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!!! Arise And Build!
All Things Are Possible With God’s Help
!!! Relationships Are Everything!
Nehemiah 5:1-13
 
 
*Verbs-In Hebrew Order*
 
       A Christian teacher was once addressing a group of students in his English class.
“All of you know,” he said, “the verb which is used as follows: ‘I am, you are, he is.’
Perhaps you are *not* aware of it, but the verbs in English, German, French, Italian, and Latin are all conjugated the very same way.
They always occur in this order, ‘I love, you love, he loves.’
But do you know that that is a very bad way for a verb to run?
The Hebrew people, with better discernment, arranged their verbs just the other way around.
They say, ‘he is, you are, I am’!”  Then he added, “That is the way in which Jesus also told us to look at life.
You should fix your attention on God, saying, ‘He is to be first in my love.’
Then, looking at your neighbor, declare, ‘You are to be second in my affections.’
Last of all you should humbly consider yourself and say, ‘I am to be the least.’
Remember, first there is God, then your neighbor, and finally yourself!
That is the Scriptural way to think and live.”
*/The most important thing in the universe is relationships./*
·        The Tri-unity of God is an eternal relationship.
·        We were created as a relationship:  “Male and female created He them!”
·        We cannot be healthy without healthy relationships!
·        When we accept Jesus Christ, we are born into the Family of God and come into an everlasting relationship with God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost and His body, the Church, our spiritual brothers and sisters.
·        When everything is consummated and Jesus reigns eternally from the throne of David, the only things that are going to remain from this earthly way of life is our relationships.
Relationships are everything!!!
This brings us to a very important section of this narrative concerning Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.
We have observed the criticism, ridicule, and open opposition to this Godly building program, which was headed by Nehemiah.
But, now we come to a problem that is more serious than the ones I have just mentioned.
*/Because of the times in which they lived there was a money crunch.
The people had not long moved back to their land and times were hard./*
During these hard times, a certain class of Jews was enslaving their Jewish brothers.
That was worse than anything that could happen on the outside.
This was a cancer that would destroy them from within, if it were *not* removed.
The right kind of business and personal relationships had to be established and Nehemiah wasted *no* time.
/(Notice with me please Nehemiah 5:1-13.
In this portion of Scripture we see:)/
 
I.
The Outcry Of The Jews (vv.
1-5).
*/We should be able to identify with this situation, because our economy is also in very bad shape./*
We must be concerned with money and using it wisely.
We must also be concerned about adopting a treacherous business attitude.
We must balance our financial values with our people values.
*/We must develop biblical business ethics./*
With situations like Enron and people like Martha Stewart, do I need to make a case that ethics have all but disappeared from America business?
*/All business people seem to be interested in today is wealth./*
And once they obtain that wealth, they have no plans to use it for the good of society.
In Mediterranean culture, this was considered evil!
The Israelites believed that wealth should be distributed for the good of everyone around them.
 
 
*3187: Japan And The U.S.*
 
       In an article by Robert S. Bachelder entitled, “Japan and the U.S.:  The Economics of Equity,” the author maintains that a major reason for the success of Japanese business and the decline of U.S. business is that the former is more ethical.
U.S. business has been interested only in profit.
The Japanese are interested in the worker.
U.S. companies fire workers or reduce wages because such cost-cutting yields higher profits and stock prices.
*/The churches should speak to these issues and teach servant leadership to the corporation executives who still sit in the pews./*
“Perhaps we need a different approach, one that devotes greater energy to helping businesspeople understand the moral necessities of their daily work...to point the way to a new American society in which all people can enjoy the fruits of the earth.
“Japan and the U.S.:  The Economics of Equity” by Robert S. Bachelder.
Christian Century, Aug 26-Sep 2, 1987.
Pages 719-723.
/(All right, back to the story.)/
*/Evidently there was a class of Jews who were more well to do than the rest./*
They evidently were doing a booming business at the cost of their brothers.
Doesn’t this sound like America?
So, the people and their wives began to cry out or complain.
Likewise, the people of America are crying out, but *no* one seems to be listening.
Those who do listen don’t seem to have the power to do anything.
/(Let us go on to verse 2:)/
 
Evidently there was a population explosion and there was a shortage of food.
The people had *no* money or other sources of income so they mortgaged their fields, vineyards and houses.
When you are hungry you can’t eat land and houses.
In addition, the interest rate was exorbitant.
Verse eleven says it was a hundredth part, or 1% per month, or 12% a year.
That is pretty stiff even today.
Not only did they have to borrow to live, they had to borrow to pay the king’s tax on their property.
The Jews said to themselves, “Aren’t we like our brothers, aren’t our children like their children, aren’t we all Jews?”  Yet they were selling their sons and daughters to stay alive, and their fields belonged to the mortgagers.
*/We had better look at this situation carefully.
God wants us to use our money wisely./*
The Jews were in a pitiful condition.
Likewise, this nation is in a sorry condition.
And this church is going to be in a sorry financial condition, if we don’t pay attention to these lessons.
Minister Warfield gave me a powerful verse that we must consider.
The Israelites state in
 
Nehemiah 9:36 (NLT), “So now today we are slaves here in the land of plenty that you gave to our ancestors!
We are slaves among all this abundance!”
*/Because we are not submitting our money and business practices to the Lord, we are slaves in the midst of all of this abundance!!!/*
 
/(We have seen the outcry of the Jews, but we can also see:)/
 
II.
The Outrage Of Nehemiah (vs.
6).
*/When Nehemiah heard the outcry of the Jews, he became angry or outraged./*
Why?
One reason is that they had taken their eyes off of the work and centered them on themselves.
No effective work could be done while people were concerned and worried about themselves.
\\        */Many Christians are good stewards in many areas, but their personal finances are in shambles./*
We cannot effectively work for God and honor Him, while our budgeting and giving is in ruins!
Our eyes are centered on ourselves, not on the work of God, and we are allowing ourselves to be trapped in debt!  */The Bible says in/*
 
Proverbs 22:7 (NASB-U), “The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.”
/(We have seen the outcry of the Jews and the outrage of Nehemiah.
Now we are ready to look at the opposition of Nehemiah to these Israelite capitalists.)/
III.
The Opposition (vv.
7-13).
/(I can see several stages in Nehemiah’s opposition to these Jews.
First I can see:)/
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