Compelled to action*
This 2018 pre-synodical sermon by Steven Key uses the narrative of Nehemiah to expound on divine providence and the believer's calling to active service in God's work. Key demonstrates how God's sovereign providence orchestrated Nehemiah's circumstances to compel him toward faithful action in rebuilding Jerusalem, drawing typological connections to Christ and exhorting the synod toward committed service. The sermon emphasizes both God's sovereign governance and the believer's constraining love for God's cause as motivations for Christian service.
*2018 Pre-synodical sermon, June 11, 2018 Nehemiah 2:1-8 One thing that stands out in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah is Nehemiah's heartfelt love for God's cause. Nehemiah received word of the great affliction and reproach suffered by those who had returned to the promised land, and his heart burned within him for grief. But Nehemiah also laid hold of the gospel promise. God had said that He would gather His people from wherever they had been cast and would bring them to the place where...
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