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Many Christians neglect the temple of God, which is their spiritual life. The neglect of our spiritual life is extremely dangerous because we end up being the residence of Satan rather than the residence of God. We also see what we must do if we are not to neglect our spiritual lives.
In this instalment, we look at the direction and object of scriptural faith: God. We cannot have faith in, rely on, express confidence in, or trust anyone or anything but God; not in a church denomination, church leader, pastor, an expert, nor even in ourselves.
As we continue to look at the book of Haggai, we see the sin of procrastination, particularly as it concerns God’s instruction. We also see the danger of not doing the right thing at the right time.
We move on from discussing faith in general and scripture to focusing on scriptural faith by defining and describing it. This definition/description of scriptural faith will form the basis for further discussion about faith toward God.
While Haggai spoke to the prince and the priest, and through them, to the people, Jesus speaks to us today without any such intermediaries. Indeed, Jesus is our prophet, prince, and priest. And whereas Haggai wrote about the historical event that occurred in Judah after the people returned from exile, Jesus is speaking to us, today’s Christians, about spiritual truth that the historical event in Judah foreshadowed.
As we begin to look at the second foundational doctrine of the Christian faith, we consider faith from the perspective of the secular and scripture. We see that faith in the secular is quite different from faith in a scriptural sense.
As we begin a study on the Book of Haggai, we look at how God communicated with the leaders of Judah after they returned from exile. We see the role of the prophet, the prince, and the priest, vis-a-vis the people of God.
We look at what the dross of silver is and what it does to silver. We then look at its similitude to the Christian life and repentance from dead works as we end our discussion on the subject.
Christianity is being turned into what it is not. It is, therefore, our intention to re-emphasize one of the major planks on which Christianity stands—salvation through the shed blood of Jesus on the cross at Calvary.
We talk about how repentance from dead works should practically occur in our lives every day.
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