Preached by Chris Broom, 6/6/2010

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Chris Mangrum Is Baptized

As we study Nehemiah we will see what sets us apart as God’s people.

- Holy = to be set apart; different.
- The people read from the Book of the Law and confessed their sins. They did not rush through it. It took half the day.
- Exodus 19:5-6 If you obey me fully… you will be my treasured possession… a holy nation = set apart.
- What set them apart? What sets us apart?

1) Love for God and the time we spend with God.
- How can you claim to love God if you don’t spend time with Him?
- Nehemiah 9:5 You can glimpse their love for God through their prayer.
- Nehemiah 9:8 “You found his heart faithful to you and you made a covenant…”
- Nehemiah 9 :11 God made a name for himself by rescuing them. We need to pray to God and thank him for all the times he’s rescued us.
- Nehemiah 9:13-15 We don’t have pillars of fire and cloud… we have the Bible.
- Nehemiah 9:16-18 People become arrogant, refuse to listen, fail to remember the miracles.

2) Confession of sin sets us apart.
- Nehemiah 9:18 “…even when…” God forgives. Do you forgive “even when” you have the right to hold a grudge?
- Nehemiah 9:38 They ask God to be merciful, “even when.” They put their intentions in writing and seal it.
- Nehemiah 10:28 All those that were set apart and able to understand bind themselves with a curse and an oath. A momentous time.

3) Repentance of sin sets us apart.
- Nehemiah 10:30-39 Specific things they will repent of: no intermarriage with foreigners, money issues.
- Malachi 3:6-18 Verse 16, They again, put their devotion in writing. Verse 18 “…see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked.”

- Acts 2:42 “They devoted themselves…” They were set apart. We need to be too!

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