Setbacks (Nehemiah Week 6)
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Opener
What we have learned and been challenged with this series
Week 1 (Bad News)
Reaction - Prayer
We discover our Purpose through Prayer
Week 2 (Step Out)
Seeing Obstacles as Opportunitiew
Acknowledge Fear in your life
Step through that FEAR Door with the help of the Holy Spirit
Week 3 (Passions)
God created each of us as his handiwork to go and help further his Kingdom
Ephesians 2:10
Jesus through the help of the holy spirit entrusts gifts upon each of us ()
Week 4 (Stay Together)
Opposition is at work (The Devil himself, your mind, and others opinions)
Prayer equips you for battle
Remember HIS promises
God’s word prepares you for battle ()
Community Groups help protect you!
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Tyndale House Publishers. (2013). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.Community Groups help protect you!
Week 5 (Renewal)
For the Joy of the Lord is our strength! ()
When we keep HIS promises in front of us it’s impossible for JOY to not take over our thoughts.
Why is that? HIS STRENGTH CONQUERS ALL
Jesus came to
ReBUILD
ReNEW
ReShape (Our Lives)
All the men, women, and children were filled with joy and celebrated with such passion that “the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away” ().
The temple had been rebuilt, the people had been restored to the Torah (Pentateuch) (First 5 books of the OT) , and the walls had been rebuilt.
If the book of Nehemiah ended at this point, the Ezra-Nehemiah story would have ended on such a high pinnacle.
If the book of Nehemiah ended at this point, the Ezra-Nehemiah story would have ended on such a high note.
The temple had been rebuilt, the people had been restored to the Torah, and the walls had been rebuilt.
Unfortunately, the story continues and comes to a rather anticlimactic end. As we examine , we discover that many of the accomplishments have become neglected.
Nehemiah returns to Persia to resume his duty as cupbearer to the Persian King
12 years had passed
Nehemiah asks for another opportunity to return back to Jerusalem to check up on things
Scholars are unsure how much time had passed in between the time gap
Temple being neglected
People had fallen away from His word
People not following proper traditions and laws
Working on the sabbath
Not tithing
Using the Temple for Human prosperity
Mixed marriages with foreigners (Causing people to fall away from the one true God)
Why the anticlimactic ending?
The book started out with so much hope and so many principles that we should be practicing still to this day.
The book of Nehemiah reminds us that no matter how much social and political reforms we bring about, something is still missing for true and lasting change to occur.
God will bring about a new covenant
One that cannot be broken by his people
This new covenant will be about our hearts
“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord.
A new heart and the Spirit (The Helper) living in us.
33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
Tyndale House Publishers. (2013). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.A new heart and the Spirit (The Helper) living in us.
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
The new covenant
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
Tyndale House Publishers. (2013). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.The new covenant
New heart and the Spirit living in us fulfilled in Jesus first coming
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
Who began a good work in you and will carry it on to completion until the the day of Christ Jesus.
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
Tyndale House Publishers. (2013). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.Who began a good work in you and will carry it on to completion until the the day of Christ Jesus.
The second realization from this book as a whole
Rebuilding and Restoration
Only occurs when the king of kings, Jesus returns a second time to restore and reestablish his eternal kingdom.
The book of Nehemiah and this church
Prayer focused
Step through your Fear Doors (Step out)
Rebuild will take a team effort
Passions for his Kingdom (We’re all called DIRECTLY)
ReMEMBER (Be a part of a church and community group)
Gather - Grow - Go
Setbacks are set ups for the ultimate comeback
Story of Jesus
ReBUILD
ReNEW
ReSHAPE
This was the burden that Nehemiah carried for the people of Jerasalem
This is the burden that Jesus carries for you…for all of us.
Will you too carry this burden
This is the story of HOPE we will present to people next week and beyond
Who are you inviting? (INVITE WORSHIP BAND UP)
Who do you know that needs those three things?
ReBUILD
ReNEW
ReSHAPE
True and lasting change only happens one way
The Way - JESUS
He wants to ReNEW you and the world around you!
That is our Mission here at The Gatherin
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