Let Us Rise Up and Build Part 2

Scripture Reading

Nehemiah 2:18 NKJV

And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

Nehemiah included himself with them whether good or bad.

It is important for us all to realize we are all one and we are us.

Nehemiah 1:6 NKJV

please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:7 NKJV

We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

Let Us Rise Up and Build Means We Challenge Each Other

Nehemiah 2:18 NKJV

And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

Let Us Rise Up and Build Means We Stand Against The Enemy

The Devil Uses Ridicule

The Devil Uses The Law

Nehemiah 2:19 NKJV

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

Nehemiah 2:20 NKJV

So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”