1. Nehemiah 13:28-31
28 And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me. 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

2. Nehemiah 13:28-31
30 Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work; 31 and I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

4. Nehemiah: Conclusion – Courage to Follow Through

5. Introduction God’s people made a commitment to God in Neh. 10:
Not marrying people who come from other nations and who worship false gods (10:30)
Making sure they obeyed God by not working on the Sabbath (10:31)
Making sure they kept giving a tenth of their stuff to God (10:32)
Looking after the Levites who were charged with leading people in proper worship (10:35f)

6. Main Idea
God puts conviction in our hearts and calls us to have courage in Him to follow through

7. Outline Courage to obey God not the world
II. Courage to move away from being a hypocrite
III. Courage to live as one not your own

8. I. Courage to obey God not the world
Israelites marrying people of other nations and gods (Nehemiah 13:23-24)

9. II. Courage to move away from being a hypocrite
Israelite leaders were not following what they were teaching or telling others to do (Neh. 13:28-29)

10. III. Courage to live as one not your own
They had married foreign women with their foreign gods (Neh. 13:23-28)
They had forgotten the Sabbath (Neh.13:15-18)
They had not giving their offering and tithes (Neh. 13:11)
They had not taken care of the Levites (Neh. 13:10)

11. III. Courage to live as one not your own
Remember not just the commitment to the convictions God gives us but the reason the commitment is important

12. III. Courage to live as one not your own
We belong to God and everything we are and have are to be given to Him.

14. Conclusion