The Reading of the Law
Monday Club Sermons
Nehemiah 8:1-12
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate…


In this scene are suggested —

I. SOME SOURCES OF POWER IN PREACHING.

1. The simple proclamation of the law of God.

2. The statement of God's work in human history.

3. The earnest utterance of intelligent faith.

II. THE CONDITIONS FOR PROFITABLY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.

1. An aroused interest.

2. A prayerful spirit.

3. Listening with the resolve to obey.

III. PRACTICAL LESSONS.

1. Love for the law makes noble men.

2. Honouring the law insures the prosperity of the Church.

(Monday Club Sermons.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

WEB: All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.




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