Sermon Outlines . Volume 11 | Issue 03

Rebuilding the House of God

Haggai 1:1-8

Context:
The Temple is the visible symbol of the presence of the invisible God, so rebuilding the Temple after the Exile is an act of faith and a sign of renewed devotion. In New Testament terms, we might say with Paul, that God desires to build us “into a holy temple in the Lord.” (Eph. 2:21; see Eph. 2:17-22)

Theme:
“What you do is what you believe, everything else is religious talk.” (vv 2, 4, 8)

  1. Building the Temple matters because God matters more than anything else (vv 2-4).
  2. Life is full of “reasonable” alternatives to full obedience (vv 2-4).
  3. God takes obedience and disobedience seriously (vv 5-7).
  4. God is glorified by obedience (v 8).
  5. Obedience does something, it doesn’t just talk or make excuses (v 8).

(taken from The Connection, Union University)