Nehemiah 3-5

Nehemiah sought God(publically)

• people did not let opposition prevent the vision

Nehemiah 3:10-11 – spiritual warfare; mental exhaustion of the workers

Mission & Motivation of Jesus
John 3:16 -> world equated people who opposed God

• Lost people matter to God
• Jesus #1 purpose ===> save lost people
• Jesus paid w/his life to fulfill His purpose
  • there was a physical cost
  • there was an emotional cost
  • there was a spiritual cost

The cup was the wrath of God(in the Garden prayer)

Romans 5:8
Jonah 4:11
Mark 10:21
Luke 19:10
Colossians 1:16
Isaiah 53:6
Matthew 3:17
Luke 23:24
Matthew 27:46

Jesus died with an obsession

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