(Neh 6:5-9) False Stories posing as friends concerned about rumors; open – letter because it was intended to promote such rumors rather than help Nehemiah deal with them; - Rejection (Neh 6:8) denial of the truth of these rumors – - Prayer (Neh 6:9) contrast between intended weakening effect that – these rumors would cause and the strengthening that comes from God (Neh 6:10-14) False Prophecy shut himself up under pretense of intense – communion with God?? Now he has a word from the Lord; claiming that God had sent him 2. (Neh 6:15-16) The at the Work of God World’s Sorrow When the ungodly saw the evident blessing of God they lost their nerve; discouraged in their wickedness; we must not expect everyone to be pleased when God blesses His church; look at the self righteous elder brother of the Prodigal Son; look at the time of the Reformation and all of the conflict 3. (Neh 6:17-19) More False Brethren the Lord is good; name = Lord has shown had a “Tobiah” – son’s “the mercy” – nominal connection to God; kept up correspondence to nobles who supported him; related to some of them by marriage ties; trying to wear down resistance Nehemiah’s to false ecumenism and ruin
(Neh 6:5-9) False Stories – posing as friends concerned about rumors; open letter because it was intended to promote such rumors rather than help Nehemiah deal with them; - Rejection (Neh 6:8) – denial of the truth of these rumors - Prayer (Neh 6:9) – contrast between intended weakening effect that these rumors would cause and the strengthening that comes from God (Neh 6:10-14) False Prophecy – shut himself up under pretense of intense communion with God?? Now he has a word from the Lord; claiming that God had sent him 2. (Neh 6:15-16) The World’s Sorrow at the Work of God When the ungodly saw the evident blessing of God they lost their nerve; discouraged in their wickedness; we must not expect everyone to be pleased when God blesses His church; look at the self righteous elder brother of the Prodigal Son; look at the time of the Reformation and all of the conflict 3. (Neh 6:17-19) More False Brethren “Tobiah” – the Lord is good; son’s name = “the Lord has shown mercy” – had a nominal connection to God; kept up correspondence to nobles who supported him; related to some of them by marriage ties; trying to wear down Nehemiah’s resistance to false ecumenism and ruin
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