June 28th
I Want To Get Next To You! Pt 2: Repair
Pericope: Nehemiah 3:1–2 NIV - Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
Sermon Text: Nehemiah 3:2 NIV - 2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
Sermon Title: I Want To Get Next To You! Pt 2: Repair
...vs 4... repaired the next section.
Next to him... vs 5 The next section…
vs 6... They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place…
Next to them... vs 8... repaired the next section; one Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that...
vs 9... repaired the next section...
vs 10
Hashabneiah made repairs next to him…
vs 12 Shallum son of
Hallohesh ruler of half-district of Jerusalem… repaired the next section…
vs 17 Next to him the repairs were made...
vs 18 Next to him the repairs were made...
vs 19 Next to him... repaired another section...
vs 19 Next to him... repaired another section...
vs 20 Next to him... zealously repaired another section...
vs 20... Next to him... the son of
Hallohesh repaired another section...
vs 21 Next to him Meremoth repaired another section...
vs 22 The repairs next to him were repaired by the priests...
vs 23 next to them Azariah... made repairs by his house…
vs 24 Next to him Binnui... repaired another section...
vs 25... Next to him Pedaiah and
the temple servants made repairs…
vs 27 Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section...
vs 29 Next to them Zadok repaired opposite his house...
Next to him Shemaiah made repairs…
vs 30 Next to him Hananiah repaired another section... to next to them Meshullam... made repairs opposite his living quarters...
vs 31 Next to him Malkijah a goldsmith made repairs…
vs 1…the high priest and fellow priests went to work and rebuild…
vs 2…The men of Jericho built…
vs 3…rebuilt…
vs 4…repaired…Meshezabel made repairs…
vs 5 The next section was repaired…
vs 6 The Jeshanah Gate was repaired…laid beams…doors…bolts…
vs 7 Next to them repairs…
vs 8 goldsmith repaired the next section…made repairs next to that…
vs 9 …repaired the next section…
vs 10 …repairs opposite his house…repairs next to him…
vs 11…repaired another section…
vs 12 …repaired another section…
vs 13…repaired by Hanun…rebuilt it…rebuilt five hundred yards…
vs 14…rebuilt it and put its dors…bolts in place…
vs 15 …He rebuilt it…he repaired…
vs 16 …repairs up…
vs 17 …the repairs were made by the Levites…
vs 18 …the repairs were made…
vs 19 …repaired…
vs 20 …repaired another section…
vs 21 …repaired another section…
vs 22 The repairs…
vs 24 …Henadad repaired…
vs 26 …Ophel made repairs…
vs 27 …repaired another section…
vs 28 …made repairs…
vs 29 …made repairs…the guard at the East Gate made repairs…
vs 30 …Zalaph repaired another section…
vs 31 …goldsmith made repairs…
vs 32 …goldsmith and merchants made repairs…
Point 1: God Builds Through Proximity and RELATIONSHIPS
2 is better than one! Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Gen 11:6 NIV 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them
Point 2: God Blesses Shared Responsibility #unequalgivingequalsacrifice vs 2 - 2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
vs 32 and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs
. Luke 12:48 - For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Point 3: Multiply + Win Nehemiah 4:1–6 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?”
3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”
4 Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of[b] the builders.
6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
Psalms 133 is our guarantee.
1
How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together in unity!
2
It is like precious oil poured on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
down on the collar of his robe.
3
It is as if the dew of Hermon
were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore.
Life Application:
- Fortify the walls in your life…give your life to Christ
- Continue to be generous #stayonthewall
- Recruit others to get next to
