SUCH A TIME AS THIS

Esther 4:13-14

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.  Esther too had a historical situation that caused her to stand out.

 

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 a Pleasant Person [2:8-9, Daniel 6:3]

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

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

 

III. ESTHER’S SPIRITUAL LIFE

1. She was a Woman of Compassion [4:1-5, 1 Peter 3:8, Jude  22]

-Finally , be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

- And of some have compassion, making a difference:

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

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

3. She was a Woman of Conviction [4:16-17, 1 Peter 5:8-11]

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while , make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen