Sermons on Nehemiah

Nehemiah 10:1-39 Living for God is not popular – and even in the church it is not stressed as it should be. We are created by and for God; our purpose is to live for him. True joy and happiness will never be found anywhere else. There has been a great compromise within the church; it seeks to keep hold of the world and to have Jesus Christ at the same time. The…

Nehemiah 9:1-38 This chapter is one of scriptures’ preeminent prayers of confession. Reformation involves repentance and confession. This is because we have gone away from our Creator and are living by our own standard. Reformation is a turning back to God, recognising God for whom he is, and ordering our lives accordingly. The service described here moves from a reading…

Nehemiah 8:1-18 At the heart of the Christian religion is a book; in the Bible our God has revealed himself. Reformation is a recentering of God’s people upon God – his ways and commands. It must therefore involve hearing God’s word, in which he reveals these things, followed by confession and consecration. This chapter shows us what a people are like when they have…

Nehemiah 7:4-73 Anniversaries are opportunities to remember. We take stock of the past so that we may move forward encouraged. Nehemiah 7 recalls the names of the people of God returning from exile decades before under Ezra. Here is a call to remember who we are as the people of God so that we may be strengthened in the work we’re called to. Our primary purpose is to…