Haggai 1:13 Then spoke Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message to the people, saying, I am with you, said the LORD. I. JEHOVAH'S MESSENGER. Ministers are messengers. It is not every man that gets into a pulpit that is a messenger. God only can appoint messengers. II. THE LORD'S MESSAGE. Their message is one of mercy, of everlasting life. It is the Gospel. Salvation as the gift of God. Not of works. All boasting is excluded. III. THE MESSAGE IS TO THE PEOPLE. Jehovah's elect are a peculiar people, a purchased people, a special people, elect and redeemed. We cannot tell who the elect are. IV. THE SPECIAL MESSAGE IN THE TEXT. "I am with you." Jehovah is always with His people, and has been, and will be so everlastingly. (J. J. West, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. |
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