The Way Forward through Sacred Assembly
Series: The Way Forward
Summary
In our text, Nehemiah moves from reconstructing the wall into reconstructing the spiritual life of the people of God. This happens as they get involved in a series of large group worship experiences called Solemn or Sacred Assemblies (Nehemiah 8:18). As a church, we’re doing the same thing tonight. We’re going to have a sacred assembly. This text will help us understand what that’s all about. Because when God wants to reconstruct a life, and a community, there is one thing we must do to join Him in that work and its tied to sacred assembly.
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We Must Pursue Our Joy in God.
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We Pursue God’s Joy Through Confession of Sin.
Because Jesus had joy as He looked at the cross (Hebrews12:2), knowing that on it He was fulfilling God’s purpose to redeem sinners, we too can have joy even when facing the ups and downs of life.
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