Sermon Outline
- Pressure reveals what is really in us (vv. 1-5)
Nehemiah 5:1 (NASB) 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Ephesians 4:3 (NASB) 3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
2. Godly leaders feel the weight and confront the wrong (vv. 6-8)
Nehemiah 5:6-7 (NASB) 6 Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 7 I consulted with myself…
3. The fear of God must be greater than the love of gain (vv. 9-13)
Nehemiah 5:9 (NASB) 9 Again I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
4. Integrity is a lifestyle not a speech (vv. 14-19)
Takin’ It Home…
- Examine what pressure has revealed.
- Listen for the silent cries.
- Make it right quickly
- Live for “ remember me ".
Nehemiah 5:15 (NASB) 15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.