The Steadfast Love of the Lord
Jeremy Bell
Nehemiah 13
November 26, 2023
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I. The deceptive power of sin
Desecrating God’s House (verses 4-9)
“We will not neglect the house of God.” — Nehemiah 10:39
Forsaking giving (verses 10-14)
“We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord” — Nehemiah 10:35
Profaning the Sabbath (verses 15-18)
“And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day.” — Nehemiah 10:31
Marrying Unbelievers (verses 23-27)
“We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.” — Neh. 10:30
A. We must beware of the creep of sin
“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want (which is to please God), but I do the very thing I hate…I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep doing.” — Romans 7:15,19
B. We don’t sin out of obligation but out of unbelief
II. The Greatness of His Steadfast Love
“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity.” — Psalm 32:1-2
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” – Romans 8:1
“He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities” – Psalm 103:10
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt! Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured – there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt
Grace, grace, God’s grace, Grace that will pardon and cleanse within Grace, grace, God’s grace, Grace that is greater than all our sin! Grace Greater Than All Our Sin— Julia H. Johnson, 1911