November 02/03, 2014 (Week 8) The Return to Jerusalem Study Haggai 1: “Haggai Motivates God's People to God's Work” ======================== DIVISIONS AND PRINCIPLES ======================== ======================== First Division: God encourages the Remnant to reflect on their Priorities. Haggai 1:1, 2, 5, 7, & 9; Ezra 4:4-5; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Ephesians 2:20-21; Ephesians 1:13 Principle #1: God commands temple builders to give careful thought to their ways. ======================== Second Division: God explains to the Remnant why they were never satisfied. Haggai 1:6, 8, 9, 11; John 17:17; 1 Peter 2:2 Principle #2: God hinders our ability to earn a living or be satisfied with it, if we make it a higher priority than building His temples. ======================== Third Division: God promises to be with the Remnant when they obey. Haggai 1:12; Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 6:19-22; Matthew 6:32-33 Principle #3: God will satisfactorily meet all our needs, when we make manifesting His Righteousness and expanding His kingdom our highest priority. ========================