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“Putting Feet to Our Confession”

Nehemiah 9:38 – 10:39

Big Idea: Repentance is our commitment to the gospel that reflects both transformed thinking and transformed living.

The people’s repentance was…

1)     Accountable (9:38)

2)     Corporate (9:38 - 10:29)

3)     Obedient (10:28,29,34,36)

4)     Serious (10:29)

5)     Practical (10:30-39)

• Abstaining from mixed marriages (10:30)
• Keeping the Sabbath holy (10:31)
• Funding the temple sacrifices (10:32-34)
• Bringing firstfruits to the temple (10:35-37)
• Tithing to support temple personnel (10:37-39)

6)     Prophetic

The gospel of Jesus is…

• The highest purpose of marriage
  
  

Ephesians 5:31–32 — ³¹“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” ³²This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

• The ultimate Sabbath rest
  
  

Hebrews 4:9–11 — ⁹So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,¹⁰for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. ¹¹Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

• The reason for generous giving
  
  

2 Corinthians 8:9 — ⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

• The meaning of the true temple
  
  

John 2:18–21 — ¹⁸So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

Revelation 21:22 — ²²And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

• The fulfillment of Old Testament sacrifices
  
  

Matthew 5:18 — ¹⁸For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Romans 10:4 — ⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

• The New Covenant of God’s forgiveness
  
  

Matthew 26:28 — ²⁸for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins