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Sin's Trinity Series
Contributed by Michael Stover on Nov 25, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: SIN’S TRINITY NEGLECT, COMPROMISE, & DISOBEDIENCE
SIN’S TRINITY
NEGLECT, COMPROMISE, & DISOBEDIENCE
Nehemiah 13
I. Neglect – Three Broken Promises
A. The Promise to Separate: Nehemiah 10:30
B. The Promise to Support: Nehemiah 10:39
C. The Promise to Serve: Nehemiah 10:31
II. Compromise – Intermingling with the Mixed Multitude
A. Israel’s Besetting Sin
1. Hebrews 12:1
B. The 'mixed multitude' is composed of unsaved people
who want to belong to the fellowship of God's people
without trusting the Lord or submitting to His will.
They want the blessings but not the obligations, and
their appetite is still for the things of the world.
III. Disobedience – Why they Failed to Separate
A. The Pattern of Neglect
B. The Complications of Compromise