Nehemiah

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Nehemiah

• A Man Of Action

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Interest In His Brethren

• 12 Asked concerning the condition of his
  brethren.
• 14ff Prays for the people.
• 111 Prays for himself.
• Power of prayer. James 516

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Preliminary Preparation

• 23-8 Petitions the king to send him to
  Jerusalem.

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The Work Of Rebuilding

• 29-20 Preparation views the city, reveals his
  mission.
• Ridicule.
• Chapter 3 Assignments given for the work.

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The Work Of Rebuilding

• The Zeal Of The Work.
• 41-3 Ridicule.
• 46 The people had a mind to work.cf. Haggai
• 416 Watch.
• 417 Worked with one hand and held their weapons
  with the other hand.
• 418 Trumpet blower by Nehemiah leadership and
  cooperation.
• 420 Faith in God. Our God will fight for us.

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The Work Of Rebuilding

• The Greatest Interference To Their Work Was
  Internal Strife. 51-6
• 59 The thing that ye do is not good.
• Ephesians 43 Psalms 13311 Thessalonians
  512-13 Galatians 515
• 512 People promise to repay.
• 514-19 Example of Nehemiah.

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The Work Of Rebuilding

• Uncompromising Work.
• First effort to get Nehemiah to compromise 61-9
• I am doing a great work.
• Second effort to get Nehemiah to compromise
  610-14
• The Work Finished. 615 Fifty-two days.

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The Work Of Registering Educating The People

• 71-73 People registered according to genealogy.
• 81-8 Law read to the people.
• 810ff People react to the reading of the law.
• Chapter 9 Public confession of sin.
• Chapter 10 People make a covenant to keep the
  law.

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The Work Of Populating The City

• Chapter 11 One out of every ten to dwell in
  Jerusalem.

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Dedication Of The Walls

• 1227 A grand occasion.
• 1231 The princes of Judah went upon the wall.
• 1243 Day of rejoicing.

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When The Cat Is AwayNehemiah 136

• 134-5 Tobiah, given quarters in the temple
  courts by Eliashib the priest.
• 1310-11 Levites abandoned their posts in the
  temple.
• 1315-17 People profaned the Sabbath day. (cf.
  Chapter 10)
• 1323ff People had engaged in mixed marriages.

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Conclusion

• Ezra (93) versus Nehemiah.
• We should be like Nehemiah.
• Work or act now, cry later.
• Develop the mind to work, despising internal
  strife.
• Learn to accept the example and zeal of Nehemiah.