IS THIS THE GOD YOU WORSHIP? (14 OF 21)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: Nehemiah 9:4-37
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Is This the God You Worship? (14 of 21)
Series: Rebuilding - Questions From Nehemiah
Mike Stone
Nehemiah 9:4-37
There is only one God. So, in asking this question, I'm really asking, ''Is your God the one true God?'' Keep in mind, there was a great revival back in chapter 8. And last week, we noticed in the opening of chapter 9, the ongoing effect of that mighty move of God. They people are confessing their sins in prayer to the Lord.
Now, in chapters 10-13 we will see the Jews living out their life of confession and repentance and it begins with a signed letter, a covenant, they make with the Lord. If you look in verse 38, they reference this signed document.
This written covenant will be a pivotal document for the balance of this book. It will be as central to the near history of Israel as was the Declaration of Independence to the founding of our own nation.
The main body of the document does not begin until the 10th chapter. But the preamble to the document here reveals they recognized the God to whom they prayed and with whom they made this commitment.
As we examine their view of the one true God, the question is, ''Is This the God You Worship?''
God of unrivaled praise (4-12, 15)
He is the one true living God. One writer comments here that the Jews believed that all other rival gods were nothing more than the ''random imaginations of a rebellious mind.''
God deserves worship, not because man says so.
He deserves exalted worship because He is exalted.
We don't make Him worthy of worship.
We acknowledge and declare Him to be worthy of our worship.
3 reasons that Yahweh was the singular recipient of their praise.
His power (4-6)
He made the heavens, the highest heavens
The Jews described the ''heavens'' in 3 categories.
The eternal (1 Thess 4, 2 Cor 12),), celestial (Gen 1), terrestrial.
He made the angels (there are no more angels being made)
He made the earth and all of its animals
He made the sea and all of i ...
Series: Rebuilding - Questions From Nehemiah
Mike Stone
Nehemiah 9:4-37
There is only one God. So, in asking this question, I'm really asking, ''Is your God the one true God?'' Keep in mind, there was a great revival back in chapter 8. And last week, we noticed in the opening of chapter 9, the ongoing effect of that mighty move of God. They people are confessing their sins in prayer to the Lord.
Now, in chapters 10-13 we will see the Jews living out their life of confession and repentance and it begins with a signed letter, a covenant, they make with the Lord. If you look in verse 38, they reference this signed document.
This written covenant will be a pivotal document for the balance of this book. It will be as central to the near history of Israel as was the Declaration of Independence to the founding of our own nation.
The main body of the document does not begin until the 10th chapter. But the preamble to the document here reveals they recognized the God to whom they prayed and with whom they made this commitment.
As we examine their view of the one true God, the question is, ''Is This the God You Worship?''
God of unrivaled praise (4-12, 15)
He is the one true living God. One writer comments here that the Jews believed that all other rival gods were nothing more than the ''random imaginations of a rebellious mind.''
God deserves worship, not because man says so.
He deserves exalted worship because He is exalted.
We don't make Him worthy of worship.
We acknowledge and declare Him to be worthy of our worship.
3 reasons that Yahweh was the singular recipient of their praise.
His power (4-6)
He made the heavens, the highest heavens
The Jews described the ''heavens'' in 3 categories.
The eternal (1 Thess 4, 2 Cor 12),), celestial (Gen 1), terrestrial.
He made the angels (there are no more angels being made)
He made the earth and all of its animals
He made the sea and all of i ...
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