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‘Hewers of the stone of the wall’
Nehemiah 3
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II Chron.25:23 – Jehoash breaks wall (400 cubits)II Chron.26:9 – Uzziah repairs wall
II Chron.27:3 – Jotham built on wall of OphelII Chron.32:5 – Hezekiah repaired walls
II Chron.33:14 – Manasseh built wall without cityII Chron 36:19 – Chaldeans destroy temple & wall
REBUILT UNDER NEHEMIAH
State of Wall ~ Spiritual Health of NationState of Wall ~ Spiritual Health of Nation
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SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS?
Prov. 24:30-32 – Spiritual LazinessProv. 18:10-12 – Walls of ConceitProv. 25:28 – No Self Control – Wrecking Ball
Contrast – Prov.16:32Ecc.10:8-9 – Break the Wall – Own PerilEzek. 8:7-12 – A Hole in the WallEzek.13:5,10-16 – Band Aids + Temporary PatchesIs.59:9-15 – Grope for the WallHab.2:9-11 – The Wall Tells a Story
Example – Dan.5:25
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Ps. 51:17-19
• A perpetual process• If we are not building we are regressing• As soon as we stop building the wall begins to fall
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Heb. 2796,1443 - ‘an artificer’ - ‘to surround with a fence, hedge,wall,to erect a wall’
II Sam.5:11 – mgn.I Chron.22:2I Kings 5:15-18
Character of a Mason in the Ecclesia
•Bezaleel – Ex.35:10,21,25,27,30-35 ‘cutting of stones, to set them’•‘Repairer (mason) of the breach’ Ezek. 22:30, Is.58:12
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Eph.2:14 – ‘Christ…broken down the middle wall of partition’I Cor.3:10-15 – ‘Let every man take heed how he buildeth’I Pet.2:5 – ‘lively stones’
Roth. ‘being built up’
‘WE ARE NOT BRICKS, WE ARE STONES OF ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES’
(Bro Art Clarke)
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The Church of the Holy RudeFounded in 1129
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Rev.21:15-23•Garnished with precious stones – Mal.3:17•God did lighten it – wall of fire – Zech.2:4-5
• Walls called ‘salvation’ – Is.60:18• Everlasting name – Is.56:5
…CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN!!
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NEHEMIAH 3
A Microcosm of an Ecclesia
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v. 1
v. 2
SEED ON STONY GROUNDMatt 13:20-21
NON RESIDENT MEMBERS
v. 4
DEDICATED, FOCUSSED, RELIABLE
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SPIRITUALLY UNSTABLE
v. 5 COMMONERS – perform the workNOBLES – watch the work
v.9
Exhort - Nobles became common labourers! Our external vocation doesn’t dictate position in an ecclesia!
HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER
v. 7
WORKING RULER
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v. 10 FUTURE TEMPLE BUILDERZech 6:10-15
v. 12 SINGLE PARENT
v. 14 RECHABITE
v. 20 ‘EARNESTLY REPAIRED’
v. 26 MENIAL LABOURERS
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I Cor. 3:9-15