Welcome to the Young + Chosen Bible Study on Haggai

Chapter 1: 

3 in Connection

Prophet ~ Haggai

Ruler ~ Zerubbabel 

Priest ~ Joshua

• God called out the laziness and procrastination/selfishness

• God sometimes stops whatever you have in motion so you can refocus on Him

• Your work will be in vain if you do not involve God in it

• After hearing the message from the Lord, the people obeyed 

• God is with you and will give you strength for his projects

Questions 

• Do we reflect how we dress ourselves and leave God naked? 

• In other words, do we take care of ourselves first and leave God as an afterthought?

• Where is God in your lives?

• Do you place God in a box or in your heart?

Through The Word (Biblical commentary):

• In returning to God, our souls are restored

• Worldly productive vs spiritually lazy: people were fixing their nation but leaving the temple in ruins

• When you put God second, things don't work out (frustration)

• Get to serving the Lord and He will be with you

Chapter 2:

• V3: 7 months in dont compare you results to past keep building to make something beautiful with what you know now

• be strong and brave even when thing look grime

• God will remind you of his promise to you

• Shaking anything and everything for keeping his promise in keep you even sending His Spirit

• Materials/look doesn't matter, but the intention and purpose for finishing the project does. For everything is from and made by God and belongs to Him 

• New creation with God will be more beautiful than the last blessing not only you but his other children

• 9 months 

• What good is building the temple if people's hearts are corrupted / unclean

• Think carefully about how you want to execute God's plans

• When you try to mess with God, He will send correction, but if you repent, He will bless

• In obedience to God, we will be blessed and given authority and chosen, so enemies will be destroyed

• Do not compare and gloat for more when God already deems your work worthy

Through The Word (Biblical commentary):

• V4: To doubters, God says  Be strong and work for I am with you BE strong and 

• Work for God is with you

• Gives a glimpse of the future and how it will be more glorious than the last and will be a place of peace (Jesus)

• All the power is from God not us

• Can not live a life with a dirty heart and do clean things for God (personal example: David's kill count compared to Solomon)

Comparison (Matt. 21:18–22; Mark 11:12–14, 20–25)

• If you are not aligned with Jesus and give off a persona (fig tree looking ready to eat), that you are Jesus will call you out on it. But when you walk closely with God, you will produce fruit and build unstoppable faith!