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Esther 3 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: January 23, 2014

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Esther 3:3)

We are to worship, or be controlled by, God and God alone.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:5)

Be very careful about wanting more authority than God has given to you.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:6)

Hatred always spills over.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:8)

Do not act out of hatred or unforgiveness.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:13)

We are in a battle to love God and love people. The enemy wants to mock God and kill people.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:15)

Obey the Lord and sow good seeds for your future and for future generations.

Life Lesson (Esther 3:15)

God had a plan. God always has a plan.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Dan 2:19-21 NKJV

19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said:
"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
21 And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.

Dan 2:19-21 NLT

19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven. 20 He said,
"Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he has all wisdom and power.
21 He controls the course of world events;
he removes kings and sets up other kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the scholars.

Acts 1:6-8 NLT

6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, "Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?"
7 He replied, "The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Prov 16:33 NKJV

The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the Lord.

Prov 16:33 NLT

We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.

Est 3:9 NLT

If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury."

John 10:10 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

1 Sam 15:1-3 NKJV

1 Samuel also said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"

1 Sam 15:8-9 NKJV

8 He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

1 Sam 15:13-14 NKJV

13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord." 14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"

Est 4:14 NLT

If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?"

Eph 2:10 NLT

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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