If Nehemiah is asking God to remember him, what can we assume about Nehemiah’s belief in the resurrection? Do we ask God to remember us? Before we answer, we may want to ask this question first: How can we, as sinners and transgressors, ask God to remember us? (Hint: it may help to think of the different attitudes towards God, as displayed in the publican and the Pharisee in Lk.18:10-14 or understanding Hebrews 11:13-16) How much did Nehemiah know about faith and works and about God’s eventual kingdom with the Messiah sitting on the throne of David? (Hint: Zechariah 3:8-10; 6:11-13; 9:9) So then, asking God to remember us is a display of our understanding that he has justified us by faith and that we are forgiven. We now ask the next question: Do we ask God to remember us for – good? It’s what we want, but do we ask him? Why or why not? From verses, list who else asked to be remembered by God - Judges 16:28; 2Kings 20:3; Psalm 25:6-7; Jer.18:20. Does God remember us? Does he care for us even though we can’t see him? (Hint: Deut.2:7; Lev.26:42; Isaiah 49:14-16) In Luke 23:40-43 we come to a in a place near Jerusalem where the Savior is on a cross, in the last moments of his life after years of desiring to do God’s will and not His own. And he is there between two men both thieves. The one thief understands that he is there because he deserves death since he has – done something deserving it. He is not named, but we can see his heart in the exchange that he has with Jesus in these last few moments of their lives. What does the thief ask of Jesus?
If Nehemiah is asking God to remember him, what can we assume about Nehemiah’s belief in the resurrection? Do we ask God to remember us? Before we answer, we may want to ask this question first: How can we, as sinners and transgressors, ask God to remember us? (Hint: it may help to think of the different attitudes towards God, as displayed in the publican and the Pharisee in Lk.18:10-14 or understanding Hebrews 11:13-16) How much did Nehemiah know about faith and works and about God’s eventual kingdom with the Messiah sitting on the throne of David? (Hint: Zechariah 3:8-10; 6:11-13; 9:9) So then, asking God to remember us is a display of our understanding that he has justified us by faith and that we are forgiven. We now ask the next question: Do we ask God to remember us – for good? It’s what we want, but do we ask him? Why or why not? From verses, list who else asked to be remembered by God - Judges 16:28; 2Kings 20:3; Psalm 25:6-7; Jer.18:20. Does God remember us? Does he care for us even though we can’t see him? (Hint: Deut.2:7; Lev.26:42; Isaiah 49:14-16) In Luke 23:40-43 we come to a in a place near Jerusalem where the Savior is on a cross, in the last moments of his life after years of desiring to do God’s will and not His own. And he is there between two men – both thieves. The one thief understands that he is there because he deserves death since he has done something deserving it. He is not named, but we can see his heart in the exchange that he has with Jesus in these last few moments of their lives. What does the thief ask of Jesus?
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