Nehemiah
Rebuilding the walls
Hand to Hands

Social Problem #1 13:1-3

- Mix Multitude [Amorites and Moabites]

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

[Deuteronomy 23:3-5;
Numbers 22-25]

Social Problem #2 13:4-9

- Compromise of the temple (Tobiah)
Matthew 21:12-13
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."

Social Problem #3 13:10-14

- They forsook giving their tithes

Malachi 3:8-10

Nehemiah 10:39

Malachi 3:8-10
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

Social Problem #4 13:15-22

- They did not keep the Sabbath

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Nehemiah took action

Social Problem #5 13:23-29

- They violated the marriage commitment

Exodus 34:12-16
Nehemiah 10:30
1 Kings 11:1-8
Example of Solomon
Leviticus 21:14,15

Remember me 13:30-31

Matthew 25:21
His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'

WHAT WE LEARN
1. The work we are called to is Great

Nehemiah 4:19
And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread…..

Nehemiah 4:14

2. Know our God is greater

Nehemiah 1:5
And I said, "O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Nehemiah 4:20
….. Our God will fight for us."

3. Expect opposition: Face it with courage and perseverance

2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

4. The importance of prayer

- Short, silent, consistent powerful prayers

- Our "telegraph" prayers accomplish little if our hearts are not in tune with God.

PTO: Pray Trust Obey

5. The need for honest inspection of our lives Psalms 139:23:24

- What walls need to be fixed in my life?

- This involves confess sin and allow God to rebuild the walls in my life.
1 John 1:9

6. Determination: don’t get sidetracked

Nehemiah 4:3
And I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop
while I leave it and come down to you?"