Our Need for Purity

Misael Gonzalez • Nehemiah 13 NIV

I wish Nehemiah ended with a happy ending. Instead, we have Nehemiah pulling peoples hair out as he confronts them with their sin. He is so mad that they are falling back into their old ways again. Though it was a little “over the top”, Nehemiah saw the need for Israel to be purified from their sin. He was willing to purify anything and everything so that Israel could be restored and live for God. However, without his boldness to confront them, purification and restoration would have never happened.