Title: Successful work
year 2014
In July
27 days
Sermon Title
successful ministry
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Old Testament text
Nehemiah 3:1-9
New Testament text
Acts 9:26-30
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Old Testament
1 At that time Eliashib the high priest arose with his brethren the priests, and he built the sheep gates and sanctified them, and put the doors on them, and built the wall, from the Tower of Hammea to the Tower of Hananel.
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2 After that, the men of Jericho built it, and after that Zaccur the son of Imri built it.
3 The gates were built by the sons of Hasnaa, and had beams on them, and doors with doors, and locks and bars.
4 Then Meremoth the son of Uriah the grandson of Haggos made repairs, and then Meshullam the son of Berechiah the grandson of Meshezabel made repairs, and then Zadok the son of Baana made repairs.
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5 Then the Tekoamen made repairs, but their nobles did not share in the work of their masters.
6 The old gate was repaired by Joiada the son of Basea and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, and put the beams on it, and put the doors on it, and equipped it with locks and bars.
7 Next came Meladiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, along with the Gibeonites and the Mizpahites who were under the jurisdiction of the governor west of the river.
8 Then Uzziel son of Haljah, the goldsmith, and others, made repairs, and after that, Hananiah, the perfumer, and others, made repairs, as far as the wide walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Rephaiah the son of Hur, who ruled half of the region of Jerusalem, made repairs.
new testament
26 Saul went to Jerusalem to make friends with his disciples, but they were all afraid and did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 Barnabas took him and went to the apostles, how he saw the Lord on the road, what the Lord had spoken to him, and how he spoke boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
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28 Saul was with his disciples, and they went into and out of Jerusalem.
29 And speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he spoke and argued with the Hellenistic Jews, and they tried to kill him.
30 When the brothers knew, they brought them down to Caesarea and sent them to Tarsus.
sermon
Nehemiah can see that the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem, which had been attempted by several people and failed, and that was practically impossible, was not accomplished alone.
1. Motivation
Nehemiah was explaining to his people why the city of Jerusalem was to be built, so that the people could take it as their own problem and participate together. which in general
Not everyone gets involved just because work is good and necessary. If interests are not intertwined, if they are not related to their own survival, and if they are not considered to be their own business, people will
I do not participate. In the meantime, Nehemiah motivated everyone to participate.
2. Union
In Nehemiah 3, there are more than 15 occupations. And the names of 75 people appear. Each person has a unique task, and each task is a mosaic of other tasks.
It is connected. The entire wall was divided into 42 sections, and 10 gates and 4 nets were built to place the necessary people there.
3. Encouragement and praise
Nehemiah 3 gives the names of thousands of people and their deeds. He wrote down everything we couldn't understand. But Nehemiah, who wrote them
It was meant to encourage those who worked hard. Encouragement and praise are what make a human being constantly finish work without being frustrated.
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