Nehemiah

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Nehemiah

• A Time for Repentance
• Chapter 9

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Introduction

• A day of evil and immorality
• Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
• Sin is a national disgrace
• Sin is a congregational disgrace
• In Nehemiah 9, the nation realizes it needs to
  get right with God

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National penitence and confession

• Neh. 91-4
• Fasting, sackcloth and dirt
• Repentance, humility, distress
• Joel 212-13 with our heart
• Eph 417-19 not a calloused heart
• Separated from all foreigners
• Taking the right actions
• 2 Cor 614-18
• Matt. 38

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National penitence and confession

• Confessed their sins and their fathers
• Acknowledged what they had done wrong
• Even things they had done wrong for generations
• Exod 232
• Read the book of the Law (again)
• Gods people have to be people of Gods book
• Ps 119 2, 6, 9, 11, 50, 92, 104-105
• Penitence led to worship
• Ps 1004-5

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Need for a godly nation

• A nation needs godly people
• Prov 1111
• Prov 1434
• A nation needs godly government
• Prov 1612
• Prov 255
• We cant change everything, but we can start with
  ourselves

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Lessons from history

• Israels history
• Deliverance from Egypt (95-12)
• The giving of the Law at Sinai (913-15)
• Wandering in the wilderness (916-22)
• Conquering the promised land (923-25)
• Despite all God did, Israel rebelled (926-31)
• Israel needed to learn from past mistakes
• We need to learn from past mistakes
• Its foolish to just keep repeating failure

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Renewal

• Its not enough to just look at history
• Change is needed
• Neh 932-37
• Appealed for mercy
• Renewed the covenant
• We also need to ask for mercy 1 Jn 18-10
• How is our covenant with God?

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