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Nehemiah 8:9–10 · BSB
8:9 Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
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…does it the same way he has always done it. And today we're going to explore what that work is as we finish Nehemiah chapter 7 and we walk throughNehemiah chapter 8. Now, this is a lot. We have a lot of verses ahead of us, and I'm not going to be able, I'm not going to read every verse, but we will walk through…
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…this Jew would speak English. Well, we will. Now, would you do me a favor? Would you stand one last time as we read the word of God in the book ofNehemiah, chapter 8? Ezra was on the platform. Of course, I'm no Ezra, but I am on a platform. He was in front of a pulpit of wood, and I am in front of a pulpit of…
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…centuries they didn't do it? You mean even under King David they didn't do it? Yep. And here's the subtext of what the people are experiencing inNehemiah chapter 8. No wonder it went bad. No wonder, right? Here's what's going to happen in them, in us. We are either worshiping the one true God and he is getting…
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…In the word of God. You should sense that when we walk through Nehemiah. This is why we go books of the Bible. We are going verse by verse throughNehemiah chapter 8. And that is the main idea the author has is the main idea of the message. I know I want to share more, I don't, but share more. Okay. So let's…
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…that are still there and God wants to set you free from those because that's when true rebuilding can happen. Yeah? So let's look atNehemiah chapter 8. So if you read on, you'll see, you know, Nehemiah chapter 5, there's all this oppression that Nehemiah goes through and the people, because of…
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…short, when you let God renew the way you think, you can hear him clear. You can hear his voice. That's what it's for. Then you know what to do. InNehemiah chapter 8, once the people returned to Jerusalem and they made it home again after Nehemiah became governor, he had a plan. He set forth a plan for the…
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…either, but it's like, okay, like we've just had an interlude, okay? Bring Ezra back out of the narrative, here he is. Um and so here we are,Nehemiah chapter 8. And so the people come together, the wall is up, Nehemiah's read, established the genealogies, the people have been are are gathering back…
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…and I do this, and I do this, and now I just I just don't have any more time. Hey, brother, where does our strength come from? Look at Nehemiah 8.Nehemiah chapter 8. A little scripture in here that we sing a song about, but I want you to see it in the book. Nehemiah chapter 8. Look at verse 10. Then he said…
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…what I'm saying? Like he commands them to celebrate. God loves joy. That's why the scriptures say the joy of the Lord is our strength. That's inNehemiah chapter 8. That's why Jesus prayed in the garden and said, Lord, I'm doing this so that they will be filled with my joy. So it is, I'm just saying, in case…
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…what I'm saying? Like he commands them to celebrate. God loves joy. That's why the scriptures say the joy of the Lord is our strength. That's inNehemiah chapter 8. That's why Jesus prayed in the garden and said, Lord, I'm doing this so that they will be filled with my joy. So it is, I'm just saying, in case…
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…of the genealogies, keep track of all the documents of those who went into exile, but he can also get the Word of God and preach it as well. Go toNehemiah chapter 8. Nehemiah chapter 8, if you would. Nehemiah chapter 8. Nehemiah chapter 8 in verse number 1 says, And all the people gather themselves together as…
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…this great teaching and template on joy and the enjoyment of life. In a few verses, it says so much. If you have your Bibles, you can go with me toNehemiah chapter 8. And I'll just give you some backdrop real quick, otherwise, it's gonna feel weird where we pick up reading. Uh, Nehemiah was an incredible leader,…
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…remembered what it was like. But the youngest among them, many of them were born in exile. They have no memory of Jerusalem and Judea. And so inNehemiah chapter 8, Ezra the priest gathers all the people in Jerusalem before the west gate and he reads the book of the law to all the people. This is a moment of…
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…groups of people that have come back from exile. And so now we have God's place restored, the walls rebuilt, people formed by the word of God,Nehemiah chapter 8and 9, people recommitting a covenant, Nehemiah chapter 10. And now it's time to bring people back into the city. We need people in this city. We…
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…me to operate down here. Can you manage okay? I'm not much to look at anyway, so it's good. And I don't have this huge platform that they built inNehemiah Chapter 8. Did you hear that? Fantastic platform for the preacher, just like you have immediately behind me. Thank you. In Weakness during those three weeks.…
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…we'd be jumping up and down. And do you know what we shouted? Over and over and over. My wife knows because she's heard this story. We shouted fromNehemiah chapter 8the joy of the Lord is our strength. The joy of the Lord is our strength. The joy of the Lord is our strength. And it got loud and crazy, and then…
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…renewal and reformation in our life, in our church, key to that is always going to be hearing and preaching the Word of God. And so, what we see inNehemiah chapter 8, so just to say where we've been, city walls have been crumbling ruins, Nehemiah comes back, leads the people to build the walls, those walls are…
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…reverberating effect throughout the life of a congregation. Don't believe me? Let's look at a case study in the Old Testament. Turn over toNehemiah chapter 8, which, if you're using the Pew Bible, that's page 424. It's right to the left of Psalms in the book of Job and Esther. No shame if you guys look…
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…blessing God. That's natural. We give him praise because he deserves it. That's natural. I want to read one more passage before we close. That's inNehemiah chapter 8. Nehemiah is restoring the city of God, restoring the wall, seeking to restore the temple, God's presence, and Ezra, the same time, finds the…
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…harmony to this text, what we find about 14 years later is Ezra standing up before the congregation of Israel and teaching them the law distinctly.Nehemiah chapter 8and verse 13. It says, And on the second day were gathered together, the chief of the fathers of the people, the priest, and the Levites unto Ezra…
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