This passage is about having a relationship with God: who does and who does not. The “insiders,” the disciples, are contrasted with the ones who thought they were but were, in reality, “outsiders:” Christ’s family and the religious scribes. What Christ taught leads to implications about a true relationship with Him.
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Jesus, Whose Gospel, the forgiveness of sins and making men righteous His way, met the mis-responses of men, responded by withdrawing from those against Him, granting mercy to those open to His message, and granting true knowledge of Himself only to some. But He also called some to be His followers with 4 specific, continuing purposes.
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All fathers represent God, but the question is how? The answer is by demonstrating His characteristics, which can be seen in His promises to David.
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Jesus taught that He came to save sinners, but as to how He did so… His confrontations with the Pharisees over 3 questions leads to the answer.
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The holy God Who expects people to be like Him makes and keeps His people holy. He does this by the actions of His authorized representatives, those He sends and empowers to deal with the sin of His people on the family and church family level.
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Governor Nehemiah was sent by God back to his people to deal with the impurities of
the people, the lack of tithing, and the failure to keep the Sabbath, all of them evidences of God’s grace, seen in the stages of Nehemiah’s dealing with the peoples’ Sabbath non- observance.
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On the cross Christ purchased our salvation and won the battle against sin. But the resurrection seals the accomplishments of the cross and demonstrates the satisfaction of the Father with Christ’s sacrifice and the certainty that our sins are gone. But there are other benefits that belong to those who have been born again through the resurrection of Christ, which if understood and appreciated result in God’s praise.
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Nehemiah governed the people for 12 years, then returned to the King. After a few years he returned to Jerusalem to discover that the people who had dedicated themselves to purity, praise, obedience, and God’s service had compromised on all counts. But God restored the purity of His people, and we learn how in five words in the text.
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The wall was finished in just 52 days, but what appeared to be the end of the work was really only the beginning. The real work of preserving what God had started, of protecting the people of God, and of building the Kingdom of God required at least 3 more necessities.
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God’s enemy and ours throws many obstacles in the way of our accomplishing the building of Christ’s Kingdom. The first step in overcoming them is recognizing them as not of God. Nehemiah took 3 more steps in overcoming his obstacles.
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