Nehemiah was the cup bearer at the court of king artaxerxes. The book is a first person account of the events from the perspective of nehemiah. Understand, there is a lot more to winning someone over to the lord than just caring about them, but with the help of this series, soul winning, we can unlock the secrets of persuading secular people into a spiritual mindset. The books of ezra and nehemiah are the only completely historical books in the third section of the hebrew bible, the ketuvim writings. He preaches through the law of moses, and the people begin to. The bible often is read poorly in our church services. In the first part of the book, nehemiah restores jerusalem in a physical sense. We will examine how nehemiah confronted every need. Here are five reasons to preach the book of nehemiah. Personal spiritual revival my prayer is revive us again, oh lord as i speak to folks. In an individuals life the rebuilding of the walls is a picture of reestablishing the strength of that life.
The biblical sources for nehemiahs life and work are the autobiographical portions scattered through the book. Nehemiah was a man of character who loved and feared god. He was a highranking official in the persian kings court. I have been wanting to preach through nehemiah for several years, so i am excited to finally start working through the book with our church. The book of nehemiah is about reestablishing gods people both physically and spiritually. The book of nehemiah is the last of the historical books of the bible, originally part of the book of ezra, but split off into its own volume by the church in 1448. Sproul challenges christians to resist cultural pressure to compromise or marginalize the gospel.
They celebrated the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly. They are called the memoirs of nehemiah, and have been used more. From distant persia modern day iran, nehemiah heard that its walls lay in rubble, even. In the month of kislev in the twentieth year, while i was in the citadel of susa, 2 hanani, one of my brothers, came from judah with some other men, and i questioned them about the jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about jerusalem. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. As with the books of ezra and esther, named after his contemporaries see introductions to ezra and esther, the book.
Free access to sermons on nehemiah, church sermons, illustrations on nehemiah, and. Joel osteen, one of the most popular preachers in america today says that we can have total victory with no pain, hardships, opposition, or worries in life, if we follow after jesus wittenberg. Although the books bear different names they follow each other without paragraph and the numeration of the masorah is listed at the end of nehemiah for both books. When nehemiah hears that the wall of jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire, neh 1. The book of nehemiah describes a transition period for the people of judah as they are released from exile and begin to build the walls of. Mr hunter was a powerful scottish preacher who made numerous visits to bicester in. Nehemiah 19 new international version niv nehemiahs prayer. Although the book of esther appears after nehemiah in the canon, the events in esther occurred in the time period between ezra 6 and 7, between the first and second returns of the people to israel. This past sunday, we started a new series at cornerstone on the book of nehemiah. The other seven chapters of the book are occupied with some details of nehemiahs government of the people after the completion of the walls. Nehemiah with book summary versebyverse bible commentary.
Ralph douglas west is pastor of the brookhollow baptist church in houston, texas, better known as the church without walls. I studied nehemiah in bible college, and have heard more sermons on it than most other old testament books. The prophet malachi was a contemporary of nehemiah. Sproul shows that nehemiah wasnt bitter, angry, or complacent.
Nehemiah was a person of prayer who risked his life of power, privilege and lux ury to bring stability, reform and spiritual awakening to the people of jerusalem. Throughout history it has had detractors and skeptics but its vitality has outlived its harshest critic and when all is finally said and done, the word of god will stand. A look at the prayer life of nehemiah, and how prayer affected his work and his life. The prophets haggai and zechariah also played important roles in encouraging the people of judah and their leaders zerubbabel, the governor of judah, and the high priest joshua to return to their homeland and. He will be one of the featured speakers at the 2011 national conference on preaching, may 911 in spartanburg, south carolina. Even in old testament days, there are parallels, as in nehemiah chapter 8, where ezra, the scribe, preaches and the people of israel respond, aware of their sins and eager to make amends. A family worship service for the four sundays of advent. The book of nehemiah was likely written between 445 and 420 b. He was governor of persian judea under artaxerxes i of persia 465424 bc.
In the hebrew bible the book of nehemiah comfort of jah forms a unity with the preceding book of ezra compare with the notes on ezra. We are in a series of messages, preaching through the 66 books of the bible. So nehemiahs first stay lasted from 445 to 433 bc and the second stay probably followed soon after. The two most important characteristics of a soul winner are. Nehemiah teaches us to keep preaching the main thing. Nehemiah is the last historical book of the old testament. Perhaps the most definitive business book on leading an organization to change is john kotters book leading change.
This is a sermon i preaching in expository preaching class on nehemiah 6. But the first action is to pray and seek the heart of god. How would you preach nehemiah in a christcentered way. You think of preachers and missionaries and other church workers as receiving the. I believe people are unconsciously crying for a word from the lord, and often come to be disappointed come in vain to worship. For some days i mourned and fasted and prayed before the god of heaven.
Michael williams preaches through the book of ephesians. Unfortunately, in many churches public reading of the bible is little more than homiletical throat clearing before the sermon. In english bibles, they are usually split into two, with the book of nehemiah appearing as a separate book from ezra, but in the hebrew tradition, they are one book, entitled ezra, and nehemiah is simply the second part of ezra. Nehemiah was a normal, everyday, average guy who was living a posh life. Get this series as a podcast, ebook, zip file, cdrom and more. Nehemiah, governor of the province of judah, was the man of action who rebuilt the walls of jerusalem and introduced necessary administrative reforms. We are using some of the devotional materials from the american bible society as we go through this series. T hough no author is claimed in the book of nehemiah it is believed that ezra or nehemiah wrote the book. Before that date, it had been included in the book of ezra. Michael williams preaches from the book of nehemiah if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children. You may just recognize his namesake book from the bible. General the bible is the greatest book ever delivered to man. Chapter, verse 6 states that it was in the 32nd year of artaxerxes.
Part 2 separation of an audio series that takes an indepth look at acts 2 in the bible and what it teaches about the 5 areas of concentration for the local church. Day after day, from the first day to the last, ezra read from the book of the law of god. As sequel of the book of ezra the book of nehemiah reports the third return to jerusalem in 445 bc. The period depicted in nehemiah was unique in the history of the jews.
Nehemiah is the central figure of the book of nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding jerusalem during the second temple period. Preach the word lessons from the book of nehemiah david legge. Advent provides a wonderful opportunity for your family to worship and prepare together as you. The book of nehemiah is designed to teach us that only with gods help can we actually change ourselves and recover from the damage and ruin of the past. At the end of his leave of absence from the king he came back to babylon, and after certain days he came again to jerusalem nehemiah 2. When you preach teach through nehemiah, consider covering all the long lists of names in one or two sermonslessons.
But he develops a dislocated heart for gods people, has a radical faith and a courageous soul, lays out a strategic plan, exercises personal commitment and has a profound ability to adapt as both a. Nehemiah jehovah comforts is a famous cupbearer, who never appears in scripture outside of this book. The book of nehemiah does not specifically name its author, but both jewish and christian traditions recognize ezra as the author. He was a person who understood that his life belonged to. Pastor joey pearson preaches from the book of nehemiah on sunday, april 26th at 10. Nehemiah chapter eight opens on the first day of the seventh month with ezra the priest preaching a sermonand its a good one, lasting from early morning to midday. Sermon from book of nehemiah with the message dont let resistance ruin you. You might know nehemiah as an israelite who rebuilt the walls of jerusalem. Currently, we are studying the books of history in a subseries called bible giants. This is based on the fact that the books of ezra and nehemiah were originally one. Ihe book of nehemiah was composed by nehemiah himself and written by nehemiah in cooperation with ezra, the priest. The first thing about the prayer contained in nehemiah 1 is that the text indicates this prayer is a synopsis of many days of prayer.
The book of nehemiah can therefore have been composed up to around 400 bc. Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up. Nehemiah was one of the most underrated heroes in the bible, cupbearer to the powerful persian king artaxerxes i longimanus. Frank curtis preaches the opening of the old testament book of nehemiah at cornerstone bible church in west point, utah. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. Bible reading offers the widest scope for the enrichment of public worship, and it is a great pity. Instead, he boldly called gods people to return to godliness. The other seven chapters of the book are occupied with some details of nehemiah s government of the people after the completion of the walls. When ministry leaders speak or write about leadership, they often look to the wisdom found in the book of nehemiah, as it chronicles nehemiahs leadership in rebuilding the wall around jerusalem. This summary of the book of nehemiah provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of nehemiah. The book of nehemiah archives selah mountain ministries. Nehemiah chapters 3, 7, 10, 11, and 12 all include long lists of strange hebrew names.
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