AND SO THE WALL WAS COMPLETED
Scripture: NEHEMIAH 2: 1-20
I. NEHEMIAH HAS A VISION AND DESIRE TO REBULD THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM
a. HE GOES INTO THE CITY AND INSPECTS THE WALLS, STUDIES THEM AND BELIEVES THE WORK CAN BE DONE.
b. IN BUILDING OUR WORK HERE, WE HAVE INSPECTED AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD.
c. BUT THERE WERE THOSE THAT OPPOSED THE WORK; TOBIAH AND SANBALLAT.
d. WE WILL RUN INTO OPPOSITION ALSO AND MUST EXPECT IT.
NEHEMIAH Chapter 2-3
II. THE PROJECT OF BUILING IS BEGUN AND THE WORK IS IN PROGRESS.
NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
III. THE REBUILDING OF THE WALL IS RIDICULED.
NEHEMIAH 4: 4-6
IV. DESPITE RIDICULE AND THE TACTICS OF SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH, THE WALL WAS REBUILT.
a. THE PEOPLE…BUILDERS HAD A MIND TO WORK.
NEHEMIAH 4:7-8
V. THE ENEMIES OF THE BUILDERS BECOME INFURIATED, EVEN THREATENING VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BUILDERS…AGAINST THE VISION….AGAINST THE WORK OF GOD, FOR IT WAS HIS WILL THAT THEY REBUILD THE WALLS.
NEHEMIAH 4:11-18; 19-20; 21-23
VI. THE ENEMIES RAGE AND DEVISE WICKED PLANS.
a. THE BUILDERS (VS 17 AND 18) CONTINUE THE WORK UNDAUNTED AND DETERMINED, WORKING WITH ONE HAND AND CARRYING A WEAPON IN THE OTHER.
b. IF UNDER ATTACK IN ANY AREA, A TRUMPET WOULD SOUND AND THE WORKERS AND BUILDERS…ALSO WHO WERE WARRIORS..WOULD RALLY TO THAT SPOT TO FIGHT IF NECESSARY. WE MUST BE PREPARED TO SOUND THE TRUMPET AND GO TO WAR IN THE SPIRIT AS WE BUILD.
c. THE BUILDERS WERE DETERMINED AND WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK. OUR WALK AND VISION MUST ALSO BE A 24/7 THING.
NEHEMIAH 6:1-3
VII. THE ENEMIES OF THE PROJECT SEE THEY HAVE FAILED TO DISCOURAGE THE BUILDERS AND CHANGE TACTICS. IT NOW BECOMES A SITUATION OF "DISTRACTION". THEY NOW WANT TO “TALK” ABOUT THE SITUATION, IMPLORING NEHEMIAH AND HIS WORKERS TO COME DOWN OFF THE WALL. THEY ATTEMPT TO DELAY AND DISTRACT HIM FROM THE VISION GOD HAS GIVEN. THEY DESIRE TO GET NEHEMIAH TO STOP BUILDING, COME DOWN OFF THE WALL UNDER THE GUISE OF NEGOTIATING WHEN IN REALITY THEY STILL WANT TO KILL HIM AND STOP THE VISION AND REBUILDING.
VIII. BUT NEHEMIAH HAS AN ANSWER….IS DOING A MIGHTY WORK IN GOD AND CANNOT COME DOWN OFF THE WALL. HE REFUSES TO GIVE IN…TO BE DISTRACTED…TO ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIM TO PREVAIL.
NEHEMIAH 6:15-16
IX. AND SO THE WALL WAS COMPLETED.
a. AND WHEN THE ENEMIES OF THE VISION AND PROJECT SAW THAT THE WALL WAS COMPLETED, THEY LOST CONFIDENCE.
By Rev . Mischa Safdie'
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