1 00:00:02,190 --> 00:00:02,191 Dr. Gregg Marutzky: 2 00:00:02,191 --> 00:00:05,490 Turn your Bible over to Nehemiah chapter three. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:13,020 We're going to talk about rising up and building the story of Nehemiah rebuilding 4 00:00:13,020 --> 00:00:19,290 the wall around Jerusalem to protect God's people as we're rebuilding spiritually. 5 00:00:19,860 --> 00:00:24,660 And one of the brothers after the sermon last week made a very astute observation. 6 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:27,630 He says, you know, preacher, you gotta remember we're building. 7 00:00:28,125 --> 00:00:33,045 From the inside as well as the outside we're building inside is 8 00:00:33,045 --> 00:00:35,085 more important than the outside. 9 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,755 And I said, you're exactly right. 10 00:00:38,115 --> 00:00:42,705 And so, uh, uh, let's always make that transition. 11 00:00:42,705 --> 00:00:44,415 This is just an illustration. 12 00:00:44,415 --> 00:00:51,495 This is just a metaphor for how we, many centuries later, more than 20, 13 00:00:51,795 --> 00:00:55,635 more than 21, are building God's church. 14 00:00:56,145 --> 00:00:57,015 And, uh. 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,290 I need the clicker. 16 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:05,220 I thought we're on a row. 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,170 Everything's going right this morning. 18 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,170 Oh, thank you, Sam. 19 00:01:10,590 --> 00:01:11,820 All right, 20 00:01:13,830 --> 00:01:14,880 Sam, the man. 21 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:21,510 I have a brother named Sam, so, uh, I, it's easy for me to remember Sam's name. 22 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:24,030 I have a valid time this morning too. 23 00:01:24,060 --> 00:01:25,260 I'm sorry if you don't. 24 00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:28,050 I, I'm sure you did yesterday. 25 00:01:28,050 --> 00:01:29,340 I'm sure you had a Valentine. 26 00:01:30,270 --> 00:01:35,430 But, uh, one of the singers Kelly gave me, uh, this flower, uh, I 27 00:01:35,430 --> 00:01:37,380 already broke it, I'm sorry, Kelly. 28 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,920 And, uh, and she also gave me a little bitty card. 29 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:43,020 I think it's a picture of her cat. 30 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:46,560 And, uh, she says, I'm perfect. 31 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,100 Amen. 32 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:49,650 So, that's a good way to start the sermon. 33 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:50,280 Perfect. 34 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,450 Thank you, Kelly. 35 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:54,930 I, uh, I'm sorry, I didn't know your name. 36 00:01:54,930 --> 00:01:56,400 I had to ask Steve. 37 00:01:56,460 --> 00:01:57,360 He knew though. 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:57,900 He knew. 39 00:01:57,930 --> 00:01:58,229 Amen. 40 00:01:59,130 --> 00:02:03,630 So rise up and build the story of Nehemiah. 41 00:02:04,679 --> 00:02:08,669 You know, you gotta be careful that, uh, what you want to accomplish 42 00:02:08,669 --> 00:02:11,670 doesn't conflict with what other people want to accomplish. 43 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,430 The, the, the, the story today will show us how we've gotta work together. 44 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:19,200 We gotta work side by side. 45 00:02:19,470 --> 00:02:22,680 Reminds me of this story I read in Reader's Digest. 46 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:28,050 You know, some of us read the deeper stuff and, uh, I was reading Reader's Digest and 47 00:02:28,050 --> 00:02:33,660 this fella went to a, a pet store and he said, you know, I really have this huge. 48 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:35,430 Uh, groundhog problem. 49 00:02:35,579 --> 00:02:38,370 I've got all these groundhogs that are just tearing up my 50 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:39,960 yard, eating up everything. 51 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,100 I, I gotta deal with it. 52 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:46,170 And he says, here's, here's some, uh, uh, uh, traps here, I'll sell you these traps. 53 00:02:46,260 --> 00:02:48,420 And, uh, you can trap the groundhogs. 54 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,600 And, uh, then he said, well, what do I do after I trap 'em? 55 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:52,650 Where do I take 'em? 56 00:02:53,010 --> 00:02:57,000 He said, well, you take 'em to the edge of town, to the city limits 57 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,230 and just dump 'em off there. 58 00:02:58,230 --> 00:03:00,510 And he goes, well, that's where I live. 59 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:03,750 So, 60 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:10,140 you know, at our LA staff meeting this week, we did something really great. 61 00:03:10,140 --> 00:03:13,110 One of the brothers Paris Cunningham from the metro region. 62 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:18,990 Said that he's trying to help his church be formed spiritually. 63 00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:23,340 So he's introducing these spiritual disciplines so that they regularly 64 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:28,470 practice some, uh, uh, things that help them to be formed spiritually. 65 00:03:28,590 --> 00:03:32,430 And I thought, you know, one of the best things that I do for myself is 66 00:03:32,430 --> 00:03:37,980 when I take of communion, I always remind myself of my confession of faith. 67 00:03:38,820 --> 00:03:39,420 All right? 68 00:03:39,510 --> 00:03:41,820 And our confession of faith is Jesus. 69 00:03:42,210 --> 00:03:43,650 Is Lord. 70 00:03:43,739 --> 00:03:44,489 All right. 71 00:03:44,940 --> 00:03:48,690 And, uh, so I want us to say it together here. 72 00:03:48,780 --> 00:03:50,190 We won't do it every week. 73 00:03:50,190 --> 00:03:52,079 We don't want to get in a, in a habit. 74 00:03:52,079 --> 00:03:55,650 We don't want things to become a ritual, but it's good to renew 75 00:03:55,650 --> 00:03:58,109 your confession of faith, right? 76 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:03,000 And this is our confession of faith, that we believe Jesus Christ is the son of God. 77 00:04:03,359 --> 00:04:07,260 We also make the confession that Jesus is Lord. 78 00:04:07,530 --> 00:04:10,200 And so say this with me, this, this morning. 79 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:13,709 Jesus is the Son of God. 80 00:04:14,340 --> 00:04:15,209 Say it again. 81 00:04:15,929 --> 00:04:19,740 Jesus is the son of God and say it with me. 82 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:22,710 Jesus is Lord again. 83 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:24,719 Jesus is Lord. 84 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,770 That's the confession of faith that all Christians have made throughout 85 00:04:28,770 --> 00:04:34,020 the ages, and it's good for us to renew our confession as we begin. 86 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:36,765 Studying God's word together. 87 00:04:36,770 --> 00:04:40,005 I wanna remind you of the 10 gates that we're looking at. 88 00:04:40,005 --> 00:04:43,215 We're gonna be referring to 'em as we go through different verses 89 00:04:43,215 --> 00:04:44,805 this morning in chapter three. 90 00:04:44,805 --> 00:04:48,284 But the sheep gate, the fish gate, the old gate. 91 00:04:48,375 --> 00:04:50,655 All right, so everybody's included. 92 00:04:50,835 --> 00:04:54,165 The valley gate, the dug, uh, you gotta laugh at the jokes. 93 00:04:54,165 --> 00:04:58,455 D gate, the fountain gate, the Watergate, the horse gate. 94 00:04:58,455 --> 00:05:00,855 We got some cowboys in Jerusalem, Eastgate. 95 00:05:02,025 --> 00:05:08,685 And the in inspect inspection gate, and I wanna remind you of the theme of Nehemiah. 96 00:05:09,105 --> 00:05:16,935 Let us rise up and build so they strengthen their hands for the good work. 97 00:05:17,655 --> 00:05:21,945 You know, as we build God's kingdom, it takes a lot of workers. 98 00:05:22,485 --> 00:05:23,745 Jesus said it. 99 00:05:24,405 --> 00:05:29,835 The harvest is plentiful, but what the workers are what? 100 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:30,550 Few. 101 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:31,650 Few. 102 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:35,310 We want to become workers for God. 103 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:40,169 We want to unite together we're, we don't want to be one of those church where 104 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:43,169 20% of the people do 80% of the work. 105 00:05:43,169 --> 00:05:46,770 We wanna be a church where everybody is involved, that we're 106 00:05:46,770 --> 00:05:49,260 united in the cause of Christ. 107 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:54,840 And so let's see how they were workers in chapter three and 108 00:05:54,930 --> 00:05:56,414 who led the way the priest. 109 00:05:57,495 --> 00:05:59,534 The priest worked side by side. 110 00:05:59,715 --> 00:06:03,945 Beginning in verse one it says, Elisha ship, the high priest 111 00:06:03,945 --> 00:06:07,755 and his fellow priest went to work and rebuilt the sheep gate. 112 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:13,065 They dedicated it and set its doors in place building as far as the tower of 113 00:06:13,065 --> 00:06:19,005 the hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hannah Nell. 114 00:06:19,604 --> 00:06:21,825 So why is this important? 115 00:06:22,229 --> 00:06:28,169 Because you know, the priests wanted to be able to offer sacrifices That 116 00:06:28,169 --> 00:06:30,719 was their job, and it was their living. 117 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,969 They lived off those sacrifices, so they wanted that gate closest to the 118 00:06:35,969 --> 00:06:40,530 temple repaired so the people would bring in the offerings to the temple 119 00:06:40,530 --> 00:06:44,010 so they could be cleansed, they could be right with God, so they could be 120 00:06:44,010 --> 00:06:49,469 a holy people, but also so that the temple would function as God wanted it. 121 00:06:50,085 --> 00:06:50,925 To function. 122 00:06:51,435 --> 00:06:55,995 It was the place where God promised that he would come and meet his people. 123 00:06:56,175 --> 00:07:00,135 Now, he's promised to you and me where two or three are gathered 124 00:07:00,135 --> 00:07:05,085 in his name, just with these three beautiful young men, college students. 125 00:07:05,085 --> 00:07:07,155 God's here just because of you guys. 126 00:07:07,905 --> 00:07:09,285 Sonny and his two buddies. 127 00:07:09,315 --> 00:07:13,455 All right, just because of three of you. 128 00:07:15,705 --> 00:07:16,605 God's here. 129 00:07:17,205 --> 00:07:17,685 Let's go Greg. 130 00:07:17,685 --> 00:07:19,095 So me and every couple. 131 00:07:20,234 --> 00:07:20,684 All right. 132 00:07:21,465 --> 00:07:25,635 Me and every couple, well, me and Kathy and one person. 133 00:07:25,905 --> 00:07:28,034 Alright, God's here. 134 00:07:29,114 --> 00:07:30,794 And guys, don't forget that. 135 00:07:30,794 --> 00:07:33,104 Don't feel like you're going through life alone. 136 00:07:33,104 --> 00:07:35,804 God is always, always with us. 137 00:07:35,804 --> 00:07:37,335 I know we forget sometimes. 138 00:07:37,335 --> 00:07:38,385 I know we get burdened. 139 00:07:38,385 --> 00:07:42,585 I know we get distracted, but he is always with us. 140 00:07:43,724 --> 00:07:45,645 And then who else works side by side? 141 00:07:45,645 --> 00:07:47,205 This is so interesting. 142 00:07:47,594 --> 00:07:48,525 Non-resident. 143 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,390 People that didn't live in Jerusalem, why did they want Jerusalem to be built? 144 00:07:54,420 --> 00:07:56,370 Why were they even concerned? 145 00:07:56,580 --> 00:07:58,409 Because it was a sacred place. 146 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,560 'cause it was a holy temple under God. 147 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,400 It was the place where they knew they could come to meet God. 148 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,330 Let's read it together. 149 00:08:06,330 --> 00:08:06,900 Verse two. 150 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:13,655 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section and Zachar son of Emory. 151 00:08:14,265 --> 00:08:15,854 Built next to them. 152 00:08:16,005 --> 00:08:17,625 God mentions these names. 153 00:08:17,625 --> 00:08:19,575 Why does he wanna mention these names? 154 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,184 Because I think some of these guys were skilled. 155 00:08:23,174 --> 00:08:26,895 I think they were exceptional builders and they, so he wants to say, you know, 156 00:08:27,104 --> 00:08:30,794 here's who you know, built this section. 157 00:08:31,515 --> 00:08:35,865 And there were 38 different individuals mentioned in this chapter, 158 00:08:36,255 --> 00:08:39,284 along with 42 different groups. 159 00:08:39,284 --> 00:08:40,068 That's a lot of folks. 160 00:08:41,325 --> 00:08:44,355 A lot of folks, we gotta cover a lot of territory today. 161 00:08:44,415 --> 00:08:52,605 All right, and one commentary said Nehemiah, his positive solution to j 162 00:08:52,635 --> 00:08:57,645 Jerusalem's situation did not get him involved with any of the political 163 00:08:57,645 --> 00:08:59,685 debates that surrounded the problem. 164 00:08:59,895 --> 00:09:03,825 We'll see some politics later in the chapter, but what did he start off doing? 165 00:09:03,975 --> 00:09:05,055 Just building. 166 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,140 You gotta just get to work. 167 00:09:07,140 --> 00:09:09,540 You gotta get your hands dirty, you gotta get involved. 168 00:09:09,540 --> 00:09:10,680 You gotta get engaged. 169 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,460 Don't just keep talking about it and thinking about it and considering it. 170 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:19,080 You got to do something active for you. 171 00:09:19,410 --> 00:09:21,810 Don't get paralysis of analysis. 172 00:09:22,740 --> 00:09:23,670 It happens. 173 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:26,280 I've had a lot of clients with that problem. 174 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:32,100 He just wanted to help the king and his people secure Jerusalem. 175 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:32,579 Wow. 176 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:37,860 He had a singular go and focus in mind. 177 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,660 Verse three, the merchants, why were they so motivated? 178 00:09:42,810 --> 00:09:46,560 Because there wasn't any business going on in the city. 179 00:09:46,949 --> 00:09:49,680 People were afraid they were staying home. 180 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:52,140 They couldn't go out, they couldn't feel free. 181 00:09:52,140 --> 00:09:55,800 They couldn't feel safe without the walls and without the gates. 182 00:09:55,949 --> 00:09:58,920 And so the merchant's sway wanted to get back into business. 183 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:00,329 All right. 184 00:10:00,719 --> 00:10:02,939 Merchants are usually driven that way. 185 00:10:02,939 --> 00:10:05,250 That's usually what's motivating them. 186 00:10:05,579 --> 00:10:09,209 And so they work side by side, which what? 187 00:10:09,270 --> 00:10:10,410 Where do they work? 188 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,510 Well, of course the fish gate. 189 00:10:13,410 --> 00:10:15,930 Most of these merchants were, were fishermen. 190 00:10:16,290 --> 00:10:20,040 The fish gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassana. 191 00:10:20,310 --> 00:10:24,510 They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in plates. 192 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,210 10 gates are listed, as we've mentioned. 193 00:10:27,540 --> 00:10:31,125 It goes counterclockwise from the sheep gate around. 194 00:10:32,205 --> 00:10:34,575 And here we're at the fish gate. 195 00:10:34,575 --> 00:10:39,045 And these merchants, they fish the sea, the Mediterranean sea. 196 00:10:39,314 --> 00:10:44,325 So next down verse four, master builders, and he spells this out. 197 00:10:45,075 --> 00:10:52,155 Mammoth, son of Uriah and the son of Cocks repaired the next section next to him. 198 00:10:52,455 --> 00:10:55,935 Chuli, son of Barakah, the son Amesh. 199 00:10:57,495 --> 00:11:01,035 He bell made repairs and next to him was Zack. 200 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:04,605 Son of Nan also made repairs. 201 00:11:04,605 --> 00:11:10,425 Three master builders are listed here, and in this chapter, repair is mentioned 35 202 00:11:10,425 --> 00:11:14,085 times, and the locks and bars five times. 203 00:11:14,775 --> 00:11:20,145 He shows us that, hey, you gotta get your hands dirty. 204 00:11:21,345 --> 00:11:21,825 All right. 205 00:11:22,605 --> 00:11:26,175 There's something about the hand connected to the head. 206 00:11:26,175 --> 00:11:27,345 Connected to the heart. 207 00:11:28,275 --> 00:11:33,405 There's something about the feet connected to the heart, connected to the head. 208 00:11:34,125 --> 00:11:37,064 You gotta get, be active, right? 209 00:11:38,145 --> 00:11:40,785 And even spiritually, these things just aren't true. 210 00:11:40,785 --> 00:11:41,295 Spirit. 211 00:11:41,325 --> 00:11:45,390 Physically, they're true, uh, spiritually as well. 212 00:11:46,380 --> 00:11:48,989 Listen to this verse in Matthew 1352. 213 00:11:49,439 --> 00:11:52,469 He said to them, therefore, every teacher of the law who has become a 214 00:11:52,469 --> 00:11:56,640 disciple, the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings 215 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:03,780 out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old and every generation. 216 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:06,839 There's a tension between the young and the old. 217 00:12:09,089 --> 00:12:14,400 There's always been that in the sixties when I grew up the seventies. 218 00:12:15,315 --> 00:12:18,465 We thought old people were very uncool. 219 00:12:18,885 --> 00:12:20,085 They were from the fifties. 220 00:12:20,085 --> 00:12:21,765 They thought they were very cool. 221 00:12:23,235 --> 00:12:26,145 We thought all that grease was gross, right? 222 00:12:26,835 --> 00:12:28,215 Slicking back their hairs. 223 00:12:28,305 --> 00:12:31,155 We just, we, we started the Afro thing. 224 00:12:32,295 --> 00:12:32,655 Dr. 225 00:12:32,655 --> 00:12:33,975 Greg, did you have an afro? 226 00:12:35,385 --> 00:12:36,285 I'll never tell. 227 00:12:36,345 --> 00:12:37,365 I'll quote the fifth. 228 00:12:38,025 --> 00:12:38,655 All right. 229 00:12:41,355 --> 00:12:42,225 The guys. 230 00:12:42,585 --> 00:12:45,765 The only way the kingdom of God is built is young and old. 231 00:12:46,155 --> 00:12:54,855 Every different social economic status is got to come together and be united. 232 00:12:55,845 --> 00:12:56,505 All right? 233 00:12:57,345 --> 00:12:59,415 And old people have great experience. 234 00:13:00,735 --> 00:13:03,045 They were not old always. 235 00:13:04,485 --> 00:13:06,855 In fact, it was just the other day we were young. 236 00:13:07,845 --> 00:13:09,465 I mean, it's gone so fast. 237 00:13:10,170 --> 00:13:13,260 And I think with the information age, it's going faster. 238 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:15,420 All right. 239 00:13:15,630 --> 00:13:19,470 But I remember being young, being critical of the old folks. 240 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,600 You know, shame on me. 241 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,950 I've gone back and I've apologized to most of 'em, especially the 242 00:13:25,950 --> 00:13:27,870 preachers and the elders I worked with. 243 00:13:28,770 --> 00:13:32,130 God just worked it out at a funeral here at a funeral there. 244 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:34,710 You know, I'd bump into 'em. 245 00:13:34,890 --> 00:13:38,160 I said, I said, Kenneth, I am so sorry. 246 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,480 Saturday morning, elders and evangelist meetings in Boulder. 247 00:13:43,140 --> 00:13:45,660 I, I just should have been so much more respectful. 248 00:13:45,660 --> 00:13:46,890 I should have listened to you more. 249 00:13:46,890 --> 00:13:48,570 You tried to teach me Grace. 250 00:13:48,780 --> 00:13:49,620 I didn't learn it. 251 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,120 I finally have learned it. 252 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,640 You, your book was outstanding. 253 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,800 I read it again when I read it in college. 254 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,870 I thought, oh, this guy's just a cheap er, you know? 255 00:13:59,985 --> 00:14:01,965 I was so judgmental and prideful. 256 00:14:02,025 --> 00:14:03,465 I'm so sorry, Kenneth. 257 00:14:04,305 --> 00:14:07,365 And he said, oh, Greg, you guys weren't bad and bolder. 258 00:14:07,365 --> 00:14:10,215 The next place I went and ministered was so much worse. 259 00:14:12,375 --> 00:14:13,694 He just let me off the hook. 260 00:14:13,694 --> 00:14:15,375 I felt so good, though. 261 00:14:15,375 --> 00:14:17,655 I had carried that burden for years. 262 00:14:17,655 --> 00:14:19,814 I was so ashamed of myself. 263 00:14:20,505 --> 00:14:22,454 Let's not ever let that happen. 264 00:14:22,454 --> 00:14:23,055 Why? 265 00:14:23,355 --> 00:14:26,025 Because the Bible says workers in the kingdom of God. 266 00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:31,890 Are all ages, all professions and all skill levels. 267 00:14:31,890 --> 00:14:32,610 Amen. 268 00:14:32,885 --> 00:14:33,175 Amen. 269 00:14:33,570 --> 00:14:38,730 I love, uh, preachers that, that don't have doctor's degrees. 270 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:43,380 Preach and tell everybody, don't ever, you don't ever have to get a doctorate degree. 271 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,910 Love puffs up, but I mean, knowledge puffs up. 272 00:14:47,910 --> 00:14:51,795 I better get that right, especially with a doctor degree. 273 00:14:54,390 --> 00:14:56,280 Knowledge puffs up and love builds up. 274 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:56,490 That's right. 275 00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:56,580 Mm-hmm. 276 00:14:57,900 --> 00:14:58,980 I'll say that. 277 00:14:59,075 --> 00:14:59,365 Okay. 278 00:15:00,085 --> 00:15:00,930 'cause I have Dr. 279 00:15:00,930 --> 00:15:01,290 Decrees. 280 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:02,490 I know it can puff up. 281 00:15:02,490 --> 00:15:05,490 I know knowledge can make you prideful, but if you don't 282 00:15:05,490 --> 00:15:06,840 have one, you shouldn't say it. 283 00:15:07,230 --> 00:15:07,650 All right. 284 00:15:08,460 --> 00:15:09,300 Relatives. 285 00:15:10,035 --> 00:15:11,865 Worked side by side. 286 00:15:11,865 --> 00:15:12,555 Listen to this. 287 00:15:12,555 --> 00:15:13,485 Verse five. 288 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:18,315 The next section was repaired by the men of koa, but their nobles 289 00:15:18,315 --> 00:15:22,665 would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors. 290 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:25,395 KOA was where Amos was from. 291 00:15:25,395 --> 00:15:27,345 It was 11 miles away from Jerusalem. 292 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:28,910 Amos was the shepherd of ko. 293 00:15:29,844 --> 00:15:31,135 And these people came in. 294 00:15:31,135 --> 00:15:31,675 Why? 295 00:15:31,854 --> 00:15:36,055 Because if there was ever war, where did the people from the countryside come? 296 00:15:36,055 --> 00:15:40,074 They came into the city for protection, and so they knew 297 00:15:40,074 --> 00:15:41,875 they had to rebuild Jerusalem. 298 00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:45,564 If they were gonna save their families and protect their families, they had 299 00:15:45,564 --> 00:15:48,175 to come in and contribute to the work. 300 00:15:48,354 --> 00:15:54,864 And so they came in, but some of their people were too good. 301 00:15:55,725 --> 00:15:56,955 Too good for work. 302 00:15:57,705 --> 00:16:00,730 You know, you never get too good for God's work, do you? 303 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:02,060 Do you Uhuh? 304 00:16:02,865 --> 00:16:05,025 And some of 'em didn't want to do manual labor. 305 00:16:05,025 --> 00:16:06,315 I bet you they didn't live long. 306 00:16:06,315 --> 00:16:10,065 That's why we have such long, uh, longevity these days. 307 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:11,955 'cause we all work so hard, don't we? 308 00:16:13,365 --> 00:16:17,835 No, because we have better diets, we have better medicine and hopefully 309 00:16:17,835 --> 00:16:19,935 we have better exercise as well. 310 00:16:19,935 --> 00:16:22,665 Going on verse six, that. 311 00:16:23,370 --> 00:16:34,979 Je Henan Gate was repaired by, by, uh, Jehad son of PE and Chuli son of Beier. 312 00:16:35,459 --> 00:16:41,010 They laid it to beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. 313 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,300 Some more master craftsmen here, building the old gate. 314 00:16:45,390 --> 00:16:46,109 All right. 315 00:16:46,349 --> 00:16:49,795 Hardworking laborers, and so God wants their name. 316 00:16:50,730 --> 00:16:54,390 Recorded for eternity in his sacred scripture. 317 00:16:54,930 --> 00:16:55,830 Isn't that awesome? 318 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:57,540 You know, I know. 319 00:16:57,540 --> 00:17:00,480 I, why I didn't preach the whole book for years. 320 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:03,720 About five years ago, I preached the whole book. 321 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:04,680 All right. 322 00:17:04,829 --> 00:17:06,630 But I didn't preach the whole book. 323 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:08,880 Oh, I ahead of myself. 324 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:10,200 No. 325 00:17:10,710 --> 00:17:11,190 Okay. 326 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:17,010 And uh, uh, because these are hard. 327 00:17:18,148 --> 00:17:19,290 Hebrew names. 328 00:17:19,589 --> 00:17:20,909 All right. 329 00:17:21,929 --> 00:17:27,480 And I studied Hebrew, but I have a Western Colorado Hebrew accent. 330 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:32,760 So if it doesn't sound like you're a Hebrew, then you're 331 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,020 just not from where I am. 332 00:17:34,260 --> 00:17:34,649 All right? 333 00:17:35,639 --> 00:17:42,929 But it's very important for workers to work side by side, neighbors worked side 334 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:46,830 by side, relatives worked side by side. 335 00:17:47,895 --> 00:17:52,305 As I was thinking about workers, I thought about a worker from 336 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:53,595 the Orange County Church. 337 00:17:55,514 --> 00:17:58,785 Since I've been here, I've probably heard Kevin's name more than 338 00:17:58,785 --> 00:18:00,555 I've heard anybody else's name. 339 00:18:01,815 --> 00:18:02,745 He's beloved. 340 00:18:03,915 --> 00:18:05,115 He served everybody. 341 00:18:05,145 --> 00:18:07,215 He got with as many as possible. 342 00:18:08,024 --> 00:18:14,565 He poured himself out, and he died doing what he wanted to do, what he loved doing. 343 00:18:16,004 --> 00:18:19,935 See if we wrote the history of the Orange County Church. 344 00:18:19,935 --> 00:18:21,555 We gotta remember Kevin Amen. 345 00:18:22,215 --> 00:18:26,895 As we're reading the history of our brothers and sisters back in Jerusalem, 346 00:18:27,165 --> 00:18:32,595 we're reading their names, I just thought I'd throw up a relative for us. 347 00:18:32,595 --> 00:18:33,045 Amen. 348 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:37,935 One Corinthians 1558 is a great scripture, therefore. 349 00:18:38,534 --> 00:18:41,355 My dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. 350 00:18:41,355 --> 00:18:42,284 Let nothing move. 351 00:18:42,284 --> 00:18:42,524 You. 352 00:18:42,524 --> 00:18:47,084 Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord because you know that 353 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:52,544 your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 354 00:18:53,985 --> 00:18:55,480 Whatever you do for God, he sees it. 355 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,544 He's always gonna reward you. 356 00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:03,675 Others may never notice, but that's okay 'cause God's with us. 357 00:19:03,855 --> 00:19:04,574 Verse seven. 358 00:19:05,115 --> 00:19:07,635 Some more outsiders next to them. 359 00:19:07,635 --> 00:19:10,815 Repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Ms. 360 00:19:10,815 --> 00:19:19,065 Path, uh, Laia of Gibeon and Jayden of Marinoff, uh, places under the authority 361 00:19:19,065 --> 00:19:22,095 of the governor of Trans Euphrates. 362 00:19:22,485 --> 00:19:26,325 So this is west of the east of the river, but uh. 363 00:19:27,075 --> 00:19:30,285 Oh, I mean east of the river, but they're outsiders again. 364 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:30,735 Why? 365 00:19:30,735 --> 00:19:34,185 Because Jerusalem was such an important place. 366 00:19:34,245 --> 00:19:40,065 Skilled and ordinary workers build the kingdom of God then 367 00:19:40,065 --> 00:19:42,615 and now, look, verse eight again. 368 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:50,625 Businessmen, merchants before now businessmen, al, son of Har Ina, uh. 369 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,090 One of the Goldsmiths, so we know he is a businessman. 370 00:19:54,090 --> 00:19:54,960 He's a goldsmith. 371 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,670 Repaired the next section, and hania one of the perfume makers. 372 00:19:59,670 --> 00:20:02,250 Another, uh, merchant made repairs. 373 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,830 Next to that, they restored Jerusalem. 374 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:07,680 As far as the broad wall. 375 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,110 Why does he mention what they did? 376 00:20:10,380 --> 00:20:14,610 Because again, he wants everybody to know for all time. 377 00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:16,620 Everybody did their part. 378 00:20:16,890 --> 00:20:19,140 Everybody invested in building. 379 00:20:20,430 --> 00:20:26,640 The great city of Jerusalem and then fathers and it's gonna say sons and 380 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,590 it's gonna say daughters as well. 381 00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:30,780 Fathers worked side by side. 382 00:20:31,110 --> 00:20:39,600 Adjoining this je son of Har Har made repairs opposite his house 383 00:20:39,630 --> 00:20:43,110 and Hadish, son of Hasia ab. 384 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,440 Uh, made repairs next to him. 385 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:46,890 Nias. 386 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,880 Maya's plan included workers building the portion of the 387 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,790 wall adjacent to their homes. 388 00:20:53,790 --> 00:20:54,390 Why? 389 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:59,490 Because the investment of inve in individual craftsmanship and personal 390 00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:04,050 responsibility for protecting your own house and family raised 391 00:21:04,050 --> 00:21:07,260 the level of skill and provision. 392 00:21:08,610 --> 00:21:11,160 You know, folks sometimes feel like, man, Dr. 393 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:11,610 Greg's a hard guy. 394 00:21:14,054 --> 00:21:19,814 You know, I've been leading churches for over 30 years, and 395 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:23,774 if you ask about my reputation, people will say he's a hard boss, 396 00:21:25,844 --> 00:21:28,635 and I'm trying to be a nice, hard boss. 397 00:21:30,824 --> 00:21:35,625 I'm hard in the sense of high expectations 'cause what we should 398 00:21:35,625 --> 00:21:37,185 do for God should be our best. 399 00:21:37,185 --> 00:21:38,264 The scriptures teach that. 400 00:21:38,445 --> 00:21:41,804 Yeah, we should always give God our best. 401 00:21:41,804 --> 00:21:43,665 We should excel for God. 402 00:21:44,445 --> 00:21:45,014 All right? 403 00:21:45,075 --> 00:21:46,125 But we can enjoy it. 404 00:21:46,125 --> 00:21:49,725 We can have fun doing it, and we can do it as side by side and do it 405 00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:53,564 as teammates, and we can do it for the higher goal and higher purpose. 406 00:21:53,564 --> 00:21:57,554 So, so it can all be healthy and happy. 407 00:21:58,649 --> 00:22:00,375 But hard work is hard work. 408 00:22:01,725 --> 00:22:02,385 It's always hard. 409 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:08,730 I mean, in fact, life is hard because of the sin. 410 00:22:09,810 --> 00:22:12,630 You've read the first couple chapters of the Bible, right? 411 00:22:13,530 --> 00:22:18,510 It's gonna be hard until we get to heaven and then we can all have a talk 412 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:21,750 with Adam and Eve and say what we want. 413 00:22:26,095 --> 00:22:27,660 I wanna show you the map again. 414 00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:28,830 You can take a picture of that. 415 00:22:29,565 --> 00:22:33,735 But this one is a little bit better than the other one because it shows you some 416 00:22:33,735 --> 00:22:39,045 of these other features where the temple is at the different grades, where thi 417 00:22:39,075 --> 00:22:44,595 the, the, the wall went up and where it turned and, and all these other, 418 00:22:44,805 --> 00:22:48,855 uh, different things that are mentioned in this chapter because it's so very 419 00:22:48,855 --> 00:22:58,005 interesting how specific and clear this chapter is in how they rebuilt God's city. 420 00:22:58,830 --> 00:23:01,199 Sons work side by side. 421 00:23:01,199 --> 00:23:06,480 Verse 11, milk Kaija, son of harem. 422 00:23:07,064 --> 00:23:13,604 And hash son of Paha, Moab repaired another section of the 423 00:23:13,604 --> 00:23:17,115 Tower of the Ovens, all right? 424 00:23:17,175 --> 00:23:20,774 And not every one of these places is important, but the tower of the 425 00:23:20,774 --> 00:23:23,504 ovens was the security watch tower. 426 00:23:23,865 --> 00:23:27,435 It was very important for that section of wall to be able to 427 00:23:27,645 --> 00:23:30,945 to to hold this high watchtower. 428 00:23:31,155 --> 00:23:34,485 And so there had to be some really good engineering. 429 00:23:34,735 --> 00:23:39,985 And as a former civil engineer, structural engineer, you gotta go deep to go high. 430 00:23:40,344 --> 00:23:40,824 All right? 431 00:23:41,149 --> 00:23:41,500 Right. 432 00:23:41,725 --> 00:23:46,794 That's some of these things that, that begin to tilt and wobble and fall. 433 00:23:46,854 --> 00:23:47,995 They didn't go deep enough. 434 00:23:47,995 --> 00:23:53,784 They didn't get down to bedrock, you know, and a lot of LA is built on 435 00:23:53,784 --> 00:23:57,564 basin when the big earthquake comes. 436 00:23:57,564 --> 00:23:59,655 Guys, just be glad you're on your way to heaven. 437 00:24:02,504 --> 00:24:05,145 All my friends make fun of me living in California. 438 00:24:06,104 --> 00:24:10,844 You know, well, bad things happen everywhere, floods, hurricanes, 439 00:24:10,844 --> 00:24:13,395 you know, all all kinds of things. 440 00:24:13,754 --> 00:24:17,205 But guys, you gotta build on rock. 441 00:24:17,385 --> 00:24:22,875 And so they built deeper in these places and sometimes we gotta slow down. 442 00:24:22,905 --> 00:24:22,965 Yeah. 443 00:24:23,745 --> 00:24:25,034 We like building fast. 444 00:24:25,034 --> 00:24:25,389 We like. 445 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:31,110 Fast growth and fast success and good things happening quickly, but sometimes 446 00:24:31,290 --> 00:24:36,060 you gotta go deep before you can go high and we gotta go deeper on the inside. 447 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:36,720 In some ways. 448 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,750 God blesses his church when he wants to. 449 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,670 I've seen it over and over. 450 00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:46,620 Sons work side by side, daughters work side by side. 451 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:47,820 This good stuff. 452 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,470 Shalom, son of. 453 00:24:49,965 --> 00:24:55,065 Hallow Hesh, ruler of the Half District of Jerusalem, repaired the next 454 00:24:55,065 --> 00:24:57,075 section with the help of his what? 455 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,160 Daughters. 456 00:24:58,165 --> 00:24:58,875 Daughters? 457 00:24:58,905 --> 00:24:59,955 Yeah. 458 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:01,935 As a father of daughters. 459 00:25:02,175 --> 00:25:04,395 Do my girls know how to work? 460 00:25:04,395 --> 00:25:04,840 You bet. 461 00:25:05,985 --> 00:25:08,115 They've got a great worth ethic. 462 00:25:08,205 --> 00:25:08,655 All right. 463 00:25:08,655 --> 00:25:12,585 And my granddaughters will have a great worth ethic, worth ethic. 464 00:25:12,585 --> 00:25:16,425 I won't just brag about my granddaughters, you know how his grandpas are and you 465 00:25:16,425 --> 00:25:21,735 don't have the stays, so she don't get a gr brag about yours, but, oh, I'm tempted. 466 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:25,815 Oh my. 467 00:25:25,905 --> 00:25:26,265 Yeah. 468 00:25:26,265 --> 00:25:28,035 I, I better, I better just move on. 469 00:25:28,035 --> 00:25:28,980 Read the, read the notes. 470 00:25:30,970 --> 00:25:33,405 A 4-year-old that can read it was amazing. 471 00:25:33,405 --> 00:25:33,794 Amen. 472 00:25:36,314 --> 00:25:41,865 Daughter's working side by side and then he goes on blue collar 473 00:25:42,225 --> 00:25:44,235 side by side every different. 474 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:46,635 Per type of person. 475 00:25:46,905 --> 00:25:51,195 The valley gate was repaired by Hannon and the residents of Zane, 476 00:25:51,195 --> 00:25:53,475 no, this is out in the country. 477 00:25:53,475 --> 00:25:58,875 They rebuilt it and put its doors with its bolts and doors, door bars in place. 478 00:25:58,935 --> 00:26:04,065 They also repaired, these guys were troopers, a thousand cubits of wall as 479 00:26:04,065 --> 00:26:08,925 far as the dung gate, but they quit there because you know what the dung gate was. 480 00:26:10,004 --> 00:26:11,145 Don't tell anybody. 481 00:26:11,595 --> 00:26:11,955 All right. 482 00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:13,649 But they could smell it. 483 00:26:13,889 --> 00:26:14,399 Amen. 484 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:15,540 That's your hint. 485 00:26:16,620 --> 00:26:17,700 This is a long way. 486 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:20,250 500 yards they built. 487 00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:22,110 That's why it's mentioned guys. 488 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:27,690 Some people can do more than others, but everybody did what they were supposed to. 489 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:30,030 Outsiders and insiders. 490 00:26:30,780 --> 00:26:33,360 Guys, we gotta be very hospitable and welcoming. 491 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,470 You know, there's been times when we've had two, we've 492 00:26:37,470 --> 00:26:39,149 had a wall around the church. 493 00:26:39,615 --> 00:26:40,035 Mm-hmm. 494 00:26:40,254 --> 00:26:40,514 You know? 495 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,960 We gotta have lots of gates. 496 00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:44,520 There was a wall around Jerusalem. 497 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,650 But listen, look at all these gates. 498 00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:50,250 Lot of places for people to be able to come in. 499 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:53,850 And then verse 14, rulers side by side. 500 00:26:53,850 --> 00:26:54,720 This is very important. 501 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,180 That D gate, they gave it to the rulers. 502 00:27:00,090 --> 00:27:01,560 I think this is a little payback. 503 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:02,490 What do you guys think? 504 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,070 The dug gate was repaired by. 505 00:27:06,225 --> 00:27:06,645 Milk. 506 00:27:07,215 --> 00:27:12,075 Ja son of Wreck Cab, ruler of the District of Beth Hacker. 507 00:27:12,615 --> 00:27:17,085 He rebuilt it and put its doors with its bolts and bars in place. 508 00:27:17,085 --> 00:27:21,045 The dal was built by this humble brother who was a ruler 509 00:27:21,315 --> 00:27:23,895 of a certain part of the city. 510 00:27:24,165 --> 00:27:30,405 The dung gate led out to the Valley of Gona of Hena, and uh, it's used 511 00:27:30,405 --> 00:27:32,000 by Jesus as a picture of hell. 512 00:27:32,655 --> 00:27:33,105 All right. 513 00:27:33,105 --> 00:27:35,115 Ga Hena, the Valley of Henan. 514 00:27:35,595 --> 00:27:42,885 Jesus mentioned, and so obviously this was the trash dump for the city, verse 15, and 515 00:27:42,885 --> 00:27:45,105 then some more politicians side by side. 516 00:27:45,105 --> 00:27:49,395 The fountain gate was repaired by Shalom's son of Kale, Jose. 517 00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:51,764 Ruler of the District of Miss pa. 518 00:27:51,915 --> 00:27:57,314 He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. 519 00:27:57,314 --> 00:28:02,504 He also repaired the wall of the pool of slo, so it had to be watered tight. 520 00:28:02,850 --> 00:28:04,050 By the King's Garden. 521 00:28:04,260 --> 00:28:09,600 As far as the steps going down to the city of Jerusalem, mentioned by King 522 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,720 Hezekiah, second Kings 20 and verse 20. 523 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,090 This was the water system. 524 00:28:15,450 --> 00:28:17,550 This was the lifeblood of the city. 525 00:28:17,879 --> 00:28:21,750 This is very important part of the wall to be built. 526 00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:23,700 It had to be built watertight. 527 00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:28,169 And as an engineer, I know how difficult this is, you know? 528 00:28:28,420 --> 00:28:29,980 And so I'm impressed. 529 00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:34,030 You know, I love going through this because it's so impressive. 530 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:38,500 You know, sometimes we think ancient people weren't as sophisticated. 531 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:39,820 Guys. 532 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:44,140 Go over to the Middle East, go over to Athens, go over and 533 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:45,460 visit some of these places. 534 00:28:45,460 --> 00:28:47,350 We think the Rose Bowl is cool. 535 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:49,630 You should see some of those places. 536 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,680 Amazing architecture and everything. 537 00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:55,840 And then he mentions heroes. 538 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,875 Every group has some heroes. 539 00:28:58,905 --> 00:29:05,475 All right behind him, Nehemiah's, son of Asbu, ruler of the Half District 540 00:29:05,475 --> 00:29:12,075 of Beth Zu, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David as far as the 541 00:29:12,075 --> 00:29:15,405 artificial pool and the house of heroes. 542 00:29:15,825 --> 00:29:18,735 And so the tombs of David were probably the House of heroes 543 00:29:18,735 --> 00:29:21,015 were were David's mighty myths. 544 00:29:21,285 --> 00:29:24,885 So they chose some very particular people to build that section. 545 00:29:25,590 --> 00:29:31,830 The veteran section, the Tomb of the Heroes, the dead heroes for the country. 546 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:33,840 Very important sacred. 547 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:35,939 Ground, so to speak. 548 00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:39,120 And then they chose just deacons next to him. 549 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,889 The repairs were made by the Levites under Ham, son of Banty. 550 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:51,240 Uh, beside him, hash sha, ruler of the Half District of Kilah, uh, carried 551 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:56,250 out repairs for his district since they were from the tribe of of of Levite. 552 00:29:56,639 --> 00:29:59,159 That's the tribe that, uh, produced the priest. 553 00:29:59,159 --> 00:30:02,310 So if you didn't become a priest, you became a temple servant. 554 00:30:02,610 --> 00:30:07,530 And so you were a deacon and we're gonna be hopefully appointing deacons. 555 00:30:07,770 --> 00:30:11,280 Uh, and not often to too far a future. 556 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,989 Here in our church, we already have so many people serving like deacons, 557 00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:20,655 but home motivates us to build right. 558 00:30:21,090 --> 00:30:21,120 Ooh. 559 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:27,149 You know, when we first started the LA church, we all went down to 560 00:30:27,149 --> 00:30:29,280 the shrine from all over the city. 561 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:30,540 All right? 562 00:30:30,540 --> 00:30:36,960 We came in and we gathered, we had our different sections to, uh, be in and, 563 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,470 uh, uh, since uh, I was in the south. 564 00:30:40,830 --> 00:30:43,350 Uh, I think we were in, in the balcony. 565 00:30:43,350 --> 00:30:47,640 I don't know why some of us got put in the balcony, but, uh, that, 566 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,170 that's, it's a long time ago. 567 00:30:49,170 --> 00:30:49,800 Let it go. 568 00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:50,400 Let it go. 569 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:51,030 Alright. 570 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:56,760 But there's something about building near home. 571 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:03,750 You know, Kathy and I, this touches me because we're building 572 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:05,910 for our daughter and son-in-law. 573 00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:07,620 We're building for our granddaughters. 574 00:31:08,804 --> 00:31:14,235 And you know, they'll have kids and they'll have kids, and this building 575 00:31:14,235 --> 00:31:18,584 will get it paid off and that'll be a, a gift to the next generation guys, 576 00:31:18,584 --> 00:31:22,155 you gotta build with great purpose. 577 00:31:22,245 --> 00:31:24,435 A few more thoughts here, verse 18. 578 00:31:26,159 --> 00:31:28,770 Friends side by side next to him. 579 00:31:28,770 --> 00:31:32,220 The repairs were made by their fellow Levites, so they were 580 00:31:32,220 --> 00:31:38,370 buddies under the new son of Heida, ruler of the Half District of. 581 00:31:38,805 --> 00:31:42,855 Uh, kale, and I just wanna mention this, some people say 582 00:31:42,855 --> 00:31:45,345 it was built in 50 days, 51, 52. 583 00:31:46,005 --> 00:31:48,735 You know, in, in Nehemiah six, five it says 52. 584 00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:54,375 Uh, Josephus, the historian of the Jews says it was two years and two months. 585 00:31:54,705 --> 00:31:57,225 And so most of that is translation. 586 00:31:58,755 --> 00:31:59,895 Uh, differences. 587 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:01,545 They're not exactly sure. 588 00:32:01,545 --> 00:32:05,625 They, it didn't take that long, but Nehemiah was the governor of. 589 00:32:06,495 --> 00:32:09,405 Jerusalem, uh, for 12 years. 590 00:32:09,615 --> 00:32:16,094 So, uh, uh, who knows how long it took, but then some overachievers built. 591 00:32:16,155 --> 00:32:16,844 All right. 592 00:32:17,445 --> 00:32:21,915 And well before that, some engineers side by side verse 19 easier. 593 00:32:22,215 --> 00:32:22,814 And, uh. 594 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:26,070 They, they, I know these were engineers 'cause they had to 595 00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:27,750 build the angle of the wall. 596 00:32:27,930 --> 00:32:32,520 And then the next group were some overachievers 'cause they built zealously. 597 00:32:32,610 --> 00:32:37,740 Baruch, uh, built this next section to the house of the high priest. 598 00:32:37,950 --> 00:32:41,640 And then the next section was built by some more volunteers. 599 00:32:42,030 --> 00:32:51,300 Uh, verse 21, uh, uh, up next to his house he built, and I'm cruising through here. 600 00:32:51,750 --> 00:32:52,770 To be on time. 601 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:54,330 Retired priests. 602 00:32:54,330 --> 00:32:55,139 This is good. 603 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,840 All right, so you never get out of the ministry. 604 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,209 You just quit being supported by the church. 605 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,199 All right? 606 00:33:01,199 --> 00:33:01,209 Amen. 607 00:33:01,260 --> 00:33:05,550 So even the retired priests had to build a, a particular 608 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:07,229 section and they're mentioned. 609 00:33:07,350 --> 00:33:12,209 And then verse 23, it says, the homeowners again, he reiterates 610 00:33:12,209 --> 00:33:14,969 that they built side by side, okay. 611 00:33:15,179 --> 00:33:16,530 Next to their house. 612 00:33:16,860 --> 00:33:20,699 And then the old men, I like this next to him. 613 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,560 The, they were repair the, these places were repaired to the corner because 614 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,900 us old guys know how to do our math. 615 00:33:27,990 --> 00:33:28,500 Alright. 616 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:30,390 And then, uh, verse 25. 617 00:33:30,390 --> 00:33:36,330 The young men side by side, uh, worked opposite of them and, uh, near the 618 00:33:36,330 --> 00:33:39,120 palace, which was a very important place. 619 00:33:39,330 --> 00:33:45,420 And then all these temple, uh, servants, public servants, worked side by side 620 00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:47,520 and made repairs up to the Watergate. 621 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,680 And we're almost all the way back around. 622 00:33:50,370 --> 00:33:53,250 The temple, the whole city. 623 00:33:53,490 --> 00:33:57,419 And uh, years ago we had a big leadership conference in Jerusalem 624 00:33:57,750 --> 00:34:01,590 and Marty Fuquay and I, that was back when we were both runners. 625 00:34:02,010 --> 00:34:02,490 Yeah. 626 00:34:02,550 --> 00:34:05,610 I used to run, I know I don't look like it, but I used to. 627 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,920 And uh, we ran the old wall every day when we were in Jerusalem. 628 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:16,170 And then one day he talked me up into, uh, running up the 629 00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:18,760 Mount of Alis Marty ran up at. 630 00:34:19,335 --> 00:34:25,304 I did more of that, uh, electric slide, sort of the walk run. 631 00:34:26,114 --> 00:34:28,875 You really couldn't call it a run, but I got to the top. 632 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:29,654 I didn't quit. 633 00:34:30,014 --> 00:34:35,505 All right, so as I show you these pictures, I have this personal vivid 634 00:34:35,505 --> 00:34:38,685 imagery of those walls running around it. 635 00:34:39,045 --> 00:34:43,815 And again, in verse uh, 27, some folks from Tekoa built another 636 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,735 section they're mentioned. 637 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:48,435 And then, uh, some more Warriors. 638 00:34:48,435 --> 00:34:50,174 Verse 28 built. 639 00:34:50,534 --> 00:34:55,875 Uh, near where the citadel was, where the soldiers were housed, the horsegate, 640 00:34:55,904 --> 00:35:00,915 because that's where the soldiers were brought in and all these people. 641 00:35:01,634 --> 00:35:03,495 Alright, this list, excuse me. 642 00:35:04,095 --> 00:35:09,345 Alright, on my slide, it's got both sides, but all the different groups, 643 00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:14,174 side by side, side by side, side by side, side by side, side by side. 644 00:35:14,535 --> 00:35:16,850 And then lastly, verse 29. 645 00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:22,680 Soldiers because it's near the temple and, uh, the palace. 646 00:35:22,710 --> 00:35:23,970 So it has to be protected. 647 00:35:23,970 --> 00:35:28,050 And then it gets to verse 30, some teens. 648 00:35:28,830 --> 00:35:29,130 Alright. 649 00:35:29,130 --> 00:35:31,320 And they're not in, not in service today. 650 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:31,950 Bummer. 651 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,680 But, uh, tell 'em that they've got some work to do. 652 00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:36,720 Alright, in verse 30. 653 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:37,950 And so. 654 00:35:38,325 --> 00:35:44,265 The kingdom is built side by all of us side by side. 655 00:35:44,535 --> 00:35:49,935 And lastly, verse 31 mentions some merchants in goldsmiths, some rich people. 656 00:35:50,145 --> 00:35:50,535 Why? 657 00:35:51,045 --> 00:35:52,815 Because somebody had to pay for it. 658 00:35:53,205 --> 00:35:53,835 All right? 659 00:35:53,895 --> 00:35:58,935 The King Cyrus, our desserts, these of Persia paid a lot of it, 660 00:35:58,995 --> 00:36:01,875 but there's always overrun, right? 661 00:36:02,415 --> 00:36:07,095 So these merchants had to kick in by the inspection gate where. 662 00:36:07,485 --> 00:36:10,485 The different, uh, patrons live. 663 00:36:10,485 --> 00:36:13,725 Verse 32, and we're back all the way around. 664 00:36:13,725 --> 00:36:17,415 So what do we learn this morning that Dr. 665 00:36:17,415 --> 00:36:20,835 Greg isn't a great Hebrew speaker? 666 00:36:23,925 --> 00:36:25,395 Some morals to the story. 667 00:36:26,295 --> 00:36:29,775 Great work requires a lot of people doing their part. 668 00:36:30,135 --> 00:36:30,615 Amen. 669 00:36:31,515 --> 00:36:35,895 Great work requires workers who will be remembered though. 670 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:36,675 Amen. 671 00:36:37,350 --> 00:36:41,610 Great work requires a personal stake in the outcome. 672 00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:43,050 All right. 673 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,220 Great work requires investment from near and far. 674 00:36:47,220 --> 00:36:49,320 People that lived there and people that didn't. 675 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,830 Great work required a benefit for the work being done. 676 00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:57,090 It protected them and their families or their businesses, et cetera. 677 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,210 Great work requires skilled workers. 678 00:37:00,540 --> 00:37:05,820 For the steep parts and great work requires workers and warriors. 679 00:37:05,820 --> 00:37:07,950 That's a preview for the future. 680 00:37:07,950 --> 00:37:11,490 All right, little commercial for, uh, another chapter. 681 00:37:11,790 --> 00:37:12,450 So what lessons do we learn? 682 00:37:13,950 --> 00:37:15,720 Everyone has a place to work. 683 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:17,610 No one is exempt. 684 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,730 Our work is to build the inside and the outside. 685 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:26,700 Important work for forges s forges, excuse me, spiritual community. 686 00:37:26,910 --> 00:37:30,120 Noble work is sacred and eternal for God's glory. 687 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,960 Great works are accomplished by a team side by side. 688 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,910 You get this side by side. 689 00:37:36,090 --> 00:37:38,730 Somebody write me a song side by side. 690 00:37:38,850 --> 00:37:39,300 Amen. 691 00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:44,460 The sum of the work, the parts of work contribute to a great whole. 692 00:37:44,610 --> 00:37:48,090 Not working hard is not an option for God's people. 693 00:37:48,270 --> 00:37:52,350 And excelling at your work builds a reputation and legacy. 694 00:37:52,590 --> 00:37:57,240 So please, a good response to this sermon would be volunteering 695 00:37:57,270 --> 00:37:59,940 to work and to serve the church. 696 00:37:59,940 --> 00:38:02,010 Bring it back to the 21st century. 697 00:38:02,430 --> 00:38:04,320 God bless you, brothers and sisters. 698 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:05,280 Amen. 699 00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:08,220 Happy Valentine's Day.