Preparing for Opposition – Intimidation

Pastor Malcolm
Nehemiah 4:1-8
February 7, 2021

Be Prepared

Confidence and high hopes are

if we have not

Scriptures reminding us to prepare for opposition:

  • John 15:18-25 – hated
  • John 16:2 – outcasts
  • Luke 12:51-53 – betrayed
  • Hebrews 11:36-38 - killed
  • 1 Corinthians 4:11-13 - scum
  • 2 Timothy 3:12-13 - persecuted

Meet the True Opposer - Satan

Opposition 1 – Intimidation

“What are these feeble Jews doing?”

“Will they restore it for themselves?”

“Will they sacrifice?”

“Will they finish up in a day?”

“Will they revive the stones out of heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”

Responding as Christians to Intimidating Opposition