A Time To Build

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A Time To Build

• Studies in the Book of Nehemiah

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NEHEMIAH 1 - 3

• The report (11-11)
• The request (21-10)
• The review (211-20)
• The repairs (31-32)
• Sheep gate (31-2)
• Fish gate (33-5)
• Old gate (36-12)
• Valley gate (313)
• Dung gate (314)
• Fountain gate (315-25)
• Water gate (326-27)
• Horse gate (328)
• East gate (329-30)
• Inspection gate (331-32)
• Sheep gate (332)

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Jerusalem in the time of nehemiah

• Sheep gate (31-2) NORTH
• Fish gate (33-5)
• Old gate (36-12) WEST
• Valley gate (313) SOUTH
• Dung gate (314)
• Fountain gate (315-25) EAST
• Water gate (326-27)
• Horse gate (328)
• East gate (329-30)
• Inspection gate (331-32)
• Sheep gate (332) - NORTH

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NEHEMIAH 3 - 4

• Building (Neh. 3)
• Battling (Neh. 4)
• Battling mockery (41-6)
• Battling conspiracy (47-14)
• Building and battling (415-23)

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Three attitudes toward BuildingNehemiah 3

• Some are busy building (31ff note 312 320
  34,21 3 11 35,27 324,30)
• Some let others build (35)
• Some oppose the building
  (210,19 41ff 61ff)

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Principles of BuildingNehemiah 3

• The builders were from different backgrounds, but
  united in their work
• The builders worked on different projects, but
  united in their work
• The builders worked differently, but united in
  their work

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Nehemiah 4

• Mocking the work (41-3)
• Mocking answered with prayer and persistence
  (44-6)
• Conspiring against the work (47-8)
• Conspiracy answered with prayer and
  persistence(49-14)
• Building and battling, working and warring
  (415-23)

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Building and battling

• What does it take to be successful?
• Cooperation and next to him (32,4)
• Coordination against their house (323)
• Communication (317)
• Commendation (31ff)
• Completion built it set up repaired

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Building and battling

• What does it take to be successful?
• Prayer hear O God (44,9)
• Focus a mind to work (46)
• Resolve went forward (47)
• Defense set a watch (49,14)
• Balance work and weapons (417)

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Lessons Learned

• Building (Neh. 3) and battling (Neh. 4)
• Sometimes we must build (Eph. 416)
• Personal work, baptisms, new convert lessons,
  sermons that encourage Christians, etc.
• Sometimes we must battle (Eph. 610ff)
• Identify false teachers, debates, church
  discipline, sermons that denounce sin, etc.