A Call to Repentance

Bible Readings: Zechariah 1:1-6

Summary: In Zechariah 1:1-6 God sent a message to the Jews

who had come back to Jerusalem. Now back in their

homeland, they had grown cold in their spiritual lives.

The initial enthusiasm they had for rebuilding the new temple

had turned into complacency and discouragement. Their

work had stopped, their faithfulness had wilted, and the

Lord was not pleased. Haggai’s primary purpose was to get

the people to restart the work of building the temple.

Zechariah’s purpose went even deeper. He called the

people to a renewed closeness to the Lord. Our text shows

how God works when they have strayed, calling us back to

Himself. The message of summoning the people to “return”

to the Lord has ever been the earmark of all o ...