Nehemiah 5:7
And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
ruler’s to all those in authority those
in the government and to the heads of
the churches every one of you is staking
interest from the people of the Lord
every one of you is seeking worldly gain
of the people of the Lord from the
people of them Nehemiah Nehemiah five
verse seven and after turning it over in
my mind I made a protest to the Chiefs
and the rulers and said to them every
one of you is taking interest from his
countrymen and I got together a great
meeting of protest greed and
heartlessness greed and heartlessness
gives the enemies of the Lord your enemy
our enemies gives them an angle of
attack how many of the people in the an
Annie Post political position are not
attacked for being greedy for taking
money for taking bribes for having
interest groups financed them how many
priests pastors churches are not
criticized for taking money from poor
people from people who are hurt and seek
the Lord how many of them do not enrich
themselves at the expense of the people
who they put
in bondage the Word of God is against it
the Lord rebuke sit the blood of Jesus
is against it and I cast it down
Nehemiah in his time had to speak out
against it for there is nothing nothing
that brings Christians and Christianity
more in danger than the worldliness lust
desire pride greed and hard heartedness
of those who say they are Christe
so be careful that you don’t enter into
that select group and let all who are in
leadership for a lot of people in
leadership of Churches say it is more
blessed to give than to receive
by that meaning that those under them
should give them more money but God is
no respecter of names and oh you oh you
leader I say to you it is more blessed
to give than to receive
blessed be our Lord and that his word
that his word returned to him
fulfilled in Jesus mighty name Amen
Nehemiah
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chapter 5 verse 1 let us do a reading
Lord give us your word speak with your
voice speak into the hearts of those who
are under the power of your voice in
Jesus mighty name amen
Nehemiah 5 verse 1 the poor we shall
always have so let those who are Chiefs
and rulers not oppress them then there
was a great outcry Nehemiah 5 verse 1
from the people and their wives and
their wives against their countrymen the
Jews for there were some who said we our
sons and our daughters are a great
number let us get green so that we may
have food for our needs and there were
some who said we are giving our fields
and our vine gardens and our houses for
depth let us get green because we are in
need and there were others who said we
have given up our fields and our vine
gardens to get money for the Kings his
taxes but our flesh is the same as the
flesh of our countrymen and our children
as their children and now we are giving
our sons and daughters into the hands of
others to be their servants and some of
our daughters our servants even now and
we have no power to put a stop to it for
other man have our fields and our vine
garden
and on hearing their I’ll cry and what
they said I was very angry and after
turning it over in my mind I made a
protest to the Chiefs and the rulers and
said to them every one of you is taking
interest from his countrymen and I got
together a great meeting of protests and
I said to them we have given whatever we
were able to give to make our brothers
the Jews free who were servants and
prisoners of the nations and would you
now give up your brothers for a price
and are they to become our property then
they said nothing
answering not a word as we have done all
this work to show people the freedom
that is in Christ are we now to put them
in bondage to pay us are we now to sell
them out the worldly philosophies for
the gain of some money are we to enslave
their daughters and their sons to
satisfy our lusts these were the words
in those days a long time ago around 500
before Christ
Nehemiah now in 2019 still the same
thing goes on you see the Word of God is
forever 4-4-2 God a thousand years is
mother breath and a breath is a thousand
years there is no part of the Bible that
is not
applicable for in in the history of the
world it’s just been a couple of breaths
to God verse nine and I said what you
are doing is not good is it not the more
necessary for you to go in the fear of
our God because of the shame which the
nation’s may put on us read the papers
what are the people saying about it now
look at what they do and then they
attack and then they attack immediately
our Lord by saying you see God does not
exist we are giving them avenues to
attack us by doing ungodly things while
portraying to be of God
Nehemiah 5 verse then even I and my
servants have been taking interest from
the money for the money and agreeing we
have let them have so now let us give up
this thing give it up give back to them
this very day their fields their vine
gardens their olive gardens and their
houses as well as a hundredth part of
the money and the grain and the wine and
the oil which you have taken from them
if that interest bath change your notion
of having to take from the poor it is
not good
then they said we will give them back
and take nothing for them we will do as
you say then I sent for the priests and
made them take an oath that he would
keep this agreement and shaking out the
folds of my robe I said so may God send
out from his house and his work every
man who does not keep his disagreement
for when I shook out my robe out of the
folds dust fell whatever it was fell to
the ground and so may God send out from
his house and his work every man who
does not keep this agreement even so let
him be sent out and made as nothing and
all the meeting of the people said so be
it and gave praise to the Lord and the
people did as they had said now from the
time when I was made ruler of the people
in the land of Judah from the 20th year
till the 32nd year of our taxes the King
for twelve years I had my servants have
I and my servants have never taken the
food which was the right of the ruler
the persons ruled over Israel was
oppressed but earlier rulers who were
before me made the people responsible
for their upkeep and took from them
bread and wine at the rate of 40 shekels
of silver and even their servants were
lords over the people
but I did not do so because of the fear
of God you see those who do these things
have no fear of God start saying things
like oh don’t read the Old Testament
it’s not applicable to us certain parts
even of the New Testament they say oh
don’t read them
that’s not our fate let me be very clear
your faith matters in as much as it is
connected to the Word of God – all of it
– all of it and I pray that we might get
the insight from him to boldly speak the
truth to all the nation blessed be your
Lord verse 16 and I kept on with the
work of this wall and we got no land for
ourselves and all my servants were
helping with the word and more than this
a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the
rulers were guests at my table in
addition to those who came to us from
the nation’s round about us now the food
made ready for one day was one ox and
six fat sheep as well as fold and once
in ten days a store of all sorts of wine
but all the same I did not take the food
to which the ruler had a right because
the people were crushed under a hard you
keep in mind oh my god for my good all I
have done for this people bless it be
your Lord bless it be your Lord and I
pray that’s what whatever you achieve in
this life whether you become a chief and
whatever position of authority and this
is the word of the Lord the decree of
the Lord whether you become a ruler in
whatever position of faith I pray that
these words may never be spoken out
about you because you take care to do
what is right in the eyes of God let you
not be found to say every one of you is
taking interest it’s taking money is
having worldly gain from the people of
the Lord may the Lord bless you and
guide you and teach you how to do his
work his work not bring up a name for
yourself or enrich yourself or get
million-dollar homes big watches or
whatever it is that your heart’s desire
is but let your attention be fixed on
him he will give you what you need to do
what he wants you to do blessed be your
Lord and may his blessing be upon you
may you not give the enemies of the Lord
the enemy of the Lord an open venue of
attack blessed be our Lord in Jesus
mighty name amen
in the beginning was the word and the
Word was with God and the Word was God
and that word is in the beginning was
the word and the word the power of God
in the beginning was the word and that
word is his famous Jesus Lord of glory
Jesus king over Kings his name is Jesus
light of the world Jesus the bread of
life his name is Jesus word of God Jesus
Jesus is Lord his name is Jesus light of
the world Jesus God with us
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