GOD DID IT

GOD DID IT

OR

GETTING GOD INVOLVED

NEHEMIAH 6:15-16

Nehemiah 6:15-16 (KJV) 15  So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16  And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

I BELIEVE WE ARE HAVING REVIVAL AT BCP HC.

PRIOR TO THIS EZRA HAS GONE BACK WITH A REMNANT AND REBUILT THE TEMPLE

REESTABLISHED WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLE

IT WAS A GLORIOUS TIME

MESSENGERS COME AND GIVE NEHEMIAH A REPORT CONCERNING JERUSALEM

TEMPLE IS BUILT

BUT THE WALLS STILL LAY IN RUION

I’M SURE NEHEMIAH WAS HAPPY OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE IN BUILDING THE TEMPLE

HAPPY ABOUT REESTABLISHING WORSHIP

NEHEMIAH WAS GRIEVED BECAUSE THE WALLS IN JERERSALEM WASN’T REBUILT.

THANK GOD FOR A MAN THAT UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF THE WALLS OF THE CITY.

HE DIDN’T VIEW THE WALL AS BEING A PRISON TO KEEP PEOPLE IN

HE KNEW WALLS PROTECT FROM THE INVADING ENEMIES ON THE OUTSIDE

WE NEED SOME PREACHERS IN 2017 THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE “WALLS” ARE FOR

THE WORLD WAS NEVER MEANT TO FEEL AT HOME IN THE CHURCH.

WE STILL NEED WALLS AROUND THE CHURCH

THE WORLD CANNOT CO-HABITAT WITH THIS CHURCH

THE CHURCH CANNOT CO-HABITAT WITH THE WORLD

NEHEMIAH UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF “WALLS”

SO WITH A BURDENED HEART HE APROACHED THE KING WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF REBUILDING THE WALLS

THE KING GRANTED HIM PERMISSION

NEHEMIAH LEAVES WITH A REMNANT TO GO BACK TO JERUSALEM TO REBUILD THE WALL

OUR TEXT IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED

TEXT: IN 52 DAYS THEY REBUILT THE WALLS OF JERUSALM

They said it couldn't be done. Yet, in 52 days they completed the project

in spite of the opposition and arguments that said that it was too difficult they did it

A PHNAMONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT!!

SEVERAL MILES LONG

50-60 FEET HIGH

NO MODERN TOOLS:

BACKHOE

CRANES

FORKLIFT

MANY HISTORIANS AND SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THE STONES/BOULDERS AT THE TOP OF THE WALL WEIGHED SEVERAL TON (1 TON=2000 Pds)

THEY HAVE SEARCHED TRYING TO FIGURE HOW THEY GOT THIS JOB DONE IN ONLY 52 DAYS

THE NATURAL QUESTION THAT COMES TO OUR MIND IS “HOW DID THEY DO IT?”

WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK OF NEHEMAIH A FEW THINGS IS EVIDENT ABOUT THESE WALL BUILDERS

THEY HAD A PASSION FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT

SOMETHING BURNED IN THERE HEARTS SAYING “WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE JOB DONE”

YOU AND I WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING FOR GOD WITHOUT THAT SAME PASSION

A PASSION THAT SAYS “WE GOT TO GET THE JOB DONE FOR GOD”

THEY HAD A SPIRIT OF UNITY AS THEY WORKED

WE MUST WORK TOGETHER

HEART TO HEART

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ON THE BATTLEFIELD

THEY HAD AN ATTITUDE OF CONSISTANCY

WASN’T HIT AND MISS

UP AND DOWN

IN AND OUT

HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW

BUT PEOPLE NEHEMIAH COULD COUNT ON

WITHOUT COMPLAINT & WITHOUT MURMURING

THEY UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF ORDER

EVERYBODY WAS IN THERE PLACE

DOING WHAT THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING

THEY WASN’T TRYING TO TELL THE ONE NEXT TO THEM WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

RECAP WHAT THEY HAD

A PASSION FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT

THE SPIRIT OF UNITY

AN ATTITUDE OF CONSISTANCY

UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF ORDER

NOTICE WHAT THERE ENEMY “DIDN’T” SAY AFTER THE WALL WAS BUILT.

THERE ENEMY DIDN’T SAY:

“MY WHAT PASSION THOSE PEOPLE HAD”

“BOY THEY WAS MOST UNIFIED PEOPLE EVER”

“MAN THEY WAS CONSISTANT”

“WHAT ORDER THEY HAD”

THEY DIDN’T EVEN GIVE THE PEOPLE OF GOD CREDIT FOR IT

16  And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

THE ENEMY SAID “GOD DID THIS”

THE HEATHEN HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO KNOW THAT SUCH A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT CAME FROM GOD

I’M GLAD FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEY HAD AND DID

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS “GOD DID IT”

“NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT SAITH THE LORD”

MANY TODAY WOULD BE SAYING “NEHEMIHA, WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU DID”

TODAY A LOT OF PREACHERS WOULD WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT “WALL BUILDING”

DID YOU MIX THE MORTAR THICK OR THIN?

DID YOU PULL YOUR TRIAL UP? OR DID YOU PULL IT DOWN?

MUST BE SOMETHING YOU DID NEHEMIAH, SO I WANT TO KNOW, HOW YOU DID IT

HEAR ME CHURCH:

EVEN THE HEATHEN HAD TO LOOK ON AND SAY “IT WAS GOD THAT DID IT”

TELL SOMEBODY “GOD DID IT!”

LETS CONTINUE OUR “CHOIR PRACTICE”

WORK ON YOUR SERMON DELIVERY

LETS HAVE UNITY

LETS HAVE CONSISTANCY

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THIS “IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE IN REVIVAL, ITS GODS GONNA HAVE TO DO IT”

GOD’S GOT TO DO IT

NOTICE WHAT ELSE THE ENEMY DID:

Nehemiah 6:16 (KJV) 16  And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

ILLUSTRATE: “CAST DOWN IN THEIR OWN EYES”

THEY PUT THERE HAND OVER THERE EYES AND LOOKED DOWN SAYING “OH NO”

“OH NO, THEY GOT GOD INVOLVED IN WHAT THERE DOING”

HAVE WE FORGOT WHAT THE DEVIL STILL KNOWS?

IF WERE GONNA HAVE “REAL” CHURCH

IF WERE TO SEE THE SICK HEALED

IF WERE TO SEE THE LOST SAVED

IF WERE TO SEE MIRACLES

THE DEVIL KNOWS WE MUST GET GOD INVOLVED!!!

WE MUST GET GOD INVOLVED IN WHATEVER WE ARE DOING

LAY ASIDE ALL OF THE “CHURCH PRACTICE” AND LETS MAKE SURE WE GET GOD INVOLVED

IF I WAS THE DEVIL (FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS) I’D TRY TO GET US TO HAVE CHURCH WITHOUT GOD

I’D DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET YOU TO DO IT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS

IF I WAS THE DEVIL I WOULD:

GET YOU TO QUESTION AND SCRUTNIZE EVERY TOUNGES AND INTERPRETATION

MESSAGE WAS LONG & INTERPREATION WAS SHORT

PUT QUESTIONS IN YOUR MIND ABOUT HEALING

THEY DIDN’T REALLY GET HEALED?

THE PREACHER KNOWS SOMETHING

GOD DID IT DEVIL AND YOU KNOW IT!!

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND TELL THE DEVIL “GOD DID IT!!!!”

GOD SAVED MY SOUL

GOD FILLED ME WITH THE HOLYGHOST

GOD HEALED MY BODY OF CANCER

Galatians 3:3 (KJV) 3  Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

GENESIS 1 SAYS “GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH”

WHEN GOD CREATED “THE EARTH” HE CREATED NATURAL LAWS

WHEN GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS HE CREATED HEAVENLY LAWS

NATURAL LAWS CAN NEVER TAKE AUTHORITY OVER HEAVENLY LAWS

HEAVENLY LAWS CAN SUPERSED THE NATURAL LAW

NATURAL LAWS CAN TAKE YOU A LONG WAY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE

ILLUSTRATE: AN AIRPLANE 600 MPH IS AMAZING

WHEN I FLEW TO AFRICA, I DIDN’T ASK THE PIOLET IF HE TALKED IN TOUNGES TODAY

HOW FULL OF THE HOLYGHOST ARE YOU?

IF I COULD HAVE TALKED TO HIM I’D ASK:

HOW LONG YOU BEEN FLYING?

ARE YOU NEW AT THIS?

IF HE UNDERSTOOD THE NATUAL LAWS HE COULD FLY THAT PLANE SAFELY

IF WE BUILD A CHURCH USING ONLY NATUAL LAW

THE DEVIL IS HAPPY

ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN GET DONE

IF WE ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT

IF WE ARE EMPOWERED BY THE HOLYGHOST

IF WE ARE ANNOINTED BY GOD

THE DEVIL CAN NEVER STOP US!!

HOW? GOD’S GOING TO DO IT

MARY ASKED THE ANGEL “HOW CAN I HAVE A SON SEEING I’M A VIRGIN”

ANGEL SAID “MARY GOD’S GOING TO DO IT”

HOW? “THE HOLYGHOST”

THE HOLYGHOST IS FOR MORE THAN GETTING US OUT OF THIS WORLD

THE HOLYGHOST WILL TELL YOU:

WHAT TO DO

HOW TO DO

WHEN TO DO

GOD HAS THE ANSWER FOR EVERY SITUATION

IF GOD DID IT, I HAVE GOOD NEWS, HE CAN DO IT AGAIN

ONE MAN (PETER)

WENT TO ONE HOUSE(CORNELIUS’)

PREACHED ONE SERMON

AFFECTED THE WHOLE GENTILE RACE

WHEN THE DEVIL TELLS YOU, GOD CANT USE YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR ABILITIES OR DISABILITIES

TELL THE DEVIL:

YOUR RIGHT DEVIL, I CANT BUT GOD CAN