Through a study of the Law of Moses the people of Israel discovered God’s instructions to celebrate the feast of booths on an annual basis. The sermon explore the meaning of the feast of booths for ancient Israel and makes application for us today.
Read Nehemiah 8:13-18
This passage gives a number of important principles concerning the centrality of the Word of God in the lives and worship of the people of God.
Read Nehemiah 8:1-12
This passage gives details of the giving of the first wave of exiles to return to Jerusalem for the rebuilding of the temple. The principle that we see is that one of the way that God’s people are to support the work of God’s Kingdom is through their financial support.
Read Nehemiah 7:66-73
In this passage Nehemiah organizes the defense of the city of Jerusalem and enrolls the people by genealogy. From this we learn of the importance of defense in God’s Kingdom and the importance of legitimate membership in number of the people of God.
Read Nehemiah 7:1-65
Among other things this chapter teaches us that Satan attacks leaders, is persistent and uses deception and trickery as he seeks to hinder the work of the Kingdom of God.
Read Nehemiah 6
Tensions are surfacing in the covenant community because the rich are exploiting the poor. Nehemiah addresses this issue and is himself an example of helping the poor rather than exploiting them.
Read Nehemiah 5
This chapter describes the beginning of opposition against Nehemiah and the Jews as they worked at rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. From it we learn how opposition against the work of promoting the cause of Christ can be discouraging and how we are encouraged to persevere.
Read Nehemiah 4
Three themes from this chapter are explored: the importance of organization, the importance of everyone working and the importance of unity as believers work together to build the kingdom of God.
Read Nehemiah 3
This passage shows how God builds his kingdom using leaders who plan and motivate the people of God. It also shows that where God’s kingdom is being built there is opposition.
Read Nehemiah 2:9-20
This passage shows Nehemiah praying, planning and acting to attempt a project that will promote the cause of God in the world. He is successful because God hears his prayers and blesses his plans.
Read Nehemiah 2:1-8