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Background
Historical Background
Egypt - Moses - Deut...
Deut 28-30 = Warning against falling away from God ...
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605 BC - King Neb.
Invades Judah and takes captives
Daniel
588-586 BC - Final siege / Fall of Jerusalem
Lamentations - Jeremiah
Persians defeat Babylonians
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Persian King lineage
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538-515 BC - Ezra, Hagi, Zechariah
Rebuilding Temple - Cyrus
Esther / Nehemiah
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478 BC - Esther becomes queen… Xerxes
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464-446 BC - Re-build stops for some reason
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444 BC - Artaxerxes send Nehemiah to rebuild & restore!!
Intro
Nehemiah is called to lead a broken and defeated people to restoration!
Nehemiah is going to face intense opposition from people in the land and disunity within his people.
Nehemiah overcomes these threats by wise defensive measures, his own personal example, and a call to courage!
Nehemiah does what God has put in his heart to do!!
Where does one find strength of character for such a moment?
When it looks like the kingdom of the world will overcome the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, on what shall we depend?
On whom shall we call in the dire hour of need?
And how shall we compel others to join us in a cause which appears desperate and at times doomed to fail?
We may not be called to build or restore physical walls like Nehemiah was but we are called to build and restore...
Build strong church
build godly families
restore the wandering, broken, neglected, and ashamed
restore sound biblical teaching and build up fellow believers
In todays text Nehemiah teaches us five principles we must have to protect Gods people, advance the gospel, and summon others to do the same.
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These 5 steps?
PRAY
Message
Loving Inquiry
mid Nov.-Dec.
… 2:1 = March/April
Susa the Citadel… winter palace
Asking about those who are with Ezra
Do we care for the people of the Church of Christ abroad as much as in our own congregation?
How is their security?
Safety?
What is going on?
What is their needs?
What is happening?
What are your loving inquiries this morning?
Loving Inquiry…
Hearty Invocation
Sitting to weep common practice… weak in the knees...
NOTICE:
Immediacy of Prayer… how quick do you turn to God?
Title of God… who do you say God is?
Outline of Prayer… what is your prayer life like?
1 = An Address to God = v5
2 = A Grief Stricken Complaint = v6-7
3 = A God Centered Request = v8-10
4 = An Expression of Trust = v11
Keep turning to prayer = Pursue
Bring your concerns = Protest
Ask boldly = Plead
Choose to trust = Practice Patient Perseverance
Desired Outcome… are you trusting God to act?
His Position
Varied sources suggest something about Nehemiah as a royal cupbearer:
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He would have been well-trained in court etiquette (cf.
Dan 1:4–5).
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He was probably a handsome individual (cf.
Dan 1:4, 13, 15; Jos.
Antiq.
XVI, 230 [viii.1]).
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He would certainly know how to select the wines to set before the king.
A proverb in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Qamma 92b) states: “The wine belongs to the master but credit for it is due to his cupbearer.”
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He would have to be a convivial companion, willing to lend an ear at all times.
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He would have great influence as one with the closest access to the king, able to determine who was able see his master.
6. Above all Nehemiah had to be one who enjoyed the unreserved confidence of the king.
The great need for trustworthy court attendants is underscored by the intrigues endemic to the Achaemenid court.
Xerxes, father of Artaxerxes I, was killed in his own bedchamber by Artabanus, a courtier.
“For Nehemiah worldly success did not spell spiritual failure, and royal society left his appetite for divine fellowship unimpaired.
The place of the fear of God in his heart was so great as to banish wholly the fear of man.”
Remember Esther, to approach without summons = death!
Remember Mordecai, perhaps God has placed you here for such a time as this...
Loving Inquiry, Hearty Invocation…
Resolute Intention
Mid Nov-Dec… Apr/May - 4 Months!
Famous drinking parties… personal cup bearer...
The Kings Perception… Nehemiah’s Fear !!… God given wisdom
His Response… Kings Reply… His Request
NOTE: “So I prayed to the God of Heaven”… His constant communion with God
one of the most beautiful examples of spontaneous prayers in scripture !!
One of the most striking characteristics of Nehemiah was his recourse to prayer (cf.
4:4, 9; 5:19; 6:9, 14; 13:14).
Those who are the boldest for God have the greatest need to be in prayer.
NOTE: he consults the KING of Kings before this mere man
Our King has given us order to GO, MAKE, and TEACH!!
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