RESPONDING TO RIDICULE
(Nehemiah 4:1-6)
Central Idea: When faced with scorn, take it to the Lord.
Purpose: To encourage believers to take the ridicule to the Lord while continuing to pursue renewal.
- When faced with scorn (4:1-3)
- The source of scorn is anger (4:1)
- The pattern of scorn is predictable (4:2-3)
- Take it to the Lord (4:4-6)
- Thou shalt remember thy resource (4:4a)
- Thou shalt recognize the attack (4:4b-5).
- Thou shalt retaliate not (4:6).