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Nehemiah, pt. 3Builders Wanted
605 B.C.
536 - temple started
538 - Zerubbabel
Captivity to Christ
Haggai 1:2 - The time is not right
Haggai 1:2 - The time is not right
Haggai 1:3 - “My” house first
Haggai 1:3 - “My” house first
Haggai 2:3 - Woe is meHaggai 2:3 - Woe is me
Woe is me?Woe is me?
“My” house first?“My” house first?
The time is not right?The time is not right?
2 Pet. 1:32 Pet. 1:3
If building is what is needed, then the answers are given
If building is what is needed, then the answers are given
605 B.C.
445 - Nehemiah (the walls)
458 - Ezra (the priesthood)
520 - temple work resumed
536 - temple started
538 - Zerubbabel
Captivity to Christ
Prayer
- with praise
- with humility
- according to God’s will
- not losing heart
- with praise
- with humility
- according to God’s will
- not losing heart
- knows his task- knows his task
…bad situation
…desolate
…burned
…a reproach
“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps.” 1 Pet. 2:21
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Lk. 19:10
When we focus on our task, we will see “good work”
18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good,
and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said,
“Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the
good work.
- knows his task- knows his task
- encourages
18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good,
and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said,
“Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the
good work.
“But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called ‘Today,’ lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” Heb. 3:13
Mocking criticism is not for workers. It is..
“iniquity”
“demoralizing”
and from enemies
- knows his task- knows his task
- encourages
- has dirty hands
We will show by our...
ime
ffortoney
- knows his task- knows his task
- encourages
- has dirty hands
- work together
consider
decide
go to work
17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we
are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its
gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of
Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer
derision.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my
God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And
they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they
strengthened their hands for the good work. Neh.
2:17-18
(help)
(rest)
(encouragement)
…BUILDING!
(greeting)
(visiting)
(teaching)
…BUILDING!
(assisting)
Have you signed on this job as a builder, yet?