Rebuilding With Rejoicing (8 of 8)
Series: Nehemiah
Ross Lester
Nehemiah 11:1 - 12:47
Introduction:
Morning church. Nehemiah 11 is where we will be.
We are coming to the end of our months-long study of Nehemiah. I hope and pray that you have found it beneficial to your faith. This is the last sermon that I will get to preach in the series.
Nehemiah feels like an old friend, and as I put my commentaries away this week, I felt a twinge of sadness, but mainly a deep sense of thanksgiving to God that the ancient journals of this remarkable leader were preserved for our instruction and benefit. How kind it is of God to reveal Himself to us through the Scriptures, through the chronicling of His faithfulness to people over thousands of years.
It keeps us from the anxiety we feel when we reduce the work of God to a time frame that is too small, meaning that we underestimate his faithfulness by overestimating the significance and the urgency of the immediate. It also keeps us from the tyranny of self-centering, where we can only then view ourselves as either too big or too small in the ongoing story of God's redemption in the world.
The stories of the bible show a God who works across generations, with people who He loves and values and esteems, but who are not presented as isolated individuals.
It's the collection of our stories that more fully expose God's faithfulness.
Okay, today will be a little different.
- I will be brief as I hope to set us up for a response as a people. The text is ultimately about the people of God having a worship service, responding to God in joyous song, and so I want us to have lots of time to do just that.
- I will exposit in a slightly different style to what we are used to. There are 82 verses to cover today and I am not going to try to do all of that. So, we will reference a large section of text but only focus on particular parts of it that contain the main teaching points and themes.
Alright, let's go. ...
Series: Nehemiah
Ross Lester
Nehemiah 11:1 - 12:47
Introduction:
Morning church. Nehemiah 11 is where we will be.
We are coming to the end of our months-long study of Nehemiah. I hope and pray that you have found it beneficial to your faith. This is the last sermon that I will get to preach in the series.
Nehemiah feels like an old friend, and as I put my commentaries away this week, I felt a twinge of sadness, but mainly a deep sense of thanksgiving to God that the ancient journals of this remarkable leader were preserved for our instruction and benefit. How kind it is of God to reveal Himself to us through the Scriptures, through the chronicling of His faithfulness to people over thousands of years.
It keeps us from the anxiety we feel when we reduce the work of God to a time frame that is too small, meaning that we underestimate his faithfulness by overestimating the significance and the urgency of the immediate. It also keeps us from the tyranny of self-centering, where we can only then view ourselves as either too big or too small in the ongoing story of God's redemption in the world.
The stories of the bible show a God who works across generations, with people who He loves and values and esteems, but who are not presented as isolated individuals.
It's the collection of our stories that more fully expose God's faithfulness.
Okay, today will be a little different.
- I will be brief as I hope to set us up for a response as a people. The text is ultimately about the people of God having a worship service, responding to God in joyous song, and so I want us to have lots of time to do just that.
- I will exposit in a slightly different style to what we are used to. There are 82 verses to cover today and I am not going to try to do all of that. So, we will reference a large section of text but only focus on particular parts of it that contain the main teaching points and themes.
Alright, let's go. ...
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