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Nehemiah 7-8

• From Rebuilding/Reform
• From Walls/Worship
• From Politicians/Preacher

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Nehemiah 7-8

• Will Durant said all civilizations inevitably
  move from Stoicism to Epicureanism
• What book would you now preach to the United
  States
• Judges or Nehemiah

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Nehemiah 7-8

• Not a wall but worship makes a great city
• A. Who do you appoint as leaders
• 1. Nehemiah moves from 1st to 3rd
• 2. Not if you leave but who you
  leave it to
• a. Men who fear God
• 3. Physical cant replace spiritual

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Nehemiah 7-8

• He calls a census
• A. He calls them together to remind them
  of where they have been, heritage
• B. He calls them together for
  unity/identity
• The final building project is a podium
• A. The church not the state
• B. Morality not policy
• C. A man can only take it so far
• Men can build walls but only God can build
  people

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Nehemiah 7-8

• The ancient path is todays remedy
• A. Greatness is conformity to the divine
  will
• B. Calamity is rebellion against the
  divine law

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Nehemiah 7-8

• What is the result of the Word
• A. A balanced view of God
• Seventh month, they had feasts in spring/fall
• In the fall you began Rosh Hashanah which is the
  Feast of Trumpets, the beginning of the Jewish
  New Year, followed by time of fasting and Yom
  Kippur The Day of Atonement. This was a time of
  celebrating the gathering of crops, it was
  Thanksgiving, and they were to rejoice. One day
  of mourning and the rest was rejoicing.