Haggai 1:1-15
1. The Indictment(an accusation of a crime)
A. They had lost their urgency.
B. They had lost their remorse.
C. They had lost their blessings.
2. The Plea Bargain.
A. Return to God with their whole heart.
B. Return to God with the right motive.
C. Return to God in total obedience.
D. Return to God with a righteous fear.
3. The Verdict.
A. I will be with you.
B. Your joy and zeal will return.
C. Your blessings will return.
Acts 4:1-13
1. A Radiant Testimony is Readily Visible. Vs. 13 “Now when they saw” Someone is always looking at us. We should always have a happy attitude or Godly attitude for everyone to see.
2. A Radiant Testimony is Courageous. Vs. 13 “The Boldness”.
3. A Radiant Testimony is Willing to Suffer. Vs. 3 “They put them in jail” A jail can be other things than a physical jail. Like a depression jail, or a social society jail.
4. A Radiant Testimony is More About Jesus and Less About Self. Vs.13 “They had been with Jesus” When we are with Jesus then there will be a big difference in us. I must decrease so that Jesus can increase.
5. A Radiant Testimony Produces Big Results. Vs 4 “The number of men who believed grew to about five thousand”
6. A Radiant Testimony is Supernatural. Vs. 8 “Then Peter full of the Holy Spirit.”
Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”
1. Paul was Focused On a great Prize. “I do not count my life dear to myself.”
2. Paul Endured With a Great Pertinacity. “ That I may finish my race.”
Pertinacity is a quality of sticking with something, no matter what. It’s a type of persistent determination. People who have pertinacity won’t give up, and they stick with things doggedly. Pursuing a difficult career requires pertinacity. Pertinacity is a mix of courage, conviction, and a little stubbornness.
3. Paul was Concerned With A Great Presentation. “With joy”
4. Paul Was Devoted To A Great Person. “The ministry I received from the lord Jesus.”
5. Paul Was Motivated By A Great Purpose. “ To testify to the gospel of the Grace of God.”
Philippians 3:17-21
These are not misguided people or misunderstood people
1. The Characteristics of the enemies.
A. They have an ungodly appetite. They crave the stuff of the world.
B. They have no shame. Things that they should be embarrassed from they applaud it.
C. They ar e worldly in their desires.
D. They have no future.
2. The Confrontation with the Enemies.
Ephesians 5:11-19
A. Have no Fellowship. Have no fellowship with satanic things or people. No gossiping. No fellowship with the works of darkness.
B. Expose them.
C. Wake up.
3. The Contemplaton...Am I an enemy of the cross? Anything that we do in opposition of Jesus we become the enemy of the cross. We have to do what the Bible says.
Look up: The age of reasoning
Ezekiel 37:1-14
1. God is still with us in the dark. A. His power and authority have gone nowhere. B. Our hope is only found in Him
C. God is wanting to heal us from the war
zone.
2. God is waiting on your response
A. He doesn’t need our answer to know what to do. He needs our answer for us to see our direction.
B. Our direction is followed with our obedience.
C. Our obedience is evident through following through with His plan.
3. God is willing when our obedience is activated.
A. We just have to move.
B. We should not be seen in our obedience, but He should be.
C. What’s impossible with us is always possible through Him.
4. God will build the army. He just needs willing army men.
5. Our only hope is found in God.
A. Our “hope” is the confidence in
Ezekiel 36:26