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Nehemiah 4:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The work and warfare of the Church.

I. The weak of the Church.

1. Derided. "And mocked the Jews" (Nehemiah 4:1).

2. Under-estimated. "These feeble Jews" (Nehemiah 4:2).

3. Misrepresented. "If a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall" (Nehemiah 4:3).

4. Prayerful. "Hear, O our God" (Nehemiah 4:4).

5. Hearty. "For the people had a mind to work" (Nehemiah 4:6).

6. Advancing. "Heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped" (Nehemiah 4:7).

II. The WARFARE of the Church.

1. Defensive. "And conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it" (Nehemiah 4:8).

2. Watchful. "Set a watch against them day and night" (Nehemiah 4:9).

3. Judicious. "I even set the people with their families" (Nehemiah 4:13).

4. Courageous. "Be not ye afraid" (Nehemiah 4:14).

5. Religious. "Remember the Lord" (Nehemiah 4:14).

6. Self-denying (Nehemiah 4:23).—E.

HOMILIES BY R.A. REDFORD

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