I want to show you two pictures. The first picture is of a house [show picture]. The second picture is the family that lives in that house. [show picture].

Which is more valuable?
The house or The family

Which can make the greatest impact for God?
The House or The Family

Which is going to last for all eternity?
The House or The Family

Which is God more interested in building?
The House or The Family

Now those questions are very important as we come to the eighth chapter of Nehemiah. The people have finally finished the project of rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem. They had moved back into their homes. They had elected a government. They had accomplished a great work for God, but there was a spiritual vacuum. God's law had been neglected and there was no spiritual order-God's word, …