• We cannot afford to try to wait until the end of our life to serve God. We should not try to pre-plan repentance.
  • Luke 16:18 - Marriage is not always approved of by God.
  • The rule against marrying foreigners was only for the Jews in Old Testament times.
  • Nehemiah 5:1-13.
  • Nehemiah 8:13-18.
    • The Israelites found out what they should be doing by simply reading scripture.
    • They had a good attitude about their error and got to work fixing it.
    • The leaders stirred the people up to follow God’s commandments.
    • The people kept reading the scriptures during the feast.
  • Nehemiah 9:1-3 - Rooting out sin involved:
    • Reading God’s word
    • Humility
    • Confession
    • Repentance
  • Nehemiah corrects more sin:
    • Nehemiah 13:1-3 - exclusion of foreigners
    • Nehemiah 13:4-9 - Tobiah kicked out of his room
    • Nehemiah 13:10-14 - tithes restored for support of Levites
    • Nehemiah 13:15-22 - rest on Sabbath restored
    • Nehemiah 13:23-31 - Nehemiah discovers and corrects another problem with intermarriage