In one of our hymns in our hymnal there is a vitally important truth. The hymn is "Rise Up, O Church of God." Originally the title was "Rise Up, O Men of God." The line I am talking about reads: "Rise up, O men of God! / The church for you doth wait/ Her strength unequal to her task/ Rise up and make her great." While many today may think our strength is more than equal to our task, the fact is we cannot do the works God set out for us to do unless we have His help. When we preach the Gospel we are like Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones. We are presenting the Gospel of life to dead people. We are in a very real sense preaching in a cemetery. In short, we are called upon to do a job which is, apart from God, impossible to do.
How then to we undertake such a task? We will learn from Zechariah who was given to Israel to motivate the remnant of Israel, and encourage Zerubbabel, the leader of the Jews, to rebuild the Temple. Before, when Zerubbabel tried, trouble came, and an army made him cease building. Sixteen years passed. Then, the LORD sent two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, to wake up Israel and finish rebuilding the Temple, a task which must have seemed almost impossible to Zerubbabel. So, God sent a vision to Zechariah, the Prophet, just for our man Zerubbabel. We find this vision in Zechariah 4. I. The Vision Described (v. 1-5) II. The Vision Applied (v. 6-10)
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Dr. Don has over fourty years of Pastoral experience. He planted churches with Galilean Baptist Mission for twelve years (3 churches) and served as Senior Pastor in three other churches. He retired as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Lansing, Michigan in 2020. He...