Study questions

Life-Study of Nehemiah

1. An Introductory Word and the Rebuilding of the Wall of the City of Jerusalem Under Nehemiah

  1. What are the contents and crucial point of the book of Nehemiah?
  2. What positive points concerning Nehemiah do we see in this message? What does it mean to say that it is the aggressive ones who have received help from God?

2. Nehemiah's Aggressiveness

  1. What are the three sections of the work related to God's house and God's kingdom?
  2. What can we learn from the example of Nehemiah's aggressiveness? How can we say that Nehemiah, as such an aggressive one, lived not in his natural man but in resurrection?

3. The Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect (1)

  1. What are the crucial points concerning the reconstitution of the nation of God's elect?
  2. Why is it so crucial for us to come back to God by coming back to His Word? How is this related to our being collectively reconstituted by and with God to be a nation as God's testimony?

4. The Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect (2)

  1. What are the crucial points concerning the arrangement of the dwelling place of the people and the appointment of the officers and concerning the record of the priests and the Levites?
  2. What are the crucial points concerning the dedication of the rebuilt wall, the appointment of the services of the priests and the Levites, and the clearance exercised on Israel as God's elect?

5. The Leadership of Nehemiah for the Reconstitution of the Nation of God's Elect

  1. What were Nehemiah's particular characteristics?
  2. How do the books of Ezra and Nehemiah show us the need for re-education for reconstitution? How does this relate to God's people becoming His testimony?