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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Thus people say, The time is not come, the time that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying. This people say, The time is not come, the time that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? They had wainscoted their houses with cedar and odoriferous wood, decorated them with carving, whereas the plainest edifices would have sufficed. God will allow them to build their own house for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? “There seems to be time enough for you to enjoy the luxuries of life, but not time for you to rebuild the temple of the Lord; time enough for you to get rich, but not time for you to serve God; time...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Those people did not prosper: they were very prudent...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; consider your ways. “Just look back a little, and see what have already been the consequences of looking to yourselves, and not to your God; have you gained anything by so acting?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; “You have sown much to yourselves, but little to God; what has your sowing brought in to you?” Hag_1:6. Ye eat, but ye have not enough; “Those of you who do seem to prosper are not content with what you have. Peace of mind does not come with it; you are not happy.” Hag_1:6. Ye drink, but ye are not filled...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. That should be the great object that we should aim at in all we do, that God may be glorified — that God may take pleasure in it. It does not matter who we please if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; It vanished: the breeze was so strong that the unconsecrated substance went away like chaff.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. We are dependent...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua, the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. There is good bottom in those men who are led to duty when they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. What a blessing it is when faithful testimony is thus received!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying. I am with you, saith the LORD. Here was the best cheer for them. They had engaged in God’s business, and God would be with them
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. Haggai was the Lord’s messenger, so he did not utter his own words; but he “spake in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.” He was with them, so they were with him; and it is the same with us if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts their God, In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD stirred up the Spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month. Not very long after.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, God’s people need to be spoken to very often; and every time God speaks to them, he takes account of it. Let us do the same: let us not think it is such an unimportant matter for us to hear a gospel sermon that we need not take...