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Below is the recording of the sermon for this week. Our guest Pastor Chris Anderson, from Margate Baptist Church, Natal, South Africa, unlocks a timely message of God’s increasing glory to come on the cusp of Advent.

Increasing Glory – Haggai 2:1-19 – Pastor Chris Anderson – 29th November 2020

• Reflective Hymn & Haggai 2:1-19

  O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
   
  O come, O come, Emmanuel,
  And ransom captive Israel,
  That mourns in lonely exile here,
  Until the Son of God appear.
  Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.
   
  O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
  Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
  From depths of hell Thy people save,
  And give them victory o’er the grave.
  Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.
   
  O come, Thou Dayspring, from on high,
  And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
  Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
  And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
  Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.
   
  O come, Thou Key of David, come
  And open wide our heav’nly home;
  Make safe the way that leads on high,
  And close the path to misery.
  Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.
   
  O come, Adonai, Lord of might,
  Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai’s height,
  In ancient times didst give the law
  In cloud and majesty and awe.
  Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
  Shall come to thee, O Israel.
   

  
  The Builders Encouraged
   
  1 On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison? 4 But now take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares the Lord of armies. 5 ‘As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit remains in your midst; do not fear!’ 6 For this is what the Lord of armies says: ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of armies. 8 ‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of armies. 9 ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of armies, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the Lord of armies.”
   
  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, saying, 11 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘Now ask the priests for a ruling: 12 If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13 Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these things, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” 14 Then Haggai responded and said, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. 15 But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord, 16 from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty. 17 I struck you and every work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the Lord. 18 ‘Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was founded, consider: 19 Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not produced fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’”
   
  New King James Version

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