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Rebuild with God’s Vision
Nehemiah 1:1-11
Nehemiah prayed based on God's vision for the people of Israel. Likewise, in a time of rebuilding, we need to have God's vision.
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(Illinois Tech's Carr Chapel)
Nehemiah prayed based on God's vision for the people of Israel. Likewise, in a time of rebuilding, we need to have God's vision.
We have all been sick, injured, in emotional distress, weary, depressed and what we really need is healing. In this passage, we find Jesus healing a lot of different people a lot of different ways. He heals from near; he heals from far; he heals a few; and he heals many. Jesus heals because he goes to the root of the malady.
Jesus calls Levi (Matthew), a tax collector to follow him. Levi is overjoyed, and Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners at a banquet in his honor. Jesus welcomes sinners, because he came to heal and save them. You don't have to be perfect before coming to Jesus, come just as you are, recognizing your need. He invites you to follow.
A Gentile woman responds to Jesus' apparent rejection, owning up to being a dog and asking Jesus for just a crumb of His grace. Jesus did not reject nor insult her, but taught her who He was. When she realized it, He granted her request, and lifted her up from under the table to at the table as a child of God.
Jacob decides it's time to flee Laban, and Laban pursues and catches up with him. The Fear of Isaac protects Jacob. Apart from Christ, God is feared in a dreadful way. In Christ, God is feared in love and reverence, because he provides and protects.
Genesis 9:18-29
Key Verse: 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.
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