Lessons From Nehemiah: What it Means to
Obey Nehemiah chapters 8-13 are about
the people of Jerusalem after the reconstruction of the city. 1. The people heard the ___________. Nehemiah 8:1-2: “And all the people
gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra
the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded
Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly…” 2. Then, they confessed their
___________. Nehemiah 9:33: “Yet you
have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt
faithfully and we have acted wickedly.”
3. Then, they made an ________________. Nehemiah 9:38: “Because of all this we
make a firm covenant in writing.” Nehemiah 10:39b: “We will not neglect the
house of our God.” 4. But they still
needed to be _____________________.
Nehemiah 13:25: “And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some
of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name
of God…” Nehemiah 13:31: “Remember me, O my God, for good.” |