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Nehemiah: Obstacles to Rebuilding (Part 2)
How do we deal with people who seem to be obstacles to rebuilding our personal lives, marriages, families, friendships, and church? This week in Nehemiah 2:1-8 we’ll continue to look at how God works in the hearts of people as we move into the future.
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Thanks for joining us today as we study in the book of Nehemiah. Dan Werthman, our interim pastor, will be leading us in a multi-week journey through the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem's wall. In our lives and in our church we often feel as if there can be no recovery from a destructive past. However, Nehemiah shows us that there is nothing that cannot be rebuilt - as long as we seek God's will in our lives. a
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3463 years ago – Exodus from Egypt
3424 years ago – Enter the Promised Land
2604 years ago – Jerusalem is destroyed. The Jewish Exile begins.
2555 years ago – 1st wave of exiles return to rebuild the Temple.
2475 years ago – 2nd wave of exiles return to rebuild the city walls.
2464 years ago – Nehemiah returns to lead the rebuilding of the walls.
Nehemiah’s Heart to Rebuild:
Nehemiah 2:17: let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem
What Is Your Heart?
· Broken Marriage
· Fractured family
· Damaged friendship
· Divided church
· Segregated city
· Relationship with God
NEHEMIAH’S VISION TO REBUILD
Nehemiah 2:5: I said to the king, ”…send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.”
Nehemiah 2:12: And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem
OBSTACLES TO REBUILDING
1. Opposition
Nehemiah 2:10: when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
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2. Hopelessness
Nehemiah 2:11-12 – So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days… And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem.
3. Homeostasis
Nehemiah 2:14 (NLT): Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.
CLEARING THE WAY FOR REBUILDING
1. Get Real About the Rubble
Nehemiah 2:17: Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned…”
Luke 5:31-32: Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
2. Reconnect the Horizontal to the Vertical
Nehemiah 2:17b: “Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, ”
2 Thessalonians 1:12
That the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live.
John 13:35: By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.
3. Ask For God’s Help and Strength
Nehemiah 2:18: I told them of …And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
Ephesians 3:16: I pray that out of [God’s] glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Matthew 11:28-29: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
3463 years ago – Exodus from Egypt
3424 years ago – Enter the Promised Land
2604 years ago – Jerusalem is destroyed. The Jewish Exile begins.
2555 years ago – 1st wave of exiles return to rebuild the Temple.
2475 years ago – 2nd wave of exiles return to rebuild the city walls.
2464 years ago – Nehemiah returns to lead the rebuilding of the walls.
Nehemiah’s Heart to Rebuild:
Nehemiah 2:17: let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem
What Is Your Heart?
· Broken Marriage
· Fractured family
· Damaged friendship
· Divided church
· Segregated city
· Relationship with God
NEHEMIAH’S VISION TO REBUILD
Nehemiah 2:5: I said to the king, ”…send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.”
Nehemiah 2:12: And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem
OBSTACLES TO REBUILDING
1. Opposition
Nehemiah 2:10: when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
.
2. Hopelessness
Nehemiah 2:11-12 – So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days… And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem.
3. Homeostasis
Nehemiah 2:14 (NLT): Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.
CLEARING THE WAY FOR REBUILDING
1. Get Real About the Rubble
Nehemiah 2:17: Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned…”
Luke 5:31-32: Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
2. Reconnect the Horizontal to the Vertical
Nehemiah 2:17b: “Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, ”
2 Thessalonians 1:12
That the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live.
John 13:35: By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.
3. Ask For God’s Help and Strength
Nehemiah 2:18: I told them of …And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
Ephesians 3:16: I pray that out of [God’s] glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Matthew 11:28-29: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.