5:15 Walking in the F.O.G.

Nehemiah 5:15
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

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Conviction of sin comes when we measure ourselves before God. …. …. Ravi Zacharias

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I find that I am less sensitive to sin when it is culturally acceptable, measuring my thoughts and actions by society’s standards, rather than heavenly ones.

Nehemiah could have taken advantage of the people he was leading without being questioned, for this is what they were accustomed to.

But something restrained Nehemiah and set him apart: the fear of God.

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If we find that our holiness is tainted, either by culturally acceptable sins, or subtle compromises when no one else is looking, our problem is a deficiency of God-fear.