NO COMPARISON

HAGGAI 2:1-9

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

PROLOGUE – [v. 1-3] We compare without all the facts

 

I. BE STRONG BECAUSE OF:

1. GOD’S PRESENCE [v. 4, Mt. 28:20, Heb. 13:5]

-lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

- He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

2. GOD’S PROMISE

[v. 5a, Is. 34:16, Gal. 3:17-18, 2 Tim. 1:1, Heb. 10:36]

-Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

-And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

-Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

-For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

3. GOD’S SPIRIT [v. 5b, Eph. 1:13-14, 4:30]

-In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

-And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

 

II. FEAR NOT BECAUSE OF:

1. GOD’S PLAN [v. 5c-7, Luke 2:9-11, 12:32]

-And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

-Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

 

2. GOD’S PROVISION [v. 8, Ps. 24:1, 1 Pt. 1:3-4]

-The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

-Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you

3. GOD’S PLACE [v. 7, 9, Is. 59:20, 60:7]

- And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD

-All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

 

III. BE AT PEACE BECAUSE OF THE LORD OF HOSTS!

1. CHRIST WILL SHAKE THINGS UP! [v. 6-7, Heb. 12:24-27]

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

2. CHRIST, THE PRINCE OF PEACE FULFILLED SCRIPTURE AS AN INFANT, A CHILD & AN ADULT [v.7, 9; Is. 9:6, Lk. 2:27, 43-46]

- For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

3. CHRIST GIVES PEACE [v. 9, John 14:27]

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.