"We all remember Peter, that disciple that opened his mouth too much with Jesus. Peter later,
however, because one of the chief pillars of the early church. Peter and Paul were the two major apostles in
bringing the gospel to the Jews (Peter) and Gentiles (Paul). The themes are hope, holiness, and suffering.
This letter was mainly to bring encouragement and renewed motivation to live in Godliness no matter what the
circumstances"
"When you clean your house do you only have to do it once and then it remains clean? No. There is
dirt around here and messy people. It takes a continual maintenance and cleaning.
When you take a bath do you only have to do it the first time and then you don't have to bathe anymore? No, we
get dirty living in this world. We need to keep on cleaning or we stink and become grotesque.
The people had made many promises in chapter 10 of what they were going to do for God and how they were going to
live. Unfortunately, when Nehemiah went back to report to the King the people had turned quickly back to the sin
and impurity that they had said they would not do.
Through God's Word, and spiritual leadership, God's people were going to clean house again.
This chapter is about cleaning that which was rebuilt. It is a maintenance process to examine your life, family,
church, and leadership to make sure they are according to the standard of purity that God has shown us in His Word.
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"The work of rebuilding is not something we can do alone. We need God obviously, but we also need one another.
There are a few lasting lessons that we can take with us about rebuilding our lives. We are given a reminder of those lessons
in these final chapters. The people were now right with God, and together they continued in the day-to-day decisions that made
this rebuilding last.
Let us be reminded that: Rebuilding Together Needs People. Rebuilding Together Needs Praise. Rebuilding Together Needs Provisions."