Sermon notes 10/20/24
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Rebuilding the Gates
Nehemiah 3
I. The Building of the Walls has Started
A. Nothing really gets done without ______________
B. Scripture makes it very plain that we must ____________
C. Lessons for all: we are to be __________________ in our work
II. Workers and the Work
A. Why did these people give themselves to the work?
1. It was hard _________________
2. It was ______________________________
3. There was __________________________
4. Not everyone ____________________________________
B. Purpose of the work
1. All for the _______________________________________
2. Reaching ________________________________________
3. ___________________________ the saints
C. Pattern of the work
1. Nehemiah is the _______________________ (Heb. 13:17)
2. Nehemiah delegated ______________________________
a. You must have ________________________________
b. Remember Ephesians 4:11-13
c. Are you willing to take the ______________________?
3. Nehemiah developed the project by getting ____________
_______________________________
4. Nehemiah praised the _____________________________
a. Recognition & thank you goes ____________________
b. We all need ____________________________
D. People in the work
1. God names ______________________________________
a. God uses _____________________________________
b. Leaders must _________________________________
c. Some people __________________________________
1) “Lazy workers rob not only ____________________
__________________________________________”
2) Proverbs 18:9- “He also that is slothful in his work is
a brother to him that is a great waster.”
2. Names of the workers:
a. Eliashib means ________________________________
b. Meah means__________________________________
c. Hananeel means _______________________________
d. Zaccur means _________________________________
e. Imri means ___________________________________
3. People had an unpleasant task:
a. The dung gate had to be ________________________
b. Dung does not ________________________________
c. At times in life, we have _________________________
III. What Do We Learn?
A. There is a work for ___________________________________
B. God expects ________________________________________
C. God will ____________________________________________