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Esther 4:3 · BSB
4:3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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…to the book of Esther. And I'm assuming familiarity with this book, this wonderful book, 10 chapters of glorious, glorious text. I'm interested inEsther chapter 4. And just to remind us of the main people that are involved here, Xerxes, also know as Hasawarius Hmon, we know who he is, an Amalachite. And we…
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…And if you don't know the deliverer, I'm talking about his name is Jesus. The good news that the whole Bible is pointing to, includingEsther chapter 4, is that God wanted to save us from our own death sentence. That he wanted to give us a chance at life, and so he sent his son Jesus Christ to live…
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…killed for carrying a frown on your face. In fact, this rule actually shows up in the Book of Esther. It's a neighboring text to Nehemiah. Look atEsther chapter 4with me, just to confirm this and to understand just how serious Nehemiah's sadness is in this context. Esther chapter 4, Look at verse 1 and 2,…
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…the bigger picture. And he sends back this answer to her. And so if you have your Bibles, we're in the book of Esther, and we're going to start inEsther chapter 4. But we are moving all around this book today. So we're chapter 4, verse 13. This is what Mordecai says. Do you not think that because you are in…
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…6.000000 Good morning everybody doing well what a powerful time of worship I want you to 6.000000 10.560000 take out your Bibles and turn toEsther chapter 4it's in the Old Testament if 10.560000 16.600000 you don't know where that's at go to the book of Psalm go left couple books you 16.600000…
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…but they all through faith. All right, that's OK. One more, one more I got to quit one more. OK, I'm going to go to the book of Esther. All right,Esther chapter 4. And we know this story about Esther and Mordecai and Hammond conspired to kill the Jews, all right? And and he convinced the king that the Jews…
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…faithful. So speaking of big moments in history, let's turn our attention back to the book of Esther. Let's grab our Bibles. And let's open up toEsther chapter 4. Esther 4, we have come to a place in this story where the table has been set in terms of the historical context. The table has been set in terms…
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…your purposes for the sake of your glory, so use us, God, I pray. In Jesus' name, amen. Finally, I want to invite you to turn to the book ofEsther, chapter 4. The book of Esther is going to encourage us to pray for God's mission. If you read and finished the book of Esther yesterday, then you know that…
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…used, because there was a decree that Haman, through the king, had issued for the destruction of the Jews and Reverend Simon. When you look atEsther, chapter 4, he says that when the decree was released, there was something that was pending to seal it. There was a sum of money that Haman could have now…
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…of fasting to seek Yahweh's protection. He told everybody in Judah, don't eat today to seek the Lord's favor, so God will protect us. This is inEsther chapter 4, when Mordecai tells Esther she's got to go to the king and ask for help. And Esther says, I can't go to the king. If you go to the king without…
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…right? You have to take the risk, you have to approach your husband, the king even without an invitation, which would cost her her life. That's forEsther chapter 4, ended. She said, I'll do it. If I perish, I perish, I'll walk into the presence of the king. Hopefully, he doesn't tell the guy with the axe to…
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…and human responsibility meet, you have to understand the impossibility of salvation. What was true here on a story, on a narrative level inEsther chapter 4is a fact that is true for all of mankind. This is not only about the Israelites in the Medo-Persian Empire. This is about every human being in…
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…his in his in his pursuit of God to do something differently, to change his mind. David's fast ended when the child died. There's another fast inEsther chapter 4. Esther was encouraged by her relative Mordecai to go into the king of Persia to rescue the Jewish people who were about to be wiped out. She…
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…Can God use people like that? Can God use people like me? Can God use people like me? Can God use people like me? All of this comes to a head inEsther chapter 4when three major things happen. A crisis becomes real. A choice becomes necessary. And then a girl becomes queen. So let's pray and we'll look at…
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…the Lord. So they took a day to fast. Nehemiah, he fasted in concern for the building up of the church. Nehemiah chapter 1 and verse 4. And then inEsther chapter 4and verse 6. The whole church. The whole church across the whole world. Had this massive fast. But they fasted because they needed the Lord. They…
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…how much he's an enemy of the Jews. I'd like to invite Pui and Karen to come up and read today's passage for us. The scripture reading comes fromEsther chapter 4. Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen. When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on…
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