5:1-6:19
- What are we to do when we face those who are ‘scheming to harm’ the
Lord’s servants and the Lord’s work? - We are to devote ourselves to the
‘work’ of the Lord. We are to ‘pray’ for His strength
(6:2; 5:16; 6:9). Critics of the Lord’s work want to argue with us. Are
we to ‘come down’ to their level, going round in circles with arguments
that lead us nowhere? Nehemiah shows us a better way, God’s way - ‘I am
doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop
while I leave it and come down to you?’ (6:3). ‘Completing the work with
the help of our God’ (6:15-16) - This is the best ‘argument’ against
the critics of Christ and His Gospel. Keep working for God and pray
that’ many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord’ (Psalm 40:3).
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