Aim: To practice sweet obedience out of love for Christ.
Doctrine: Sweet obedience is always accompanied by the blessed presence of God, which makes compliance pleasant and labor fulfilling.
Exegesis: The keys to accomplishing sweet obedience: be under the influence of the preached word (v. 12), be convinced of the love of God (towards us) (v. 13), and be strengthened by the work of Christ (in our souls) (v. 13).
Further application: How to come to actually enjoy sweet obedience: consider the alternatives (to submission), and think in revolutionary ways.
Key verse: v. 12 ''Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, 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 feared the presence of the LORD.''
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Mark Henninger
Sweet Obedience Series in Haggai (2008) Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.