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Nehemiah was a great leader. According to James Montgomery Boice, Nehemiah's leadership abilities were born from his submission to God, his ability to focus on the right goals, his wisdom in handling complex situations, and his courage to act decisively. "But the most important thing about Nehemiah," says Boice, "is that he was a man of God, and because he was so close to God in prayer and...

what Shemaiah suggested would have been sin on his part (v. 13) and (2) that God had not sent Shemaiah (v. 12). How did he know this? Obviously, because he knew the Old Testament forbade a layman to enter the Holy Place. He knew that God had not sent Shemaiah, because God had given the Old Testament, and the God who forbids us from doing one thing in one place does not contradict himself by telling us to do it in another. He is at all times consistent. If we could learn that, it would save us much
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