Nehemiah 3

COOPERATIVE REBUILDING of WALLS & GATES

REBUILDING OF GATES AND WALLS (1-32):

• Who were the builders?
• What was the scope of the work?
• How many gates are mentioned?
• Do any the gates exist today or have historical/prophetic significance?
• How did Nehemiah get the cooperation of a diverse group of people?
• Are there anyone who did not participate?
• What can we learn from non-cooperative people?
• Could Nehemiah have completed the work on his own?

Nehemiah 2

MEETING WITH THE KING

NEHEMIAH’S REQUEST

JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM

CALL TO BUILD

Nehemiah 1

NEHEMIAH’s REACTION TO BROKEN WALLS

NEHEMIAH’s ENQUIRY (1-3): What is the time frame for Nehemiah’s ministry?

What did Nehemiah learn about the condition of Jews?

NEHEMIAH’s REACTION (4): How did Nehemiah react to the news? Is it

surprising?

NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER (5-11): Who is the prayer addressed to? How does he

frame the confession? What is the covenant promise? What was his primary prayer

request?

Ezra 10

CORPORATE REPENTANCE

CORPORATE RESPONSE (1-4): How did people respond to Ezra's public confession? Who emerged as leader from the group and what did he propose?

EZRA's PROCLAMATION (5-8): What was the content of the proclamation? What was the penalty for disobedience?

EZRA's ADDRESS (9-17): How does Ezra confront the sin of people? How do people respond? How were the individual cases reviewed and decided?

LIST OF GUILTY (18-44): Who is included in the list? What did they do put away their transgressions? Does the solution seem harsh?

EZRA 9:1-15

EZRA’s PRAYER OF CONFESSION

REPORT:HOLY SEED CORRUPTED(1-2): What report did princes give Ezra?

What contributed to the spiritual decline among Israelites? What prompted the

princes to come forward? Did the news come as a surprise to Ezra? What does the law

and the new testament exhort about separation?

EZRA’S REACTION (3-4): How did Ezra react to the report? How do other

observers react to Ezra? What is the appropriate first response when we observe sin

among God’s children?

EZRA’s PRAYER OF CONFESSION (5-15): What was Ezra’s posture for prayer?

How did Ezra structure his prayer and what were the main elements? What does Ezra

request or expect of God in his prayer?

EZRA 8:1-14

EZRA’s LEADERSHIP:

RETURN | RECRUITMENT | STEWARDSHIP

THE RETURN WITH EZRA (1-14): How many family heads are listed? How

many returned with Ezra?

FASTING & PRAYER, RECRUITMENT OF LEVITES(15-23): Which prominent

group was missing? How did Ezra solve the problem? Why did they fast & pray?

STEWARDSHIP OF PRECIOUS METALS (24-34): How did Ezra demonstrate

stewardship? Was anything lost or missing?

WORSHIP (35-36): How did they worship?

EZRA 7:11-28

Decree of king Artaxerxes | Ezra’s response

King’s Decree (11-26): What was the main content of the decree? What was the task given

to Ezra? How was the generosity of king expressed? Why was the king generous towards Ezra?

Were there any limits? What was the provision regarding taxes? What additional authority was

given to Ezra?

Ezra’s Response (27-28): How did Ezra respond to the decree and its provisions?

EZRA 7:1-10

EZRA & HIS MISSION

EZRA's BACKGROUND (1-5): What can we say about the lineage of Ezra? What else do we know about Ezra?

GOD's FAVOR ON EZRA (6-9): When did Ezra begin his journey back? What was the secret of Ezra's success? How can we say God's favor was on Ezra?

EZRA's 3MISSION (10): What was Ezra's 3-fold mission? Are all believers called to have the same mission as Ezra?