Nehemiah: Repent Like You Mean It

When God grants repentance to His people, He gives them the desire and ability to set their hearts and minds on making a true, visible change. Newly re-discovered, the hearing of God's law kicked off a chain reaction: it brought conviction and grief for their sin. After they were led into worship, rest and celebration, they confessed. Then God put into them a desire to be set apart as their ancestors once were, to renew their obedience, to renew worship, and to renew their service and support in God's house, the temple. Here in ch 10 they enter into a solemn covenant to change their ways. Today we're examining this concept of repentance as marked by this covenant. Next week we'll go over the covenant details.