Freedom for All (5 of 11)
Series: Nehemiah
Joe Alain
Nehemiah 5:1-13
This sermon was preached as a part of our ''Freedom Sunday'' emphasis, the Sunday that falls closest to July 4th each year. The sermon deals with the theological and historical basis of religious liberty in America.
Introduction: Patriotic hymns such as the one we just sang remind us that as Americans we have much more in common than what divides us. And we sing and pray to our God who is the author of liberty, ''long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light; protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King!'' I don't know the exact nature of the praise of God's people recorded in the last verse of our text in Nehemiah chapter 5, but it may have been a patriotic hymn of praise to God. Nehemiah has confronted injustices among the people that have left some devoid of liberty. And he has reminded them that they all are brothers, they are family. And now they must act as family so that the freedom they now enjoy will be for all.
Life Application: ''Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ must live and act to ensure freedom for all people.'' Here's their story in Nehemiah 5:1-13.
1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, ''We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.''
3 Others were saying, ''We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.''
4 Still others were saying, ''We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.''
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry. 7 I pondered them ...
Series: Nehemiah
Joe Alain
Nehemiah 5:1-13
This sermon was preached as a part of our ''Freedom Sunday'' emphasis, the Sunday that falls closest to July 4th each year. The sermon deals with the theological and historical basis of religious liberty in America.
Introduction: Patriotic hymns such as the one we just sang remind us that as Americans we have much more in common than what divides us. And we sing and pray to our God who is the author of liberty, ''long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light; protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King!'' I don't know the exact nature of the praise of God's people recorded in the last verse of our text in Nehemiah chapter 5, but it may have been a patriotic hymn of praise to God. Nehemiah has confronted injustices among the people that have left some devoid of liberty. And he has reminded them that they all are brothers, they are family. And now they must act as family so that the freedom they now enjoy will be for all.
Life Application: ''Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ must live and act to ensure freedom for all people.'' Here's their story in Nehemiah 5:1-13.
1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, ''We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.''
3 Others were saying, ''We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.''
4 Still others were saying, ''We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.''
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry. 7 I pondered them ...
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