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In the exciting short book of Haggai, we see God’s call on Israel to get back to the building of His HOUSE. In this we see parallels to ourselves, how we’re called away from building our own kingdom, and back to the building of God’s. Join us as we explore this vital short story in the history of Israel, and what it means to us now as the Church of God.

God wants us to use His gifts, not hoard them, being willing to take wise risks with His money. We’re urged to do something with what God entrusts to us! When we finally stand before Christ, we want to be able to say, “Master, this is what you gave me, and this is what I’ve done to grow it for you.”

There’s work to be done, the Day of the Lord is before us, and we don’t know the hour of its coming. So, in the meantime, the church is called to witness for Christ in the world - otherwise, it’s not the church. Some are called witness to people groups oversees, some just right where they are, but wherever you find yourself, that’s the mission field God’s called you to serve.

With biblical assurance, Gods people endure in awaiting Christs 2nd coming, even when others mock, perceiving it to be aimless & purposeless. Faithful Christian living enables us to await the coming of Christ with patience, humility & endurance.

The original church fathers fought for the good of the Church & preserving the excellencies of Christ found in the Scriptures. In the first few centuries the Church saw heretics arise with errant ideas undermining the nature of Christ, and the Gospels core message. Which do we face now?

The Scriptures/Bible are trustworthy because of the eyewitness testimony of the apostles to the historical event of Christ's death & resurrection, but also because of the trustworthiness of the Law & Prophets found in the Old Testament. Believers can read the Bible knowing what is written within its pages has been tested & true!

Purity in Christ is more precious than life! The Church must be diligent in recognizing false teachers and doctrine while trusting fully in the Bible. By learning to recognize false teachers, we are able to identify those who teach Truth and by living into God's Truth we can grow in grace including Christian virtues.

Due to deconstruction of the Scriptures, and a divorce of God from all things in our culture, we are experiencing a great trial in the church. Devotion is called into question, how will we be prepared to endure actual suffering as God preserves the remnant to worship & witness to the lost in this world!?

This is the tenth sermon in our series Ten on the Ten Commandments given by guest speaker, Steve Munz.

This is the ninth sermon in our series Ten on the Ten Commandments given by guest speaker, Steve Munz.