Title: A Clean Start (4 of 4)
Series: Avoid Apathetic Worship-No Procrastination!
Author: Keith Krell
Text: Haggai 2:10-23
I always look forward to New Year's Day. And, no, it's not because I enjoy watching parades or braving polar plunges. And it's not that I particularly enjoy holiday brunch or rest and relaxation. Yes, I admit that I do look forward to college football bowl games. But that's not the reason that I look forward to New Year's Day. I eagerly anticipate New Year's Day because I look forward to-a clean start. New Year's Day can be like hitting a big psychological reset button. I don't know about you, but I'm the type of person who often dwells on unfulfilled goals, missed opportunities, and past sins. I have so many regrets. That's why I love the idea of a do-over, or more accurately, a start-over. And somewhere along the way, I bought into the idea that the ultimate time to give myself that start-over is New Year's Day. So, every day, usually right after February 1, I begin anticipating New Year's Day! I tell myself that at the start of the New Year, I can begin again. I can redeem the losses of the past year. But in studying for this week's sermon, I was faced with the question of whether New Year's Day really is the best day for a clean start. That's because the prophet Haggai answers this question in Hag 2:10-23. In this passage, Haggai preaches two sermons in which he imparts three principles.
1. Sinfulness Is More Contagious Than Holiness (2:10-14). The intro to Haggai's third sermon begins in 2:10: "On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet." Remember God had rebuked and disciplined the people of Judah for their procrastination in rebuilding the Temple. After a sixteen-year unauthorized sabbatical, they finally got back to work. The date Haggai provides is exactly three months after the people began work on the temple (1:15) and two months after Haggai enco ...
Series: Avoid Apathetic Worship-No Procrastination!
Author: Keith Krell
Text: Haggai 2:10-23
I always look forward to New Year's Day. And, no, it's not because I enjoy watching parades or braving polar plunges. And it's not that I particularly enjoy holiday brunch or rest and relaxation. Yes, I admit that I do look forward to college football bowl games. But that's not the reason that I look forward to New Year's Day. I eagerly anticipate New Year's Day because I look forward to-a clean start. New Year's Day can be like hitting a big psychological reset button. I don't know about you, but I'm the type of person who often dwells on unfulfilled goals, missed opportunities, and past sins. I have so many regrets. That's why I love the idea of a do-over, or more accurately, a start-over. And somewhere along the way, I bought into the idea that the ultimate time to give myself that start-over is New Year's Day. So, every day, usually right after February 1, I begin anticipating New Year's Day! I tell myself that at the start of the New Year, I can begin again. I can redeem the losses of the past year. But in studying for this week's sermon, I was faced with the question of whether New Year's Day really is the best day for a clean start. That's because the prophet Haggai answers this question in Hag 2:10-23. In this passage, Haggai preaches two sermons in which he imparts three principles.
1. Sinfulness Is More Contagious Than Holiness (2:10-14). The intro to Haggai's third sermon begins in 2:10: "On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet." Remember God had rebuked and disciplined the people of Judah for their procrastination in rebuilding the Temple. After a sixteen-year unauthorized sabbatical, they finally got back to work. The date Haggai provides is exactly three months after the people began work on the temple (1:15) and two months after Haggai enco ...
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