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Nehemiah 7:1-73

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Nehemiah 7:1-73 – “Almost Finished”

My sermon notes for Wednesday night, Aug 17th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Wednesday at 6:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

INTRO

  • The wall is finished, but Nehemiah is not
  • The wall was just part of getting the city in place
  • Nehemiah is thinking about the future
  • The wall and the people of the city
  • Nehemiah had a plan to Finish what he had started

Shared the responsibility – vv. 1-2; 6-69

Let others lead – vv.1-2

  • Delegation – Established leadership
  • Faithful to God and Feared God
  • Hanani and Hananiah (Civil and Military)
  • Gate keepers/guards – who comes and goes
  • Singers
  • Levites

Numbered the people – vv. 6-69

Different:

  • Families
  • Responsibilities
  • Demographics

PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD. The NATION of Israel.  The CHURCH as the body of Christ.

  • God’s faithfulness to His promises
  • He will restore!

Developed a Strategy to Succeed – vv. 3-4

Provided clear instruction to succeed

  • Vision
  • Clear instruction
  • Strategy
  • When to open the Gates
  • How to protect the city

Remember, he built the walls to protect the city. (HIS PLAN AND PURPOSE DID NOT STOP WITH THE WALLS…. BIG PICTURE LEADERSHIP)

Continued to Grow in His own life – v. 5

God put in my heart

  • Daily walk with the Lord
  • Fresh walk!
  • Progressive Sanctification
  • Always maturing in our faith

Prioritized the Worship of God – vv. 70-73

  • Monies for the Temple
  • Nehemiah 1:8-11 – He knew God would honor their worship and obedience
    • Forgive and restore

Nehemiah 4 – “Responding to Opposition”

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My sermon notes for Wednesday night, July 20th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Wednesday at 6:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Nehemiah 4:1-23

Opposition is coming

  • It is normal (because of who we are)
  • Expect it
  • Prepare for it

Matthew 5:10-12 – “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (ESV)

The Tactics of the Enemy

They ridiculed – vv. 1-6

  • Feeble Jews
  • 1 Cor 1:18-31

They intimidated and threatened – vv. 7-9

  • Psalm 2:1-2
  • The Apostles and the early church – Acts 4

The Response of God’s People

Nehemiah responded (Godly leaders pray and plan)

There is a practical plan: WHAT WE CAN DO

  • Posted guards – v. 9
  • Armed the people – v. 13
  • Arranged them into family groups – v. 13
  • Kept working (even harder) – v.21

There is a spiritual plan: WHAT GOD DOES

  • Pray – v. 9
  • Remember the mission – v. 14
  • Trust God – v. 20

Conclusion

  • 1 John 5:3–5 – For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (ESV)
  • Acts 4:31-37 – Whatever it takes attitude

Nehemiah 1:1-11

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My sermon notes for Wednesday night, May 18th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Wednesday at 6:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Nehemiah 1:1-11

INTRO

  • Nehemiah is a Godly man that accomplished much.
  • Nehemiah is often referred to as a great book on leadership.
  • Tonight let us consider the Godly Leader and their relationship with God  (their prayer life and devotion)

A Kingdom Concern vv. 1-3

News came for Jerusalem

  • His heart was focused on God’s Kingdom
    • God’s rule and reign through His people
  • He was devoted to God.
  • Seeking after God

A Kingdom Petition vv. 4-11

The Attitude of his Prayer – v.4

  • Brokenness
  • Reverence
  • Presence (He was aware of the holiness of God

The  Content of his Prayer

  • Adoration – v. 5
  • Confession – vv. 6-7
  • Thanksgiving – vv. 8-10
    • Deut 28-30 – Judgement and Blessing
    • He knew God would forgive and restore… if they obeyed
  • Supplication
    • Prov. 21:1 – God moves the hearts of kings.

The Persistence of his Prayer

  • 2:1 – 5 months later

Nehemiah – An Introduction

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My sermon notes for Wednesday night, May 4th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Wednesday at 6:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

INTRODUCTION

A great site providing introduction to the book of Nehemiah

ESV Global Study Bible – Intro to Nehemiah

HISTORICAL TIMELINE

1140 BC

  • God brought the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery
  • If they broke the covenant, they would be slaves once again (Jeremiah 2:14-15)

722 BC

  • Assyrians take northern Kingdom
  • 10 tribes were scattered and intermarried with Assyrians or left.

586 BC – Jerusalem Falls to Babylonians

  • Nebuchadnezzar was ruler
  • Daniel to Babylon

538 BC – Persians defeat Babylonians

  • Cyrus was ruler
  • Allowed conquered subjects to return to their homelands
  • 2 Chronicles 36:7 – Was allowed to take back possessions taken from Temple.
  • Ezra 1-4
  • Rebuilding of temple

522 BC

  • Darius is ruler
  • Greeks defeat Persians at Marathon
  • Haggai/Zechariah encouragement to build the Temple
  • Temple completed

486 BC

  • Xerxes is ruler
  • Esther is chosen to be queen (479 BC)

465 BC

  • Artaxerxes is ruler
  • Nehemiah is cupbearer

445 BC

  • Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem to build the wall.

THOUGHTS

  • Where Ezra deals with the religious restoration, Nehemiah is concerned with the political and geographical
  • Both are concerned with the restoration of Israel.
  • God uses both for His Glory!
  • Nehemiah 1-7 is the restoration of the wall
  • Nehemiah 8-13 is the restoration of the people

KEY VERSES

Nehemiah 6:15–16 – So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. (ESV)

Nehemiah 8:8 – They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. (ESV)

KEY THEMES

Nehemiah’s Trust in God

  • His obedience to God’s leading in His life
  • Coming before the King
  • Taking on such a task…finishing the task
  • Nehemiah 7:5

Nehemiah’s Perseverance

  • Nehemiah faced continuous opposition, disappointments, and setbacks, yet he continued with the task

Nehemiah’s Devotion to the Word of God

  • The spiritual revival came in response to Ezra’s reading of “the Book of the Law of Moses” (Nehemiah 8:1-13)
  • Reading, Explaining, Understanding, Doing the Word (the will of God)