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Joy in Mercy and Grace
Nehemiah 9:16-25
Wednesday night call to prayer.
And 24 hr fast.
Difference between Man and God
ILL- David and Bathsheba
David failed yet God showed mercy and grace.
-He remains King
-Though this son dies, Bathsheba has a second son, Solomon, who becomes King and builds the first temple.
Man continually runs from God. God continually pursues man with mercy and grace.
Nehemiah and Ezra have been leading the people through a spiritual revival.
They are confessing their sin, mourning, and repenting.
We have been looking at this corporate prayer written for the people.
This part of the prayer shows the contrast between God and Man.
6 Reasons Man Deserves Sorrow (16-18)
1- We are Arrogant (16)
Presumptuous= overstepping the boundaries.
The rules do not apply to you.
Someone who walks into your house and opens your refrigerator and starts eating your food.
APP- We think we can take from God without asking.
We think we can manipulate God.
ILL- 1 Samuel 4- the defeat of Israel by Philistines and the capture of the Ark.
Tried to use it as a good-luck charm.
2- We are Stubborn (16)
Stiff Necked (16)
We are going to do what we want.
3- We are Disobedient (16-17)
16b and 17a “Did not obey”
God has given us rules and we make every excuse on why we will not follow them.
Disciples are those who obey Jesus, not just know about him.
4- We are Forgetful (17)
“Not mindful of the wonders you performed...”
They forgot all the great things God had done.
5- We are Ungrateful (17)
Wanted to go back to slavery instead of follow God to his reward.
God’s way is too hard.
They elected a new leader, not Moses, and were ready to go back to Egypt and become their slaves again.
How could they forget how bad it was?
How could they not remember the 10 Plagues.
We forget God’s miraculous works in our life and we run back to the sin that enslaves us.
6- We are Idolaters (18 )
Made another God to worship and give the credit and worship that belonged to Yahweh.
We make a lot of things our god.
2 Reasons We Receive Joy
1- God is Merciful (17b-19a)
Mercy has to do with justice.
David cried out for mercy after sin with Bathsheba.
Mercy is us not getting what we deserve.
We deserve to be punished/ death.
Habakkuk 3:2 “...in wrath remember mercy.”
Look closer at second part of verse 17.
Forgiveness= pardon.
To not hold a sin against us.
Grace- see more in a minute.
Mercy
Slow to Anger- so patient with us.
Abounding in “Hesed” love.=
covenant love.
Loyal love.
Did not Forsake= did not leave in the desert to die.
Did not forget about them.
Did not find another people.
2- God is Gracious (19b-25)
Grace is God’s unmerited favor.
We receive from God that which we do not deserve.
Grace is us getting what we do not deserve.
Mercy is us not getting what we deserve.
God took care of their basic needs
God Fulfilled His Promise to Israel
God gave them the land.
God multiplied Abraham’s descendants.
God gave them an abundance.
CONCLUSION
What was their response to God’s grace?
They took it for granted and were selfish with it.
“They ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.”
It became about them and not about God.
Our sin gets in the way from us experiencing true joy from the mercy and grace of God.
Will you accept God’s mercy and grace?
This is part of both mercy and grace.
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