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Why Would Someone Oppose Us? (19)
We can talk about many different reasons, but in the end they can be boiled down to two main reasons.
We are in sin.
We’ve done something Biblically offensive.
Our actions or words have done damage.
And this sin can either be intentional or unintentional.
And the second is what we are focusing on today.
2. They are in sin.
They’ve done something offensive.
They’ve wronged us Biblically.
Their words or actions have hurt us.
Let’s take a look at the case in point today:
Why do these guys oppose Nehemiah?
First, these guys described are in sin, not Nehemiah.
Second, we see two types of opposition:
Individual and corporate.
These men are individually against Nehemiah and the Jewish people.
You have a Horonite, an Ammonite, and an Arab.
They are also corporately against Nehemiah.
Not just as a group, but each people group represented.
Jerusalem was surrounded by them on the north, east and south.
They remembered the “heyday” of Jerusalem.
They knew the power of the God they served each group wanted more and more power.
Why would people oppose us?
Sometimes people simply need to oppose something, and those walking with the Lord are an easy target.
They aren’t listening to God.
1 John
The daily walk of the Christian is oftentimes bothersome.
Galatians
Christian speech is convicting.
Believers represent that which they know to be true in their hearts.
In a nutshell, why do people oppose us?
We walk with Jesus.
What Are The Characteristics of Those in Opposition? (19)
It is a good sign when envious people combat a work; for one can conclude from that that it provokes the devil, and that makes us the more joyful.
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The devil is never idle: therefore when he can undertake nothing actively against the people of God, he makes use of poisonous tongues; but whoever fears God has a secure fortress.
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One should be firm in his confidence in God, and allow nothing to be abstracted from it.
It is a good sign when envious people combat a work; for one can conclude from that that it provokes the devil, and that makes us the more joyful.
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The devil is never idle: therefore when he can undertake nothing actively against the people of God, he makes use of poisonous tongues; but whoever fears God has a secure fortress.
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One should be firm in his confidence in God, and allow nothing to be abstracted from it.
How Can We Remain Strong?
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John Peter Lange et al., A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Nehemiah (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2008), 13–14.
John Peter Lange et al., A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Nehemiah (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2008), 13–14.
They are lost.
Lost people do lost people things.
They are jealous.
“Biblical and extrabiblical accounts show that Arabs became dominant in the Transjordanian area from the Assyrian to the Persian Periods.”
The map we’ve looked at shows their areas of influence.
They are condescending.
“they jeered” ESV, “mocked” NIV, “laughed” NKJV
They are angry.
“Ridiculed” NIV “Despised” ESV, NASB, CSB.
The NLT says it the most interesting way.
“They scoffed contemptuously.”
They have hidden motives.
Tobiah the Ammonite servant.
His loyalty was to Sanballat AND his country.
There’s no telling what he might have done had he the chance.
They have a need for power.
“What is this you are doing?”
This is a formal accusation in the ancient Near East.
John Peter Lange et al., A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Nehemiah (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2008), 13–14.
How Can We Remain Strong?
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It is a good sign when envious people combat a work; for one can conclude from that that it provokes the devil, and that makes us the more joyful.
Gen. 37:4; 1 Sam.
17:28.
The devil is never idle: therefore when he can undertake nothing actively against the people of God, he makes use of poisonous tongues; but whoever fears God has a secure fortress.
Sir.
14:26, 31.
One should be firm in his confidence in God, and allow nothing to be abstracted from it.
Notice how Jesus says we should behave:
Be shrewd.
Be on your guard.
You will be brought before men, but to witness to them.
Trust the Holy Spirit.
There will be betrayal, hatred, and persecution.
Run if you can, but stand firm in the faith.
Continue to learn from the Master-we don’t know more than Him.
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