Today we look at how the people wept when they heard God's law for the first time in Nehemiah chapter 8.
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SHOW NOTES:
1. THURSDAY: DO YOU WEEP FOR YOURSIN?
a. NEHEMIAH WRITES IN CHAPTER 8VERSES 2 AND 3
b. Neh 8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the lawbefore the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear withunderstanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
a. Neh 8:3 And he read therein before thestreet that was before the water gatefrom the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those thatcould understand; and the ears of all the people wereattentive unto the book of the law.
b. HE HAD JUST FINISHED WORKREBUILDING THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND THE PEOPLE, WHO’D BEEN IN BABYLONIANCAPTIVITY, HADN’T HEARD THE WORDS OF THE LAW. BUT WHEN THEY DID, THEY WEPT.
c. IN VERSE 9, IT SAYS: And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha [GOVERNOR], and Ezra thepriest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all thepeople, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
d. GOD’S LAW IS THERE FOR US TO KNOW WHEN WE HAVE OFFENDED OUR HOLY GOD.AS PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 7:7 THAT HE HAD NOT KNOWN SIN BUT BY THE LAW. GOD’S LAWTELLS US WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. SIN IS TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. DO WE WEEP,DO WE MOURN FOR OUR LAW BREAKING? OR DO WE BOW UP AND SAY “JESUS ABROGATED THELAW”. DO WE DEFY THE LIVING GOD WITH OUR WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE?
e. THE PEOPLE WEPT, AS ALBERT BARNES PUTS IT, Because the Law broughtvividly before them their sins of omission and commission.
f. MATTHEW HENRY STATES: It was a good sign that theirhearts were tender, when they heard the words of the law…The better weunderstand God's word, the more comfort we find in it; the darkness of troublearises from the darkness of ignorance.
g. JAMES TELLS US IN CHAPTER 4 VERSES8 THROUGH 10
h. Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will drawnigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, yedouble minded.
i. Jas 4:9 Beafflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.