February 3, 2008

Nehemiah 13.1-9: Cleaning House

Speaker: Jerry Witham Series: Nehemiah: Be the Church, Impact the City

Be the church, Impact the city - image for Nehemiah series

Things are going well in Jerusalem.  The Jews have just dedicated themselves and the wall to the Lord.  Their leader, Nehemiah returns to Persia and things start to unravel.  Upon Nehemiah's return to the city he finds the people forgetting where they had come from and where God had brought them.  They start turning to the ways of their fathers who they had longed to not be like because of their iniquities.  Nehemiah returns and cleans house.  We all are need of cleansing.  God has called us to purity.  So, how is the house of God?  The house of God is you if you know Jesus.  Is there some cleansing needed?