Homilist Nehemiah 6:1-19 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall… How strange it is that no good work can be attempted without exciting opposition, and the better the work the more intense its hindrances! No beneficent measure has ever been propounded without obstacles being put in its way, oftentimes by the very people it is intended to benefit. The promulgation of Christianity is a notable example. Some of the means of hindrance are — I. THE RESTLESS ACTIVITY OF EVIL. Sin is essentially aggressive. It cannot let well alone. II. THE JEALOUSY OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS. They cannot bear to see anything prosper in which they are not the leaders. They will never attempt any good work, but when they see it in progress they would hinder and destroy. III. THE VINDICTIVE SPIRIT OF SATAN. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) |
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