{"id":650,"date":"2022-10-15T14:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/stay-on-the-wall-nehemiah-61-4-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:46:58","slug":"stay-on-the-wall-nehemiah-61-4-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/stay-on-the-wall-nehemiah-61-4-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay On The Wall – Nehemiah 6:1-4 – Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neh. 6:1-4 JUST STAY ON THE WALL<\/strong> Intro: Ill. Notice the context of the book and the many attempts by Nehemiahs enemies to stop him from doing the Lords work. Nehemiahs dedication and service stand as loud witnesses of what a true servant of God is to be about. Satan, and his crowd, are always trying to get the servant of God to come down, but when we do, there are certain things that we can expect to lose. There are some great and wonderful things that have to be abandoned when we come down from the place God has called us to occupy. I would like to preach for a while on this thought: Just Stay On The Wall. If we dont here is what we abandon. I. v. 3b WE ABANDON THE WORK<\/strong> A. Ill. Nehemiahs call and commission was to a great work. (Ill. Any work that is for the Lord is a great work! (Ill. Davids attitude – Psa. 84:10) B. Satan will try every trick in his arsenal to get you to come down, but you just stay on the wall – James 4:7; 2 Pet. 3:14) C. Ill. Gods plan and his work are just too great for us to abandon them for the devils foolishness! We need to be on the job 24 hours per day! (Ill. It is hard to quit – John 21:3 – Ill. The Apostles!) II. v.3aWE ABANDON THE RIGHT WAY<\/strong> A. Ill. It seems to have been Nehemiahs manner of life to give himself 100% to his work. To come down would have been to step down. He would have had to turn his back on the right way. B. When we step down from the Lords work, we are turning away from the path of righteousness and godliness. Gods call is for us to walk straight – Pro. 4:23-27. Ill. Our duty before the Lord is to faithfully carry out His commands and do His work efficiently, joyfully and faithfully. C. To step down is to compromise, (Ill. Israel and the golden calf!). We must ever hold to that which is right, even if we are standing alone when the dust settles! III. v. 3bWE ABANDON OUR WITNESS<\/strong> A. Ill. Nehemiah held a place of great authority and respect among the people. If he had come down, the work would have stopped and may have never been finished. All Jerusalem was watching his lead. In Jerusalem, Nehemiah was the leader, the people watched him and emulated what they saw their leader. His witness would have been ruined! The people would have been convinced that there really was a greater work that the Lords work! B. We need to realize that we are being watched by a growing body of younger, impressionable believers. If you step down from the Lords work, they may stumble – Matt. 18:6. God help us to walk straight before the little ones! C. The people outside Jerusalem were looking also! One false move and Nehemiahs credibility would have been destroyed. (Ill. 1 Thes. 5:22 – Our lives ought to be squeaky clean and spotless before a watching world! Ill. The danger of a spotted testimony – Ill. Preacher and lost father) D. What can we do? Stay on the wall for Jesus and keep on living for Him – John 6:63-69! IV. WE ABANDON THE WELFARE OF THE HEATHEN<\/strong> A. Ill. Jerusalem was known by all, Jew and heathen alike, as the place where God was worshipped. Nehemiah loved God and wanted to rebuild the fallen city so that God could be worshipped and the lost could be converted unto Him. To have come down off the wall would have been equal to forgetting the eternal danger the sinner is in. B. Anytime God is worshipped and proclaimed in truth and sincerity, souls will be saved. If we come down from our high calling in Him, we have abandoned the lost and given them up to Hell. C. You and I are the only light some people will ever see. Therefore, we must not be dimmed by the world, but we must shine brightly. We are the only Bible many will ever read. Therefore, we must be clear and pure! (Ill. 1 Cor. 14:7- 8) Conc: Our duty is clear. Refuse to listen to the calls and challenges of the devil, stay in the battle for Jesus and dont come down for any reason! Anything other than the prefect center of Gods will is not the place for you. (Ill. If Nehemiah had come down, he would have been in danger – You will be too!) Stay on the wall, finish the task and God will ultimately bless your life and effort.     <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neh. 6:1-4 JUST STAY ON THE WALL Intro: Ill. Notice the context of the book and the many attempts by Nehemiahs enemies to stop him from doing the Lords work. Nehemiahs dedication and service stand as loud witnesses of what a true servant of God is to be about. Satan, and his crowd, are always … Continue reading “Stay On The Wall – Nehemiah 6:1-4 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}