The Voice

"The Word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai..." This phrase is in the first verse of this short little book, and then is repeated multiple times. In fact, in two short chapters there are 22 phrases indicating that the message in this book came directly from God Himself. What this means is that God speaks, and what He says is important. For the ancient Jewish people the word of the Lord came through the hand of the prophet. This was necessary because the Scriptures were in the process of being written. For us, we have the word of the Lord in a book, actually a collection of divinely inspired works given as a gift to us from a transcendent God who has chosen to make Himself known. This morning we will seek to answer two basic questions. First, what is the Word of the Lord. Second, what is our proper response to it?