Nehemiah, pt. 3Builders Wanted

605 B.C.

536 - temple started

538 - Zerubbabel

Captivity to Christ

Haggai 1:2 - The time is not right

Haggai 1:2 - The time is not right

Haggai 1:3 - “My” house first

Haggai 1:3 - “My” house first

Haggai 2:3 - Woe is meHaggai 2:3 - Woe is me

Woe is me?Woe is me?

“My” house first?“My” house first?

The time is not right?The time is not right?

2 Pet. 1:32 Pet. 1:3

If building is what is needed, then the answers are given

If building is what is needed, then the answers are given

605 B.C.

445 - Nehemiah (the walls)

458 - Ezra (the priesthood)

520 - temple work resumed

536 - temple started

538 - Zerubbabel

Captivity to Christ

Prayer

- with praise

- with humility

- according to God’s will

- not losing heart

- with praise

- with humility

- according to God’s will

- not losing heart

- knows his task- knows his task

…bad situation

…desolate

…burned

…a reproach

“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps.” 1 Pet. 2:21

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Lk. 19:10

When we focus on our task, we will see “good work”

18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good,

and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said,

“Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the

good work.

- knows his task- knows his task

- encourages

18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good,

and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said,

“Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the

good work.

“But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called ‘Today,’ lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” Heb. 3:13

Mocking criticism is not for workers. It is..

“iniquity”

“demoralizing”

and from enemies

- knows his task- knows his task

- encourages

- has dirty hands

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- knows his task- knows his task

- encourages

- has dirty hands

- work together

consider

decide

go to work

17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we

are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its

gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of

Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer

derision.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my

God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And

they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they

strengthened their hands for the good work. Neh.

2:17-18

(help)

(rest)

(encouragement)

…BUILDING!

(greeting)

(visiting)

(teaching)

…BUILDING!

(assisting)

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