfulness is.
It is our responsibility to painstakingly give diligent effort to pursue holiness.
(2) B. God will not bless our work unless we are Holy.
The Jews were building the temple.
Is there any more important work?
Yet God says He will not bless if they are not holy.
(2) B. God will not bless our work unless we are Holy.
They had an amazing opportunity to worship the Lord through the work of building temple, but their hearts weren’t right.
Because their hearts were unclean, their work was unclean.
Today the greatest work is building the church - building lives for Christ!
It is possible to do the greatest work we have the wrong way.
We could do it to look good for others.
We could do it to check something off our list.
We could do it our of a feeling of guilt.
We could be doing it without actually engaging with the people in are attempting to reach.
What if we are doing those things right but we are not doing other things right.
(2) B. God will not bless our work unless we are Holy.
(2) C. Full obedience is outward action with inward motives.
Doing the right thing the right way.
We often look at what we are doing and think we are pleasing God.
However, we need to look at how we are doing it.
It wasn’t enough for the Jews to build the temple.
They were to build with a heart that is pleasing to God.
This is a daily battle for us.
(2) C. Full obedience is outward action with inward motives.
Concluding questions:
Do I frequently spend time in prayer asking for God’s blessing and seeking His will?
Do I immediately confess sin and quickly turn from it?
Am I more worried about God’s glory than my own?
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