Sermon Outline 8.16.2026
Title: Paneled Houses, Ruined Harvests
Text: Haggai 1:1–11
Consider Your Ways: The House God Builds — Week 1 of 4
Big Idea: When God’s house lies waste, your harvest will not stand.
I. The Slogan (vv. 1–4)
“The ________________ has not yet come” (v. 2). Their delay was ________________ wearing prudence like a coat.
“Paneled” (sapan) is the cedar trim of Solomon’s ________________ (1 Kings 6:9) — luxury finish work.
II. The Audit (vv. 5–6, 9–11)
Wages go into a bag with ________________ (v. 6) — the covenant curse of Deuteronomy 28:38–40.
God rhymed His judgment: the house lies in ruin (charev), so He called a ________________ (chorev, v. 11).
Guardrail: Christ bore the curse (Gal. 3:13) — yet the Lord still ________________ those He loves (Heb. 12:6).
III. The Command and the Pleasure (vv. 7–8)
Three verbs: go up, bring, ________________. The wage God names is His own ________________ and glory (v. 8).
Catechism: “Man’s chief end is to ________________ God, and to ________________ Him forever.”
IV. The Temple Now
Jesus is the true ________________ (John 2:19–21); His gathered people are now God’s ________________ place (1 Cor. 3:16; Eph. 2:21–22).
The sharpened question: is it a time to dwell in paneled ________________ while this congregation lies neglected?
V. The Builder’s Call
Repent and believe: the Temple was torn down for us and ________________ on the third day.
“Consider your ways — while it is still called ________________” (Heb. 3:13).
Series Memory Verse — Haggai 2:9: “The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.”
Around the Table
1. What is one “not yet” our family keeps saying to God? What would obedience look like this week?
2. Why is it good news that God sends futility — the “bag with holes” — instead of leaving us alone?
3. For the kids: if God’s house today is His people, how can a kid help build it this week?
Text: Haggai 1:1–11
Consider Your Ways: The House God Builds — Week 1 of 4
Big Idea: When God’s house lies waste, your harvest will not stand.
I. The Slogan (vv. 1–4)
“The ________________ has not yet come” (v. 2). Their delay was ________________ wearing prudence like a coat.
“Paneled” (sapan) is the cedar trim of Solomon’s ________________ (1 Kings 6:9) — luxury finish work.
II. The Audit (vv. 5–6, 9–11)
Wages go into a bag with ________________ (v. 6) — the covenant curse of Deuteronomy 28:38–40.
God rhymed His judgment: the house lies in ruin (charev), so He called a ________________ (chorev, v. 11).
Guardrail: Christ bore the curse (Gal. 3:13) — yet the Lord still ________________ those He loves (Heb. 12:6).
III. The Command and the Pleasure (vv. 7–8)
Three verbs: go up, bring, ________________. The wage God names is His own ________________ and glory (v. 8).
Catechism: “Man’s chief end is to ________________ God, and to ________________ Him forever.”
IV. The Temple Now
Jesus is the true ________________ (John 2:19–21); His gathered people are now God’s ________________ place (1 Cor. 3:16; Eph. 2:21–22).
The sharpened question: is it a time to dwell in paneled ________________ while this congregation lies neglected?
V. The Builder’s Call
Repent and believe: the Temple was torn down for us and ________________ on the third day.
“Consider your ways — while it is still called ________________” (Heb. 3:13).
Series Memory Verse — Haggai 2:9: “The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.”
Around the Table
1. What is one “not yet” our family keeps saying to God? What would obedience look like this week?
2. Why is it good news that God sends futility — the “bag with holes” — instead of leaving us alone?
3. For the kids: if God’s house today is His people, how can a kid help build it this week?
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