
Preparing for Opposition – Intimidation
Pastor Malcolm
Nehemiah 4:1-8
February 7, 2021
Be Prepared
Confidence and high hopes are
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
- Satan always uses
to accomplish his work - Satan’s
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Opposition 1 – Intimidation
“What are these feeble Jews doing?”
- Opposition from intimidation questions our
“Will they restore it for themselves?”
- Opposition from intimidation questions our
“Will they sacrifice?”
- Opposition from intimidation questions our
“Will they finish up in a day?”
- Opposition from intimidation questions our
“Will they revive the stones out of heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”
- Opposition from intimidation questions our
Responding as Christians to Intimidating Opposition
is not the answer (Romans 12:19)