Nehemiah 5 - Introduction

Chapter Five
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

1.

What were the reasons for the people's distress?

2.

What had they done to relieve their hardships?

3.

What would have been the result if no further solution were found?

4.

How much expense was Nehemiah willing to go to?

5.

How do interest rates compare, then and now?

OUTLINE

E.

Internal difficulties arise and are overcome.

1.

The problem stated (Nehemiah 5:1-5).

2.

The solution (Nehemiah 5:6-13).

3.

Nehemiah's own example (Nehemiah 5:14-19).

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.

Who had caused the people's distress?

2.

How did Nehemiah propose that this be relieved?

3.

What example did Nehemiah himself set?

4.

Was the solution successful?