Builders of the Wall

Nehemiah 3:1-32

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. Genesis 11:6

1. Nehemiah has a plan in which everyone is important.

• I counted 48 groups of people involved in the building of this wall.
• Nehemiah gets the leadership visibly involved. Vs 1
• 6 of the groups built near their own homes.
• The daugher’s of Shallum are particularly pointed out Vs 12 as are the temple servants. Vs 26

2. A harbinger of things to come. Vs 5

• One group refuses to do the work of rebuilding. Vs 5
• Divided loyalties bring division. In Nehemiah 6:17-19 we find the reason for much of Nehemiah’s trouble; the nobles who refused to build are hand in glove with the enemy.
• Eight times in the book of Nehemiah Tobiah is found to be working against God’s work in Jerusalem.

3. Life lessons from Nehemiah 3:1-32

• We must be careful not to be taken in by one like Tobiah, thus harming the unity God desires for us.
• God can work even through solid planning.
• Those in leadership of our church need to take a visible lead in the building of God’s Kingdom at First Pres.
• Every one of us is important to fulfilling the call of God.

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John13:35