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WE WILL NOT NEGLECT THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD
(Nehemiah 10-12)

• By Pastor Phillips Koh

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A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE PEOPLE
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A COVENANT RENEWAL EXERCISE
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A. What is the Nature of a Vow?
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A. What is the Nature of a Vow?

1. Specific commitment

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A. What is the Nature of a Vow?

• What the making of vows accomplishes, finally,
  is to move obedience from the outside to the
  inside.

- Pastor Steve Zeisler
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2. Language of Love
A. What is the Nature of a Vow?

• A wedding vow, for example, fulfills this
  function
• God himself makes vows or oaths

(see Genesis 821 Hebrews 43, 617)
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Expression of Gratitude
A. What is the Nature of a Vow?

• See Nehemiah 931-37

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B. What vows did the Israelites make? (Chapter
10)
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To marry only within the faith (1030)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• Not a racial issue but a religious issue

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To keep the Sabbath, and the Sabbatical year
(1030-31)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• Sabbath (see Exodus 20)
• Sabbatical year (see Leviticus 2518-22)

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To pay the shekel tax (1032-34)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• For the upkeep of the Temple

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To dedicate the first fruits and the first born
son to God (1035-36)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• See Exodus 1311-16

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To tithe faithfully (1037-38)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• Tithing is mandatory in the OT
• NT emphasis is on giving (see 1 Cor 16 2 Cor 8
  and 9)

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To make worship central in their lives (10 39)
B. What vows did the Israelites make? (contd.)

• We will not neglect the house of our God

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CONCLUSION

• What is the significance of casting lots for
  people to live in Jerusalem? (see Chapter 11)