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What are we doing? Building Walls?
This message takes us deep into the book of Nehemiah, exploring the profound spiritual significance of walls in our lives. We discover that walls aren't just physical barriers—they're essential protections for what we hold sacred. Just as Nehemiah wept when he heard Jerusalem's walls were broken down, we must recognize when our own spiritual defenses have crumbled. The sermon challenges us to consider four crucial spiritual walls: the wall of God's Word, the wall of Christ's blood, the wall of angelic protection, and the wall of Jesus' mighty name. What's striking is the balance we're called to maintain—building strong walls while keeping our doors open to the world. We're reminded that being 'in the world but not of it' isn't passive withdrawal; it's active engagement with divine protection. Like Nehemiah's workers who built with one hand while holding a sword in the other, we must be both builders and warriors. The message confronts our tendency toward apathy, suggesting that the opposite of love isn't hate—it's not caring at all. When we possess the life-changing truth of the gospel but fail to share it, we're operating in something worse than hatred. This powerful teaching calls us to identify our broken walls, post guards at our gates, and trust God to fight our battles as we do the work He's called us to do.