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Book messages «Life-Study of Nehemiah»

1 2 3 4 5

Life-Study of Nehemiah

Message: 1 2 3 4 5

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An Introductory Word and the Rebuilding of the Wall of the City of Jerusalem Under Nehemiah _{Message 1}

I. An introductory word
A. The book of Nehemiah being a history of the rebuilding of the wall of the city of Jerusalem
B. The writer
C. The time
D. The contents
E. The crucial point
F. The sections
II. The rebuilding of the wall of the city of Jerusalem under Nehemiah
A. The report of the condition of Jerusalem
B. Nehemiah’s prayer by fasting
C. The king’s favor in giving permission to Nehemiah
D. Nehemiah’s journey to Jerusalem and his personal observation
E. The rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem
F. A record of the building of the wall in consecutive sections
G. The frustration of the enemy
1. The enemies becoming angry
2. Nehemiah trusting in God
3. The enemies being angry because the building work was advancing
4. The Jews praying to their God and setting a watch against the enemy
H. The settlement of the interior problem
1. The people’s complaint
2. Nehemiah’s rebuke and resolution
3. Nehemiah’s good example
a. Not eating the food appointed for the governor
b. Applying himself to work on the city wall
c. Asking God to remember for good all that he had done
I. The further frustration of the enemy
J. The completion of the building

Nehemiah's Aggressiveness _{Message 2}

Three sections of the work related to God’s house and God’s kingdom
The leadership of Zerubbabel
The leadership of Ezra
The leadership of Nehemiah
The aggressiveness of Nehemiah in volunteering himself to his burden
The natural virtues and capacities being brought to the cross in order to be brought into resurrection
The example of Moses
The example of Peter
Entering into resurrection
An important principle
Nehemiah’s living in resurrection

The Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect (1) _{Message 3}

III. The reconstitution of the nation of God’s elect
A. Coming back to God by coming back to His law, His word
1. All the people of Israel gathering as one man and telling Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses and read to them
2. Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites charging all the people to sanctify that day unto Jehovah their God
3. The heads of the fathers’ houses, the priests, and the Levites being gathered to Ezra in order to gain insight into the words of the law
B. Making a clear confession to God of their past and making a firm covenant with God
1. The descendants of Israel separating themselves from all foreigners
2. Praising God as the only God
3. Enumerating all the good that God had done for their forefathers
4. Making a further confession of their disobedience and rebellion
5. Making a firm covenant in writing
6. The rest of the people entering into a curse and an oath
a. To walk in the law of God
b. Laying upon themselves obligations to offer their produce from the land for their sacrifices

The Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect (2) _{Message 4}

C. The arrangement of the dwelling place of the people and the appointment of the officers of the Levitical service and of the civil affairs
1. The rulers of the people dwelling in Jerusalem
2. A record of the arrangement and the appointments
D. A record of the priests and Levites
1. Those who went up with Zerubbabel and Joshua
2. Those who served in the days of Joiakim the priest
E. The dedication of the rebuilt wall
1. The people seeking the Levites from all their places
2. The priests and the Levites purifying themselves
3. Nehemiah appointing two great companies
4. The offering of great sacrifices
F. The appointment of the services of the priests and the Levites and the supply of their needs
G. The clearance exercised on Israel as God’s elect
1. Separating all the mixed multitude from Israel according to the law
2. Purifying the chambers of the house of God
3. Removing the negligence in taking care of the need of the Levites
4. Getting rid of the people’s profaning of the holy Sabbath
5. Cleansing the people and especially the priests from the defilement of their marriages with the nations
H. Appointing duties for the priests and the Levites, for the wood offering, and for the firstfruits

The Leadership of Nehemiah for the Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect _{Message 5}

Nehemiah’s particular characteristics
Being a pleasant person with a proper attitude and behavior
A person who loved God and God’s interest on earth
One who prayed to contact God in fellowship
A person who trusted in God and who was one with God
Altogether unselfish
Not indulging in lust
Nehemiah going to Ezra for help in reconstituting the nation of God’s elect
Re-education for reconstitution
The returned Israelites becoming God’s testimony

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