Nehemiah 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. We have to build the wall of the Church for God, but we cannot build it, for there is so much rubbish in our way. This is true — I. OF THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH, WHICH IS THE JERUSALEM OF GOD. 1. When the apostles began to build for God, there lay before them towering heaps of rubbish. (1) Rabbinical. (2) Pagan. (3) Philosophical. 2. Soon after apostolic times came the old Roman rubbish. 3. At present there is still much rubbish coming from the world, the flesh, and the devil. II. THIS IS EQUALLY TRUE OF THE TEMPLE OF GOD, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT IN EACH ONE OF OUR HEARTS. There is oftentimes in Christian people the old rubbish — 1. Of legal thought, of legal acting, of legal fearing. 2. Of old habits. 3. Of worldly associations. 4. Lofty thoughts of ourselves, engendered by worldly prosperity and spiritual acquisitions. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.WEB: But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. |
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