141123 PM Lessons from Nehimiah – What it Means to Obey

 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.”