Nehemiah 10 preaching on B1G South Connect - March 23, 2013.

1. NEHEMIAH 10

2. 1. Response to the Situation (Chapter 1)
2. Journey to Jerusalem (Chapter 2)
3. List of the Builders of the Wall (Chapter 3)
4. Opposition to Rebuilding the Wall (Chapter 4)
5. Social and Economic Problems (Chapter 5)
6. Wall Rebuilt Despite Opposition (Chapter 6)
7. List of Exiles (Chapter 7)
8. Ezra’s Preaching and the Outbreak of Revival (Chapter 7 -10)

3. THE COVENANT
Nehemiah 10

4. The document was ratified and sealed with the following names:
The governor: Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah.
2 Thefollowing priests: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel,
Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
9 The
following Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui from the family of Henadad, Kadmiel, 10 and their fellow Levites: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah,
Hanan, 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14 The
following leaders: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,18 Hodiah,
Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah,
Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. The Vow of the People
28 Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land
in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand— 29 joined their leaders and bound themselves
with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all
the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:
30 “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.
31 “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it.
Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.
32 “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God. 33 This will
provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the
annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our
God.
34 “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God’s
Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.
35 “We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD’s Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees. 36 We agree to
give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our
God. 37 We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and
the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all
our rural towns.
38 “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites
to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms. 39 The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms
and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers.
“We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”

5. The document was ratified and sealed with the following names:
The governor: Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah.
2 Thefollowing priests: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel,
Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
MAKING A CONVENANT WITH GOD
9 The
following Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui from the family of Henadad, Kadmiel, 10 and their fellow Levites: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah,
Hanan, 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14 The
following leaders: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,18 Hodiah,
Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah,
Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. The Vow of the People
28 Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land
in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand— 29 joined their leaders and bound themselves
with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all
the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:
30 “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.
31 “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it.
Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.
32 “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God. 33 This will
provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the
annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our
God.
34 “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God’s
Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.
35 “We
THE TERMS OF THE COVENANT
promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD’s Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees. 36 We agree to
give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our
God. 37 We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and
the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all
our rural towns.
38 “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites
to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms. 39 The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms
and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers.
“We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”

6. Making a covenant with
the Lord

7. Verses 1 to 8: Nehemiah and the Priest
Verses 9 to 13: The Levites
Verses 14 to 27: The Civic Leaders
Rest of the People Verses 28 to 29: The rest of the People
1 Making a covenant with
the Lord

8. Declaration of Faith
and commitment to
Him
1 Making a covenant with
the Lord

9. Accountability
between one another
1 Making a covenant with
the Lord

10. BLESSING
CURSE
1 Making a covenant with
the Lord

11. BLESSING
Disease Plague
Fruit of your womb will be cursed
CURSE
Blight
Horror
Rebuke
Madness
Destruction
1
Scorching Heat
Making a covenant with
Confusion
the Lord

12. Fruitful Respect
You will lend to many
Prosperity
Established as His People
Success
BLESSING
Disease Plague Fruit of your womb will be blessed
Favor
Fruit of your womb will be cursed
Abundance Heavens
CURSE
Blight Opened
Horror
Rebuke
Madness
Destruction
1
Scorching Heat
Making a covenant with
Confusion
the Lord

13. Declaration of Faith
and commitment to Him
&
Accountability between
one another
1 Making a covenant with
the Lord

14. Terms of the Covenant

15. We will be faithful to
God when it comes to
our romantic
relationships
2 Terms of the Covenant

16. We will be faithful to
We promise not to let our
God when it comes tolet
daughters marry the pagan
people of the land, and not to
our romantic daughters
our sons marry their
relationships 10:30
Nehemiah 2 Terms of the Covenant

17. We will be faithful to
God when it comes to
doing business
2 Terms of the Covenant

18. We also promise that if the people of the
We will be faithful to
land should bring any merchandise or
grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any
God when it comes to
other holy day, we will refuse to buy it.
doing business
Every seventh year we will let our land rest,
and we will cancel all debts owed to us
2
Nehemiah 10:31 Terms of the Covenant

19. We will be faithful to
God when it comes to
supporting God’s work
2 Terms of the Covenant

20. We will be faithful to
They agreed to give as God had
the tithe and give it the specialto
God when as comes need
commanded - the firstborn, firstfruits, and
supporting God’s work
required (the one-third of a shekel tax and
the wood)
2 Terms of the Covenant

21. Family Relationships
Doing Business
Supporting God’s Work
2 Terms of the Covenant

22. ________________
Signature

23. ________________
Signature

24. WARNING !
11Now these things happened to them as
an example, and they were written for our
instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages
have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks
he stands take heed that he does not fall
1 Corinthians 10:10-11

25. We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or
take their daughters for our sons. We will not buy from the
peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the
Sabbath day to sell. We will forego the crops the seventh year
and the exaction of every debt. We also placed ourselves under
obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the
service of the house of our God. We cast lots for the supply of
wood among the priests, the Levites and the people so that
they might bring it to the house of our God. We will bring the
first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the
new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the
house of our God. We will bring the tithe of our ground to the
Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the
rural towns. We will not neglect the house of our God

26. We will not give our daughters to the peopl
take their daughters for our sons. We will n
peoples of the land who bring wares or a
Sabbath day to sell. We will forego the crops
and the exaction of every debt. We also placed
obligation to contribute yearly one third of
service of the house of our God. We cast lots
wood among the priests, the Levites and th
they might bring it to the house of our God. W
first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit
new wine and the oil to the priests at the

27. 3 Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them;
you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor
shall you take their daughters for
your sons. 4 For they will turn your sons away
from following Me to serve other gods; then the
anger of the LORD will be kindled against you
and He will quickly destroy you.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4

28. 3 Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them;
you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor
shall you take their daughters for
your sons. 4 For they will turn your sons away
from following Me to serve other gods; then the
anger of the LORD will be kindled against you
and He will quickly destroy you.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4

29. 15 Forsix days work may be done, but on the seventh day
there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to
the LORD; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall
surely be put to death. 16 So the sons of Israel shall observe
the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their
generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign
between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day
He ceased from labour, and was refreshed.
Exodus 31:15-17

30. 15 Forsix days work may be done, but on the seventh day
there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to
the LORD; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall
surely be put to death. 16 So the sons of Israel shall observe
the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their
generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign
between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day
He ceased from labour, and was refreshed.
Exodus 31:15-17

31. 15 Therich shall not pay more and the poor shall not
pay less than the half shekel, when you give
the contribution to the LORD to make atonement
for yourselves. 16 You shall take the atonement
money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for
the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a
memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to
make atonement for yourselves.”
Exodus 30:15-16

32. 15 Therich shall not pay more and the poor shall not
pay less than the half shekel, when you give
the contribution to the LORD to make atonement
for yourselves. 16 You shall take the atonement
money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for
the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a
memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to
make atonement for yourselves.”
Exodus 30:15-16

33. COVENANT

34. CONFORMITY

35. ARE YOU
CONFORMING

36. MARRIAGE

37. Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for
what partnership have righteousness and
lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with
darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14
MARRIAGE

38. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to
the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
as Christ also is the head of the church, He
Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the
church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought
to be to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
MARRIAGE
Ephesians 5:22-25

39. Doing
Work

40. 23 Whatever
you do, do your work heartily, as for
the Lord rather than for men,
Doing
Colossians 3:23
Work

41. 21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of
the LORD,
And He watches all his paths.
Doing
Proverbs 5: 21
Work

42. Service/
Ministry

43. 10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it
in serving one another as good stewards of the
Service/
manifold grace of God.
Ministry10
1 Peter 4:

44. 10 Bringthe full tithe into the storehouse, that
there may be food in my house. And thereby put
me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not
open the windows of heaven for you and pour
Service/
down for you a blessing until there is no more
need.
Ministry
Malachi 3: 10

45. Do you
follow the
World?

46. Do you
follow
JESUS?

47. WHAT
ARE
YOU
GOING
TO
DO?

50. Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.
Decisions Decisions.
Decisions.
. Decisions. Decisions . Decisions.
Business Decisions. Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
Ministry
Decisions.
Decisions
Decisions.
.
Decisions.
Decisions. Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
Decisions.
RELATIONSHIPS Decisions.
Decisions. Decisions.
Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.

51. I have been crucified with Christ; and
it is no longer I who live, but .
lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself up for me
.

53. Discussion Questions:
1. Do clearly know your identity with Jesus and
why you carry His name?
2. How can you show Jesus in your relationships?
3. How can you show Jesus in how you do
business?
4. How can you show Jesus in how you perform in
work?
5. How can you show Jesus more in your ministry?