June 7: "The Threat Within"

June 7: "The Threat Within"

From KAC Baptist Church Podcast by KAC Baptist Church

June 7, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the outcry of the people in Nehemiah 5 and the importance of community support and justice.

Nehemiah 5:1-19 ESV Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.” I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold…

People in this episode

Host: KAC Baptist Church

Topics covered

  • social justice
  • community
  • faith
  • leadership
  • economic hardship

Keywords

  • Nehemiah
  • social justice
  • community support
  • economic hardship
  • faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nehemiah

Places: Jewish, nations

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