The Cincinnati Church

This is part one of a series of messages from the book of Nehemiah.

Note: These are the study notes for the full series in Nehemiah so far (not just part three).

I.  Believers have a ministry of building.
 A.  They are commanded to build themselves up on their most holy faith. 
            JUDE 1:20.
 B.  To edify means to build up.
  1.  Ministers are to edify the body of Christ. EPH 4:11-12.
  2.  Church members are to edify one another. 1TH 5:11.

Nehemiah 4
 
vs.1-5.  Persecution was turned over to God in prayer.
          A.      Frustrated by the determination and success of God's people, the enemy tried to stir up trouble.  c/w ACT 4:16-17; 13:49-50; 14:1-2, 19.

Nehemiah 6
vs.1-9. The enemies here made repeated attempts to draw Nehemiah from the work but Nehemiah yielded not to temptation and thus avoided the trap that the enemies set  for him.
      A.  The enemies were desperate to do something before it was too late to stop the   work of God, and so identified with the devil. NEH 6:1-2 c/w REV 12:12.
      B. Satan is always devising means to take a man of God from his work, but good soldiers are wary of distracting entanglements. 2TI 2:4.

Nehemiah 8 
vs.1-12.  The people here attended to the reading and exposition of the law of Moses.
      A. There was congregational unity in the matter:  they "...gathered themselves together as one man..." (v.1).  c/w PHIL 1:27; 1CO 1:10.      1. Their cooperation and unity of purpose in the building of the wall carried over into spiritual areas.  Good character rightly manifests itself    in all facets of life.