Preached by Chris Broom, 5/9/2010

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Dara Teamer Is Baptized!

Nehemiah Chapter 5
- During the rebuilding, a famine is going on, there is opposition, and the people are in debt.
- The trumpet signal to stop building and regroup sounds, not because of an outside threat, but an inside threat.
- 5:1-5 The people are raising an outcry against their own brothers. Some of their own countrymen are charging them usury. The debts are growing so great they are having to offer their own children as collateral.
- 5:6-13 Nehemiah’s response is one of anger against the nobles and officials for their actions.
- 5:12-13 The result is that the offenders promise to right their wrong and repent.
- 5:14-18 Out of reverence for God, Nehemiah models just government. He acts different than the preceding governors.

- Social responsibility in the Bible
- Exodus 22:25-27, Leviticus 25:35-40 Deuteronomy 23:19-20 all talk about not charging interest of your brothers and countrymen. Rely on God to bless you.
- Galatians 6:7 You reap what you sow.
- Had they followed these instructions, there would have been no outcry and the wall would have gotten built faster.
- Are we going to the Bible for direction? Are we obeying it?

- Nehemiah 5:19 “Remember me with favor, O my God, for all I have done for these people.” Can we say that?

- Hebrews 6:7-12 Will you mature or fall away? The rain is the Word of God. Will you listen to it and change?

Categories: Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermons
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