1. September 24, 2017

5. Hurricane Maria – Puerto Rica

6. Mexico-rescue efforts

7. Canada’s Moral Compass
Is Broken

8. The TRUTH is
HATE SPEECH

9. The TRUTH is
HATE SPEECH
for those who
HATE the TRUTH

10. September 24, 2017

11. Consider the account of Esther
Consider our Lord’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane
Examine their relevance today

14. BOOK OF ESTHER
set in the third year of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) king of Persia (c  BC)
God is not mentioned once
God’s hand is unmistakeably present

15. 33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof
Proverbs 19
33The lot is cast into the lap;
but the whole disposing thereof
is of the Lord.

16. Queen Vashti is wrongfully deposed
Esther (Hadassah) becomes queen,
Haman, plots destruction of all Jews
Mordecai urges Esther to plead for her people

18. There is a stumbling block
“...any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law:
that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold sceptre to them.”

19. Mordecai - in mourning

20. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.

21. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position
for such a time as this?

23. who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days,
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews
who are in Susa, and fast for me.
Do not eat or drink for three days,
night or day.”

24. I and my attendants will fast as you do.
When this is done, I will go to the king,
even though it is against the law.
And if I perish, I perish.”

25. Esther is received
The Jews are saved
Haman is executed
Mordecai prospers

27. 20 And Mordecai wrote these things
and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus

28. on which the Jews had rest from their enemies,
21 to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, 22 as the days
on which the Jews had rest from their enemies,

29. as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them,
and from mourning to a holiday;
that they should make them
days of feasting and joy,

30. of sending presents to one another 23 So the Jews accepted the custom
and gifts to the poor.
23 So the Jews accepted the custom

32. Purim is
still celebrated,
every year,
in mid-March

33. The Lord’s Prayer in Gethsemane

34. 18 As You sent Me into the world,
John 17.
18 As You sent Me into the world,
I have sent them
into the world.

35. To commission (someone) to go
Sent – a-pos-tel’-lo
To commission (someone) to go
to a place appointed

37. ...He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad
John 20
...He showed them His hands and His side.
Then the disciples were glad
when they saw the Lord.

38. 21 So Jesus said to them again, As the Father has sent Me,
“Peace to you!
As the Father has sent Me,
I also send you.”

39. To bid a thing to be carried to someone
Send – pem’-po
To bid a thing to be carried to someone

40. CHRIST WAS SENT...
Before the foundation of the world
To do the will of the Father
To preach the kingdom of God
In the fullness of the times

42. “Secularization leads to no shame; pluralism leads to no reason;

43. and the fulfillment of meaning
privatization is where there is a cleavage between your public and your private life –
and the fulfillment of meaning
you are told has to be found in private.

44. And so, what we are really told is that
you can be a Christian in private,
but keep it to yourself.

45. The most important thing about who I am
is what I think about in private.
But that private, secret trust, if it is
not carried into the public arena
creates a schizoid personality within.

46. The globalization situation in our world today
has produced a generation
of empty people.
Ravi Zacharias

47. How is this Significant Today?
God is at still at work
No circumstances are too difficult for Him
Christians are sent – as Christ was
Our commission is urgent

48. How is this Significant Today?
For those in sin…
For those who have no purpose…
For those who feel unloved…
For those who feel empty…

49. How is this Significant Today?
For those without hope…
For those who are burdened…
For those who are anxious…
For those who are fearful

51. 7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 10
7 And as you go, preach, saying,
‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out demons.
Freely you have received, freely give.

52. Freely, Freely
447

53. God forgave my sin in Jesus' name
God forgave my sin in Jesus' name. I've been born again in Jesus' name And in Jesus' name I come to you To share his love as he told me to.

54. He said 'Freely, freely you have received;, freely, freely give
He said 'Freely, freely you have received;, freely, freely give. Go in my name, and because you believe others will know that I live.

55. All pow'r is giv'n in Jesus' name in earth and heav'n in jesus name And in Jesus' name I come to you To share his pow'r as he told me to.

56. He said 'Freely, freely you have received;, freely, freely give
He said 'Freely, freely you have received;, freely, freely give. Go in my name, and because you believe others will know that I live.

59. the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the great shepherd of the sheep,
by the blood of the eternal covenant

60. equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us
that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be
glory forever and ever. Amen
Hebrews 13:20-21