RUINS to REDEMPTION

NEHEMIAH 5

Main Idea: The people of God are lifted from RUINS to REDEMPTION.

How did we get here:

The Temple is

.
The walls are

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.
The opposition from the

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is temporarily stifled.

Chapter 5: Like a virus the people of God faced their greatest challenge from within.

The people of God were

because of the people of God. (Nehemiah 5:1-5; Exodus 22:25; Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 10:25).
We are the people of God and siblings with one another.

Nehemiah’s

response to the people of God. (Nehemiah 5:6,7; Proverbs 16:32)
It is unworthy of the people of God to treat the people of God unworthily.

The people of God were lifted from

to

Reveal Answer

. (Nehemiah 5:8-13; John 13:34,35; 12:32)
Love is an unconditional, self-sacrificing commitment to the well-being of one another.

Gospel: Jesus has

us from ruin. He has bought us back from the marketplace of SIN by becoming the

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, the satisfaction, for our sin debt. (Romans 3:23-26)

Takeaway:

1. Love one another like Jesus loves us.
2. Praise and thank the LORD for the redemption of God’s people.