Thank you, Robin and John. We
may sing that hymn a couple more times before this study is over,
especially when we see our brethren, the Jews, Mordecai, and some
actually redeemed from the condemnation of the law. Once again, let me remind us
why we study these types, why we preach from
the types and shadows and pictures. They asked their Lord that. Remember,
why do you speak from the parables? And he said, because it's given
to you. It's not given to others. He's
hidden these things. And see, he tells his friends
intimate things. He reveals secrets to his friends. That's what the Lord said to
his disciples. I call you friend. I tell you
everything. So you can feel like his disciple
and his friend if he's shown you these things. And these glorious
types and pictures prove God's Word to us. Don't they? Are you not amazed by what we're
studying? It proves the Christ to us. All the Word is like one large,
may I use this term, puzzle. But every piece fits perfectly
together, doesn't it? And it all reveals one picture,
one face. Jesus Christ, salvation. And
it proves Christ. He fits every piece. Every jot,
every tittle, every law, every type, every command, every...
The law and the prophets, they all bear witness of Him. And
those who love Him, like we said last Wednesday, those who love
Him, love to look at pictures of Him. I'd rather be with you
in person, but I still look at some old pictures of all of you.
All the time. All right, but first of all,
now, the subject tonight and the rest of these messages, for
however many more, is condemnation by the law but salvation by a
substitute. Esther, the book's named Esther,
because she is the substitute, the mediator, the redeemer, as
it were. She's a type of cry. But first,
look at Chapter 2. There was a conspiracy. I have
six points. An evil conspiracy, an evil man
promoted, a man who would not bow, a decree to destroy, a great
mourning and gathering, and a good hope. A good hope. There was an evil conspiracy.
Chapter 2, verse 21, in those days, Mordecai said in the king's
gate, two of these two men kept the door, were wroth, They sought
to lay hand on the king, and Mordecai revealed it unto Esther
the queen, and they certified the king in Mordecai's name,
and they found out, and they hung these two fellows. They
hung them. There has been, and is now still,
a universal conspiracy against God. And that's what all the
prophets who Mordecai represents, that's what they all uncover,
don't they? None of the prophets say anything
good about man, do they? Nuh-uh. And especially verses
like Psalm 2, the kings of the earth set themselves, rulers
take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointing.
Psalm 62 says they only consult to cast him down from his excellence. Man, Satan, wants to be God,
right? Many times when our Lord was
here, when God came to the earth, it says these two men sought
to lay hands on the king. Well, when God came to this earth,
they literally, many times, sought to lay hands on him. They couldn't. He said, no man taketh my life.
So that conspiracy was uncovered by Mordecai, who represents the
prophet. And it was certified to the king. And the king wrote it in a book.
And later on, we're going to see that the king went back and
saw how that Mordecai defended him, uncovered the conspiracy. So the king promoted Mordecai
to one of the highest places in all the kingdom. And God has
magnified his word above all his name. He commended Moses
and the prophets to everyone. They said, they have Moses and
the law, let them read them. Because they defend God's honor,
don't they? They exalt, here's what the Bible
does, and here's what the prophets do, and the apostles, and every
true preacher does. They exalt God and abase man. They tell the truth on man, the
truth of God, alright? Now, an evil man is promoted. You read it with me, Haman, when
I read all of that. But Haman was an evil man. Truth
be known, if left alone, he would have started another conspiracy
against the Hesperides, wouldn't he? You know he wouldn't. He
wanted people to bow to him. An evil man. Turn to Isaiah chapter
14 with me. Isaiah chapter 14. Now, our God did not create evil. He did not cause Satan to sin
or Adam to sin. Yet, it is here, isn't it, evil? In God's purpose, in God's decree,
it is here. It is pointless to reason about
that. I've read many men and they all
say it's absolutely pointless to try to reason. It's here.
Know it for a fact, it is here. And it would not be here if God
had not allowed it or decreed it. I keep quoting Acts 15, 18. No one under God always works
from the beginning of the world. Could he have stopped it? Why,
yes. It couldn't have happened had
he not decreed it. And there's enough said about
that. But I will repeat what Thomas
Watson, one of my favorite old writers, and he died a young
man, but he was a brilliant man, great preacher. And he said this,
listen carefully. He said, God hath a hand in the
action where the sin is, but hath no hand in the sin of the
action. God hath a hand in the action
where the sin is. There's nothing outside of God's
absolute control. But He hath no hand in the sin
of the action. He doesn't have to cause anybody
to sin. What's He got to do? Leave them
alone. Leave them alone. How does God harden hearts? Leave
them alone. Leave them alone. Like the withholder
rain. All right, Satan, look at chapter 14, verse 4. You take up this proverb against
the king of Babylon, who represents Satan. Say, how hath the oppressor
ceased, the golden city ceased? Verse 12, how art thou fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer? He's called a day star, sun of
the morning. How art thou cut down to the
ground, that which did weaken the nations? For thou hast said
in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God. I will sit also upon the mount
of the congregation, the sides of the north. I will ascend above
the heights of the cloud. I will be like the most high
God. Satan. When did that happen? Before the world was created.
Some think that Genesis 1 says the world became without form
and void. That it was actually a habitation
of devils at first. I don't know about that. That's
just conjecture. But he's called the day star. And over in Revelation 8 and
9 with the end, God declares the end from the beginning. Things
that are not yet done say, my counsel shall stand. In Revelation
8 and 9 speak of a great star that fell from heaven to the
earth. That's not a meteor, that's Satan. In chapter 12 of Revelation where
the Lord says that he himself, this great angel who is the Lord
himself, took hold of the dragon and cast him out of heaven and
cast him into the earth and says, woe unto the inhabitants of the
earth. The accuser of the brethren has come here and he knows. He
knows this much. He has a short season. So he's
full of wrath. Against who? God and God's people. That's a true story. A true story. It's no allegory. It's true. And listen to Lamentations
says, let me find it. Lamentations 3 says this, Who
is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth
it not? So the Lord does all things.
And the powers that be, Romans 13 says, the powers that be are
ordained of God, right? And Daniel 4, read it for yourself,
it says, The Most High ruleth and the armies of heaven, and
among the inhabitants of the earth, and giveth it to whosoever
he will. And he sets up over it even the
basest, the vilest of men." It's punishment often for a nation. It is punishment. All right. So an evil man was promoted who
represents Satan. True story. He's called the God
of this world, isn't he? To whom? Everyone except God's
people bows and scrapes and does his bidding. You know, the Scripture
says they're taken captive. The world are taken captive of
him at his will. Satan. You say, I don't understand. I thought God worketh all things
according to his will. He does. Then how are they taken
captive? Satan's will. They are. Explain it. No. Both are so. We can't explain. It's so. But
Satan doesn't have free will. His will is evil, like man. Man
doesn't have free will. His will is depraved. It's captive
to his nature, isn't it? He can only do evil. That's what
God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men and said that
only evil continual in Genesis 6, Psalm 14. Right? Mankind and Satan. Right, here's
a man who would not bow. Do you like that? Look at verse
3, chapter 3, verse 2. All the king's servants and the
king's gate bowed in reverence to Haman, for the king had so
commanded concern in him, but Mordecai bowed not. He would
not do him reverence. In verse 5, Haman saw that Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reverence, and Haman was full of wrath. As I said, Satan is called the
God of this world, and yet the earth is the Lord's, and the
fullness thereof, the world, the inhabitants thereof. Yet
everyone bows to the God of this world, and he has them captive.
But God chose a people, like Mordecai, one of His chosen.
They're all called Jews. All of God's people are called
Jews. Chosen and loved of God. Foreknown, predestinated, called,
you can't come unless you're called. Holds out the golden
scepter. He's chosen these people. He
said to Elijah, Elijah thought he was the only one, didn't he?
Remember, Elijah said, Lord, I'm the only one. I'm zealous
for your glory, for your honor, for your word. And nope, remember
he was, he stood against 850 false prophets, 450 of the Baal
and 400 of the grove, 850. Elijah said, I'm the only one.
And God said, nope, I've reserved unto me. 7,000 who have not bowed the knee to
Baal. They won't do it. They believe
me. They bow to me. They bow to my
son. And that's all of God's people. But Haman took out his
wrath on the whole Jewish race. Look at verse 6 and 7. They cast
lots. They cast lots. That's how Haman
did things. Cast lots. You know what the
scripture says about the lot being cast, don't you? That's
right. Proverbs 16, 33. The lot is cast
into the lap. What are we going to do? Man
proposes, but God disposes. The whole disposing thereof is
of the Lord. Satan says, here's what I'm going
to do. God says, no, this is what you're going to do. God is not mocked. God is not
thwarted. God will work. Who will let it? Who will prevent it? The whole
disposal. So Haman decided. God had already
determined. Haman decided to have all the
Jews killed. And yet the king said, yes, that's
what we'll do. King, a decree to destroy. Look
at verse 8. There's a certain people scattered
abroad. Now he's accusing Esther's people. And what he said about
the Jews was true. Wasn't it? Now no doubt they
had God's law, but brethren, they were in captivity. You know
why they were in captivity? Well, they weren't keeping God's
law. The Jews weren't keeping it. In fact, they went into captivity
many times, didn't they? Why? For breaking God's law for
idolatry. They were guilty as charged,
weren't they? Where's John? There he is. John
Jr. read Daniel 9 in the study tonight. Oh, would that all professing
believers would read Daniel 9 weekly, daily. and cry like Daniel did
on behalf of our nation. We've sinned. Righteousness belonging
to the Lord, but confusion of faces. This whole world is in
darkness, dimness, and anguish of spirit, and confusion of faces. Everybody perplexed like these
people. They don't fear God. They don't
think they're condemned by the law to die for their sin. They do fear death. Everybody's
confusion of faces. And Daniel prayed on behalf of
his people as we do. Oh Lord, hear, oh Lord, save,
oh Lord, forgive. Like Mordecai. Mordecai prayed
for his people. But what the enemy of God's people
said was true. He said, they're of no profit
to you. We have no profit for you to
suffer with them, for you to continue to put up with these
people. They can give you no glory and no honor. Is that not
true? When we have done all, even Paul said this, when we've
done all that's required of us, we're still unprofitable servants. Isn't that right? So the king issued this decree
to destroy, verse 9, that to please the king, let it be written
that they may be destroyed. And a bounty, as it were, was
placed on everyone's head. Now, man sells his soul. God is just. The judge of the earth does right.
God doesn't kill innocent people. God doesn't punish innocent people.
And who is it? Does Jeremiah say, why should
somebody complain for the punishment of their sin? And we as believers,
God hath not dealt with us according to our sins. We're guilty. And the wages of sin is death. And I'm a sinner, you're a sinner,
aren't we? And it says there, and I'll just paraphrase this
for short, for time's sake, that they sent these posts and these
letters everywhere. Every province, in every language,
to every people in that whole kingdom, so that everybody, without
a doubt, could read that you're going to die because this is
the law of the king, and the law says, die guilty. And isn't that Romans 3.19? Whatsoever
the law saith, it saith to them that are under the law." And
nobody could say anything about it. And every mouth let be stopped
and all the world become guilty before God. What does the law
say? Listen to some of the decrees of the Lord, okay? Just let me quote some of them
to you. You've heard these so many times.
This is what the Lord said. The Lord looked down and said,
He saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Every day. Do you have any trouble
with sinful thoughts? Is there a day goes by you don't
have sinful thoughts? Murmur and complain? Is there
a day go by you don't murmur about something? When we have
nothing to murmur over. Nothing. It's of the Lord's mercies
that we're not concerned, but we murmur and complain in our
tents. We've got nice tents. The Lord said, I will destroy
man. That's what he said. That was before the flood. And
our Lord said, as in the days of Noah, so shall the coming
of the Son of Man be. He's going to destroy man. This
is not a fable. This is the decree of God. Listen to this. If you've never
read Isaiah 13, you need to read it. It's frightening. It's frightening. The whole world needs to read it. Howl ye for the day of the
Lord is at hand. It shall come as a destruction
from the Almighty. Everyone's heart shall melt.
They should be afraid. Pains and sorrows take hold of
them as a woman in travail. The day of the Lord cometh cruel
with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate. He shall
destroy sinners out of it." What's he talking about? Talking
about this world. Ezekiel says, the soul that sinneth,
it shall die. Now is that true? How many people
believe that? Do you believe that? Do you believe
that? You know what that does when
you find that out? You know what that does? It gives
you the fear of the Lord. Guilt. It causes a great Good morning. Look at the next thing. Chapter
5. Look in our text in chapter 5. When all the people heard
this, beginning with Mordecai, I'm sorry, chapter
4. When Mordecai, chapter 4, Mordecai perceived all that was
done to decree against him and his people, he put on sackcloth
and ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with
a loud and bitter cry. Brothers and sisters, when he
came before the king's gate, weeping, verse 3, and the people,
when they heard, all the Jews fasted and wept and wailed and
sackclothed the nation. Every child of God hears this. This modern world is not hearing
this. You've got to preach the law. There is no gospel unless
you preach the law. You know that? And it's not,
not here's what you, how you need to keep the law. It's condemnation
of the law. What the law saith that saith
unto the law to make us guilty. The law was written to show the
exceeding sinfulness of sin, of our rebellion against God. A just and righteous and holy
God. How many preachers preaching that today? Very few. Sometimes
I think, I'm the only one. No, Paul, maybe 7,000. At least over time. All of God's people hear the
decree, all of God's people believe the Word, and all of God's people
know themselves, they know something of the holiness and righteousness
of God, and all of God's people mourn over their sinfulness. And they all say, we deserve
to die. Don't they? All of them. This
is what happens to every person, the Lord. has determined to say,
purpose to say. Every one of them. Here's what
they say. Here's the cry. Mordecai mourned and all the
Jews mourned. Here's what all of God's people,
when you learn the truth about yourself and about God and hear
the gospel, here's what you'll say. My iniquities are gone over
my head. As a heavy burden, they're too
heavy for me. My wounds sting. I'm corrupt. I'm foolish. I'm
troubled. I'm bowed down. I mourn all the
day long. My loins are filled with a loathsome
disease. There's no soundness in my flesh.
I'm feeble, sore, broken. Lord, all my desires before thee.
What is it? That I might be forgiven. Here
it is. Here it is. Every one of God's
people love Psalm 51, don't they? Why? Because this is the cry
of God's people. Sinner, have mercy upon me, O
God, according to Thy lovingkindness, according to the multitude of
Thy tender mercy. Blot out my transgression. Wash me throughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. I acknowledge
my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. against thee
and thee only have I sinned and done this evil in your sight."
And you're going to be clear. You're going to be justified
when you speak and you're going to be clear if you send me to
hell. That's what every single child of God who hears the truth
says about themselves. And they mourn over sin. Blessed
are they that mourn. Only that will be comforted. What's our hope? Well, it's within the veil. It's a
person, not an it. Like these Jews, their only hope. Mordecai, Esther. Now, look at
this. This is beautiful. Did you notice
this with me? Mordecai and Esther were not
communicating face to face. Did you notice that? They were
talking through a mediator. Someone was going to the other
with the things. Mordecai said, tell Esther this.
And Esther said, well, tell Mordecai this. And Mordecai said, well,
tell her this. And she said, well, tell him
this. Who is that mediator, that intercessor, that go-between?
The Spirit of God. He takes the things of Christ
and shows them unto us, and He takes the groanings, Romans 8,
the groanings of God's people, we cannot utter, we just don't
know how to pray or what. He knows the mind, He knows the
mind, Romans 8 says. And He goes with those groanings. Our Lord said that very thing
in John 14, John 16, didn't He? He said, I go. I'm leaving. It's
expedient that I should go. If I don't go, the Comforter
won't come. I must send the Comforter who
will come in my name. This, was it Haytack? Was that
his name? That would go and give, yeah, Haytack. He's the one who
would go with Mordecai's pleas and petitions and supplications
to Esther. And Esther would send back word.
through this mediator, this go-between. And that's what Christ said.
He said, I'm going back. I'm going to the Father. And
you're not going to see me anymore. I'm going where you can't go.
Esther was in a place that Mordecai couldn't come. The inner courts. But yet, hold on. Oh yeah, he's
there in her. He's in her heart, in her mind. There's a union there that where
she's seated, He's seated. And it just remains to be seen
by the job. He's going to be seated right there with her.
Just wait and see. I'm so tempted to run over to
chapter 9 and show you the end. This starts out with a great
mourning, limitation, and everybody, the fear of death, and guilt,
and shame, and oh, there's a day coming. And this was what God
said. Here's the wonderful thing, and
I'm going to go ahead and give it all away. The Jews said the
Jews were to be killed and all the other people would live.
No, it's the other way around. It's the other way around. Every
soul that doesn't believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, they shall
perish. But whosoever believeth on the
Son hath life. shall not come into condemnation,
but is passed from death unto life." Sounds like it was already
settled before it happened. It was. Why do you think this
story was written? Huh? You're talking about a hidden
meaning. The name God's not in it. Word
prayer. But it's there in the whole story
of redemption, of condemnation by the Lord, redemption of God's
people by Christ. These Jews were saved by one
person. Because the King, and I'm going
to just tell it off. The King, I can't wait. The king
loved Esther, accepted Esther. She was his favorite. She's the
one he loved. And when he found out these are
his people and she pleaded for them, he said, okay, you, who
you love, I love. Your people are my people. But
what are we going to do about this law? How can God be just
and justify the ungodly? Huh? That's the question. Tune
in and we'll see. Alright, here's a good hope. Here's a good hope. Esther sends
word and reminds Mordecai. Didn't you love reading this
in chapter 4, verse 11? She reminded Mordecai. Now, all
the king's servants and all the people of the king's province
do know. They know. that whosoever, man or woman,
shall come into the king under the inner court who's not called.
You can't come in there unless you're called. Isn't that exactly what the Lord
Jesus Christ said? He said it twice, didn't He?
He said, no man cometh unto the Father but by man. Didn't He? He said it twice. And he must be called, he said.
It's not an invite. Kings don't invite people. Are
you kidding? That's why this world doesn't
know anything about sovereignty. They haven't seen a real sovereign
in hundreds of years. So they don't know anything about
sovereignty. Kings don't invite people. Kings give command. And if someone won't come, they
fetch him like David. Aren't you glad? He gives commandment
to either save or damn. Aren't you glad he gave commandment?
Almighty love, arrest that man. Go get that Mephibosheth. Get
him. Pick him up. But he's an enemy. I've set my
affection on him. I'm going to show mercy to him
for Jonathan's sake, for Christ's sake. I can't come unless you
call. Verse 11, and she said, moreover,
you know this, and except the king holds out the golden scepter. You won't live unless he calls
you, unless he holds out this golden scepter. You won't live,
you'll die. Brothers and sisters. One of
you come up here. Anybody in this room, I believe,
could stand up and tell what that means. Hebrews, if you don't
know, let's look at it. Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews, oh
my, is about the one who is better, who's been given the royal estate.
The king of kings, the throne of God, the father said of his
son. Look at Hebrews chapter 1. Look
at that. You remember, Esther sat down,
accepted by the king, and that's what it said, Christ, verse 3,
"...the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person,
upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high, being made so much better than the angel."
He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Down in verse 6. And he bringeth in the first
begotten into the world, he said, let all the angels of God worship
him. You know where Esther was at
this time? Sitting at the right hand of
the majesty, her king. Right there. Reigning with him. We're going to see in the end
that the king gave her absolute authority that whatever word
she wrote, in fact, she wrote a book. She wrote a book and
the king said, that word stands just like mine. So their word
was one, which is Christ. Verse 7, verse 8, Under the sun
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter
of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom." A scepter of
righteousness. A scepter back then, and I don't
know if maybe some rulers have a little, you know, a little
baton or something that they want to look like a king. But the word scepter means a
rod, a branch, a rod, which Christ is called. the rod, the root. But a scepter was used back in
these old days to make decrees. I decree. Remember Aaron's rod
that budded and Moses took that rod and held it up and Israel
prevailed and Joshua prevailed and he took that rod and separated
the Red Sea and he took that rod and smoked the rock and water
came out of it. The rod is a scepter that the
king would rule and make decrees with that he would set up and
cast down. Someone would come in before
him and he'd say, he'd say either Kill or make alive. Either I dub thee a prince or
you're my enemy. That scepter is Christ himself. He's the rock. He's the scepter,
our righteous Lord. He's the one in the end that's
going to separate the sheep from the goats. He said, I have the
keys of hell and death in my sight. All judgment is committed
to me under the Father in heaven and earth. He rules. He sets
up. He casts down. He rules. Christ is that scepter. All right,
what is Mordecai's hope? All right. And by the way, she
said, I haven't been called to come into the King these 30 days.
Well, if that represents 30 years that Christ left the Father.
Well, they told these words to Mordecai. Mordecai's words, they
told to Mordecai Esther's word. And Mordecai said this, verse
13. Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's
house more than all the Jews. If thou altogether holdest thy
peace at this time, there shall enlargement and deliverance arise
to the Jews from another place, and thou and thy father's house
shall be destroyed. Mordecai knew something about
the Word, didn't he? Mordecai had read the Law. Mordecai
knew the Law of God, and he knew about the Jews, and he knew how
God had chosen the Jews, and God had purposed to save His
people, no matter how it may look. No matter how bad, God
is a covenant God. He keeps covenant and mercy for
His people. And He has a remnant. And they're
going to be saved by decree. Yes, the law has to be honored
and satisfied. Somehow it will. And Mordecai
knew this. And he said, any Jew may be guilty. And you know,
Christ became man, didn't He? He became a man. Christ was a
Jew. And God made him, the God-man,
to be sin for us. Who knew no sin? That we might
be made the righteousness of God in him. He's a Jew. God put on him the iniquity of
us all. Who? His people. For the transgressions
of my people was he smitten. This whole story is about salvation
of the Jew. Esther represents the Jew. All
Jews were spared. Maybe a few strangers that said,
well, they did. I was going to read to you. There's
lots of people said, I want to be a Jew. Make me a Jew. Who did they come
to? Esther. My, my. And oh, don't you love
this verse? This is it. This is it. This
is it. This is why Christ came. He said
in the last line of verse 14, who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom on such a time as this? He didn't know. He didn't know what was going
to happen with Esther. He didn't know. She's just a,
he's just a man. She's just a woman. This is just
a story that represents Christ. He didn't know. He didn't know
who Esther was. He didn't know how it was going
to turn out. He thought, who knows? Maybe, just maybe the
Lord sent you for this one purpose in your life. For this cause
Christ came into the world, didn't He? A faithful saint. He came into the world to save
sinners. In the fullness of time, God sent forth His Son, made
of a woman, made under the law to do what? Try to save? Offer
salvation? No, to redeem them that are under
the law, under the curse. How? By being made a curse. Made a curse on a tree. So Esther
said to, now there's others telling Mordecai. They all wanted to
give the word of Esther to Mordecai. Let me tell it. Verse 15, she
made them, you see, and our Lord has many witnesses, doesn't He,
of which I'm one of them. This answer, here it is. Go gather
together all the Jews. This great gathering, and fast
ye for me, neither eat nor drink three days and nights. Then our
Lord say, I'm going back to the Father. He said, the world will
rejoice. They're going to see me crucified. They're the ones
that are doing it. He said, and you will fast. But your sorrow will return to
joy. Where do you get in on this celebration
they have when it's all over? Three days, you fast, you gather
your people and you fast. Why? For me. He mourned, and we pray for Him
that God will accept Christ on our behalf. Three days and night,
I also, my maid, will fast likewise. And I'll go in unto the King.
I'm going into the King, which is not according to the law,
if I perish. And didn't Christ tell his disciples
over, and over, and over, Sodom and Gomorrah, to Jerusalem, as
he shall be taken with wicked hand, and they shall kill him,
and spit on him, and mock him. It's all written. Everything
they do to him, recorded. Why? Because Christ must suffer
according to the law. Our substitute made sin. And he went to the cross, but
you know what? He died, but he didn't perish. He didn't perish. He's like that burning bush.
You remember Moses, that's the first glimpse and knowledge and
revelation he had of God, and that is Jesus Christ. He saw
that bush that was burning, but it was not consumed. That's right,
the burning boom. And Christ hung on that tree
and he died, yes he did, but God didn't leave his soul in
hell. He didn't suffer his Holy One to suffer corruption. I tell
you what did perish, our sin. Our sin. So Mordecai went his
way and did according to all that Esther commanded him. So
now what's on his mind? What's he doing all these days
till he finds out how it's going to turn out? What's he doing?
Praying without ceasing. And boy, he's about to rejoice
forevermore and give thanks. Stand with me. Our Father in heaven, what a
story, what a picture, what a shadow, what a type of thy blessed son
and the great redemption It's in Christ Jesus, our Lord, how
we marvel, stand amazed at Thy blessed Word. This is truly Thy
Word and speaks of Thy Son, our Savior, our Redeemer and our
salvation. Oh, thank God that salvation
belongeth unto Thee and that You've given a people unto Your
Son. And we belong to Him and those that belong to Him belong
to You and shall not perish. He that believeth on the Son
shall not perish. This vessel of clay and ears
that hear, the mouth that tries to speak it. Forgive us. We know you do. We know you know
our frame. Spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. Lord, we do
rejoice and you know, thou knowest that we love you. We love you
true. We love you, Son. We want to love Him more. We
want to be more thankful. Thank You for Your Word. Show
us some more, Lord, if it pleases Thee, until You come. In Christ's
name, amen. You're dismissed.