Nehemiah’s watchfulness, care and dependence on God for help brought about a further defeat of the enemies of the Jews. The building continued in the face of the threats of the army of Sanballat to come against the city and fight.
Each of those who built on the wall carried their sword or other weapon with them while they worked. Nehemiah also had a trumpet which he could blow to sound an alarm if the enemy attacked. It might seem that because of the courage of the Jews and the continued building on the wall that all would go well and the job soon would be done. But sad to say, the problems did not stop there. The Jews began to mistreat each other!
Those who were rich and had plenty of everything became greedy and took advantage of their poor brethren. The poor Jews had to sell everything they owned including their children (who became slaves to the rich Jews) in order to buy enough food to eat!
When Nehemiah heard of this he became very angry and rebuked those rich men who had been so greedy and unloving to their brethren. Everyone agreed to stop this naughty practice and the result was that all the people praised the Lord together.
Now we will rest in our journey while you look for the following verses:
1. Not even the ____________ of an enemy of Christians could be used to keep the Lord Jesus’ love from us. Romans 8:___
Who
2. Christians are going to be caught up to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven forever when the ____________ of God sounds. 1 Corinthians 15:___
In
3. The Lord Jesus, who was very ____________, became very poor when He died on the cross for sinners. 2 Corinthians 8:___
For
4. If I give all of my wealth to the ____________ it does no good unless I have love for the Lord in my heart. 1 Corinthians 13:___
And
5. It is through the Lord Jesus that we offer ____________ and worship to God. Hebrews 13:___
By