ESTHER’S EMERGENCE

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

What makes certain Bible individuals stand out in our minds? What makes us look at them in a new way? For instance, had the War Between the States not happened it is unlikely that you would have ever heard of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, perhaps better known to you as Stonewall Jackson.  Recently I had the opportunity to read the book of Esther again and was struck by her emergence in my mind. Let us look together at Esther’s Emergence.

 

I. ESTHER’S EARLY LIFE

 

1. She had been Orphaned [2:7]

 

2. She had been Adopted [2:5-7]

 

3. She had been Instructed [2:10]

 

II. ESTHER’S INNER LIFE

 

1. She was still a Pleasant Person [2:9, Daniel 6:3]

 

2. She was still a Pliable Person [2:15, 2 Timothy 2:2]

 

3. She was still a Positive Person [2:16-18, 21-23]

 

III. ESTHER’S SPIRITUAL LIFE

 

1. She was a Woman of Compassion [4:1-5, Eph. 4:32]

 

2. She was a Woman of Courage [4:8-15, Acts 21:13]

 

3. She was a Woman of Conviction [4:16-17, 1 Peter 5:5-11]