Join me tonight, if you would,
in the ninth chapter of the book of Esther. The ninth chapter
of the book of Esther, and I would like to read verses three and
four. We looked last week at this chapter,
at the first couple of verses, and we noticed there that there
was a gathering together of the Jews. They had word, and many
of those that lived in the area became Jews. And you know, truly,
that's what God does for us. We become spiritual Israel. He has always looked at the church
as spiritual Israel, and by the new birth, we discover what we
have. And so, what a blessing that is. The fear of them fell
upon the people. So, here in chapter 9, verses
3 and 4 now, has to do with Mordecai. I was visiting with Brother Gary
one time, might have been on phone, might have been in person,
but anyway, he said, isn't it interesting that there are two
books in the Old Testament that have women for their names, and
the women are not the main characters? Warda K.I. is the main character
here, and who's the main character in the Book of Ruth? Boaz. Now, it really tells us a lot
about the church and how the church deals with Boaz or Mordecai. But here we find Mordecai is
promoted. All the rulers of the provinces
and the lieutenants and the deputies and officers of the king helped
the Jews because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. For Mordecai was great in the
king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces. For this man Mordecai waxed greater
and greater. You know, as I follow this about
him waxing greater and greater, we do not find him in a boastful
manner about it. We find him in a humble manner
about it, but the Lord promoted him. You know, even in the ministry
of the Lord Jesus Christ, we find that he never promoted. He was humble. And he asked his
own disciples, who am I? And Peter said, thou art the
Christ, the son of the living God. Now he knew who he was,
but we find as we follow him, he is a humble servant of his
father. All right, let's look at these
two verses together, as we find in this, what a statement about
the Lord's directing through the lattice. I like that picture
that we find. Just go over there with me to
the Song of Solomon, if you would, Song of Solomon chapter two,
the Song of Solomon chapter two. And this allusion is brought
to our attention that we've used a number of times here in the
book of Esther. The name of God is not mentioned
here. We don't have any of those words about God. And yet we find God here in such
clarity. And here in the book of the Song
of Solomon in verse 9 of chapter 2, it says, My beloved is like
a roe or a young heart. Behold, he standeth behind our
wall. He looketh forth at the window,
showing himself through the lattice. Now, if we stand behind lattice,
we don't get a complete picture, but we certainly do here notice
that the director of all things is always in the background. If he's not in the forefront,
he's still in the background and he is directing all things.
And here we find him with regard to Mordecai. He is behind the
lattice directing. God is directing what is going
on here in the book of Esther. Always has been, always will
be, and even the beginning to the conclusion, it is God's direction
about this. He is the director of this entire
scene. Now, there were four groups of
people mentioned in that verse three that the king had out in
the hinterlands that helped the Jews. It says there was the rulers. Now, these are head persons.
One who rules turned the people to his direction. That's real
basic meaning for that. He is over probably several provinces,
that person. And then we have the lieutenant,
or a satrap, or a governor of a main province of Persia. So
we have it divided up. There's going to be 127 of those. We have deputies, a prefect of
a city or a small district. And then we have officers, those
doing the king's business, royal agents and royal officials. And
we find here as we read this that everybody that had any authority
whatsoever granted to them by the king was doing the bidding
of the one behind the lattice. They were an organized group
that was tending to business with regard to the Lord. And as it says there, they helped
the Jews. These groups helped the Jews.
All of these from the highest to the lowest were helping the
Jews because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. We can notice
here the manner in which the king ruled, top to bottom. What happens today with Almighty
God? Top to bottom. He's the one that issues the
orders. We're the ones that follow the
orders. He has given us His Word. We have nothing else to go to
but His Word. It's so interesting to visit
with people, particularly that young man I was visiting with
today, I have, I've done, and I said, all I have is the Bible.
Let's go to the Bible and see what it says. Which of the disciples,
which of the apostles ever bragged about their free will? Well,
you know, you're brought to a standstill when you go to the scriptures.
And that's the only thing that we have to depend on is the scriptures.
It's not my experience. It's not something that happened
to me. We don't agree on the Bible, so let's discuss my experience,
because we can agree on that. Well, you know, that's garbage.
Well, as we notice here, that there is a top to bottom rule,
and they're all in organization, and they're all helping the Jews,
just as God directs them. These royal officials, they help
the Jews. And why did they help the Jews?
It says, because. the fear of Mordecai fell upon
them." Now, what does that mean? Well, the influence that came
upon the heart due to the influence here from one directing from
behind the lattice. and influence came upon them. Now, this is a good influence.
We can have all kinds of influences, but this influence, God's influence,
is a good influence, and His influence was protecting His
people that were in the Persian Empire, those that had been threatened
by the edict of Haman. There's a lot of comparisons
between Haman and Adam. Both were given a lot of authority.
Both were put into a high position. And both sent out an edict of
death. When Adam sinned, he caused his
entire family to die. And when Haman got too big for
his own britches, he said, let's kill all the Jews because he
hated them. Well, we find out there's a lot of similarities
between Mordecai and the Lord. They have life interests. That's Mordecai, I said, not
an addictive life. And that's what the Lord does
for us. There fell this influence upon them, and we seldom see
the director of a play. I enjoy a good play. I have a
real difficulty with musicals. But I like a good play. I remember
Nancy taking me down to the Shakespeare play after much pleading that
I was not going to go and much telling her that I'm not interested.
She took me anyway and it was a joy to see those actors and
actresses doing their part. I never saw the director, but
I saw the director's directions being fulfilled. That's what
we see. the lines, the director's directions. And that's what we see from the
Lord. We have the director's directions. And the director's
directions to all these people was, you take care of my people. Now, he didn't have to whisper
it in his ear. He has the influence to come over their heart, just
as we find with regard to Cyrus. The Holy Spirit came upon Cyrus
and influenced him to make a decision to let the children of Israel
go back. Why? That the word of Jeremiah the
prophet might be fulfilled. That's why it was given. Mordecai
is a wonderful picture of Christ. quite a number of people in quite
a number of situations were influenced by his position and character. It says right there in verse
3, they, because of the fear of Mordecai fell upon them, their
respect for him, their honor of him. They're coming under
his influence, and his influence is so positive. His influence
has an interest in doing that which is right. His influence
is for the betterment of the people. His influence, he would
have rather had nobody killed, but those who resisted and those
rebels, they went ahead and the Jews took care of them. But I
don't think Mordecai was just counting the numbers, hoping
that how many people would die on that day. You know, the influence,
it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. It's never been the threat. It's
never been hell. It's never been the law. It's
never been the threat of God that changed anybody. It is the
goodness of God that leads us to repentance. We might say that
these folks that we read about in verse 3 of chapter 9, they
were influenced for Mordecai's sake. Now, you know where I'm going.
A lot is done for Jesus' sake. He's the one that influences
for Jesus' sake. For Jesus' sake, there is. Now, we're going to look at two
verses in the New Testament in the book of Matthew in just a
moment. And in those two verses, the Lord Jesus Himself said,
there is a greater than these two here right now. Now we can
look at the book of Esther, we can look at the book of Ruth,
we can look at the book of Exodus, we can look at the book of Genesis,
we can look at all the books of the Old Testament, as well
as the New Testament, and we have to come to this conclusion,
led by the Holy Spirit, that there is a greater than any man
here. There is greater. God is greater.
Greater than Mordecai is here turn with me if you would to
the book of Matthew chapter 12 Now the Lord brings this subject
up because no doubt there were some people that were giving
great honor to Jonah And there were some people giving great
honor to Solomon. He mentions both of them one
in one verse one in the next verse here in the book of Matthew
Matthew chapter 12 Matthew chapter 12 and verse 41 We read this The men of Nineveh shall rise
in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because
they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, a greater
than Jonah is here. Christ is here, and He is greater
than Jonah. Jonah was a prophet of the Lord.
Jonah was moved by the Lord's commandments, the Lord's Word.
And then in verse 42, no doubt there were many people that felt
that Solomon was a tremendous king. Well, we go over there
and we read, there was no wars during his time and every man
dwelt under his own vine at peace. Well, that's a pretty good time.
Can you imagine them? We'd like to have Solomon back.
Look what we're dealing with now. We're dealing with Rome
and they're not being very nice to us. Well, the Queen of the
South shall rise up in judgment with this generation and shall
condemn it. For she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Commendable. But the Lord Himself said, And
behold, a greater than Solomon is here." Right in their midst. He was wiser than Solomon. Solomon's wisdom came from who?
the one behind the lattice, God spoke to him and gave him that
great wisdom. So we find that this greater
than Mordecai is here. What a individual that would
move in the hearts and minds of all of those authoritative
people that stood underneath the Hagiowaras and these people
lent themselves to the safety of the Jews. Something happened. It wasn't natural for them to
do that. It was not natural for them to do that. And God granted
to them the joy of helping the Jews. And Mordecai, as it tells
us over there in the book of Esther, it says that because
of the fear of Mordecai fell on them. For Mordecai's sake. Now a greater than Mordecai is
here. This one, the Lord Jesus, it
is just astonishing the number of verses in the Bible that tell
us about how great He is. There is no end of how great
he is. There is a greater than Jonah
here. There is a greater and Christ
is going to use that illustration as Jonah was three days and three
nights in the great fishes belly. So shall the son of man be three
days and three nights in the heart of the earth. There's going
to be a resurrection. I am greater than Jonah. I had
to speak to that fish to get that fish to regurgitate him.
And a greater than Solomon is here, I'm the one that gave Solomon
all that wisdom. I helped him with those two mothers. I helped him make the decision
to ask for a sword. I was moved there to move Solomon
to say, cut it in half and give it to one half and to the other
and the other half. And you know what happened? That
mama that just loved that baby said, no, no, no, give it to
him. God moved behind the lattice to give Solomon wisdom, and a
greater than Solomon is here. Turn with me to an outstanding
passage of scripture in the New Testament that shares so much
about the greatness of Jesus Christ over all others, and that's
found in the book of Colossians. The book of Colossians, Colossians
1, verse 16. As we think about Thanksgiving,
I'm so thankful for these verses that demonstrate and reveal and
share with us the greatness of our Savior, the greatness of
God. Mordecai, I have a great deal of respect for him. I have
more respect for him now than I've ever had. I never have looked
at him as I've looked at him in studying this last time through
the book of Esther. But he was one that God used
in a mighty way and standing behind Mordecai was God Almighty. He moved in Him both to will
and to do of His good pleasure. And that's what He does with
His saints today. He moves in His saints to both to will and
to do of His good pleasure. Here in the book of Colossians
1, verse 16, for by Him, by Christ, were all things created. That's a statement that shares
with us that He is greater than Mordecai. Mordecai was a very
influential person in Jerusalem or in Judah. Mordecai is taken
into captivity, moved from home to the Persian Empire. We looked
at him so symbolic of our Savior, giving up the glory that he had
with the Father before the world was, come down to the Persian
Empire. Come down to paganism, if you
please. Come down and be able to know
these are all dead in trespasses and sin. And then, not just make
them savable, but save them from their sins. All right? For by
Him were all things created that are in heaven, that are in earth,
visible and invisible. That's interesting. You know,
we talk about invisible things. What can we do with that? What
can we do with that? And yet the Lord has created
everything visible and everything invisible. Last Sunday I was
driving home with Josie. And I asked her if she'd memorized
the periodic table yet. She's working on it. And I said,
well, what is the symbol for gold? Well, I don't know that
one yet, Granddad. How about silver? I don't know that one
yet either. I said, what's the first one on the table? Hydrogen,
number one. What's next? Helium. What's next?
And she told me, well, those things are invisible. Those gases
are invisible. We use them, but they are invisible.
God is over everything. The Holy Spirit's influence upon
us is invisible, and yet He moves in us to both to will and to
do of His good pleasure. Well, it goes on to say here,
whether they be thrones or dominions, and that takes us right back
to the Persian Empire. thrones, dominions, or principalities,
or powers, angels, demons, every created being, everything redounds
to the glory of God the Father. And we find out it was this one
who is greater than Jonah, greater than Solomon, and greater than
Mordecai that created it all from nothing, zero, zilch, nothing. There wasn't even air. There
was an invisible mass. And yet God was in his glory
on his throne. And he is before all things and
by him all things consist or held in order or held in check. All right. The scriptures are
filled with this, that the Lord Jesus, that God Almighty is greater
than Mordecai, even though he is great and he is getting greater.
He is still greater than Mordecai. He moved in him both to will
and to do of his good pleasure. He moved in Abel to offer a sacrifice
most acceptable. What was it that God had revealed
to Abel that caused him really to do that? He revealed to him
he was a sinner and he revealed he needed a substitute. And a
substitute, this picture was going to be a picture of the
Lamb of God. God moved in him both to will
and to do of his good pleasure, and he did not do that in his
brother. He left him. What will man do
left to himself? Bring watermelons and cucumbers
and the labors of their hands left to themselves. What will
a person do if God influences them? They will trust Christ. as all their salvation, His blood
and righteousness alone. All right, go back with me to
the Old Testament for a few readings over in the Psalm, Psalm 102.
Psalm 102. Psalm 102, we read this. About
a greater than Mordecai is here. Psalm 102, verse 25. Psalm 102, verse 25. We're going to read the rest
of this psalm. It says, "...of old hast thou
laid the foundation of the earth." You know, from space it doesn't
look like the earth has a foundation. And yet God said, of old he hath
laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work
of thy hands. What a greater than Solomon! What a greater than Jonah! What
a greater than Mordecai! What a greater than anyone! What
great God is ours! They shall perish, but thou shalt
endure. Yea, all them shall wax all like
a garment, as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall
be changed. Who changes them? The one that's
greater than Mordecai. As a vesture thou shalt change
them, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy
years shall have no end. This is what Mordecai was born,
grew up, lived, and we don't have a record of it, but we can
certainly take it to the bank, he died. Jonah, Solomon, but
a greater than Solomon is here, a greater than Jonah is here,
a greater than Mordecai is here. So, and the children of thy servant
shall continue and their seed shall be established before thee.
What a wonderful statement that He has a people that is His and
He will take care of them. He has created the heavens and
the earth. And over in the book of Isaiah chapter 40, Isaiah
chapter 40, we find this some more about He is greater than
Jonah, greater than Solomon. And as we're studying today,
the book of Esther, greater than Mordecai. He was so influential
upon those people that the fear of Him, fell upon them, and they
decided to help the Jews. God moved in them both to will
and to do of his good pleasure. I'm not saying that they were
all saved. I'm saying he moved in them both to will and to do
of his good pleasure. That's what he does. And here
we find in the book of Isaiah chapter 40, and there in verse
nine, Isaiah chapter 40 in verse nine, O Zion that bring us good
tidings, get thee up into the high mountain. O Jerusalem that
bring us good tidings, lift up thy voice and strength, lift
it up. Be not afraid. Say unto the cities
of Judah, behold your God. Behold, the Lord God will come
with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him. Behold, his
reward is with him, and his work before him. I love what the Lord
told Abraham, and it just takes care of the reward issue. I am thy exceeding great reward. My goodness, there's no greater
reward than to have Jesus Christ as Lord. I read the other day
about the volume of the oceans. I can't count that far. I can't
imagine that much. And yet, in just trying to get us to understand
God, you can measure it in the palm of his hand. a greater than Jonah is here,
a greater than Solomon is here, a greater than Mordecai is here. He hath measured the waters in
the hollow of his hand, he meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended
the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in
scales and hills in a balance. Now he's just letting us try
to get a grasp of the greatness of God by looking at what we
live on and saying, it's just a pile of sand. It's just a little
bit of water. It's a cup full of this. And
we say, oh my, what a great God, a greater than Mordecai is here. It's no wonder that we bow. It's no wonder that we reverence
Him. It's no wonder that we come to
Him. We're drawn with cords of love.
What strength it took to create the heavens and the earth, and
that strength is what it takes to draw us to Him. And He has
that power, and He has that authority. And just a little further here
in Isaiah 44, Isaiah 44, we have this that shares with us about
the greatness of our Lord, the greatness of God, God said, I formed Israel. I
formed the church. I formed Israel. I form everybody. Isaiah 40 verse not, excuse me,
Isaiah 44 verse 21. Remember these, O Jacob and Israel,
for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art
my servant. O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten
of me. I have formed thee. This is what
God has done. He has formed us. Every spiritual
thing we have has been formed in us. We can't create it because
we're not a creator, but we have a creator that can create it.
Almighty God. All things were made by Him.
There we read, all things were created by Him and for Him. He
has everything. In the 1 Corinthians 8, turn
with me to 1 Corinthians 8. 1 Corinthians 8, we read this,
verse 8, verses 5 and 6. Chapter 8, 1 Corinthians 8, verses 5
and 6. It says here, For though there be that are
called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there be gods
many and lords many, but to us there is but one God, the Father,
of whom are all things, and we in Him, and one Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things, and we by Him." First or second verse, we by
Him. What a statement is made throughout
the Scriptures. He created all things by Christ
Jesus. Now, we've come Jesus said I have come to do
my father's will That's why he came He chose a people before
the foundation of the world for Jesus sake Now we read over there,
for Mordecai's sake, those lieutenants, satraps, all those people of
importance that were under the King Ahasuerus, they did what
they did because of Mordecai. The fear of Mordecai came upon
them. And we find the reverence of
God by his people for Jesus' sake. God created the heavens
and the earth for Jesus' sake. What was it created? For the
church. There was no need for an earth or a heaven, but God
had in mind saving the people from their sins. And He's going
to create a new heaven and a new earth. Why? For His church. He's going to take their sin
as far as the east is from the west and plant them in a new
heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness for the
church and for Jesus' sake. They all shall be saved for Jesus'
sake. His blood and righteousness is
efficacious and sufficient and they shall be saved for Jesus'
sake. The Holy Spirit brings all the
elect to the sun for Jesus' sake. His work, His ministry, all that
He has done on the behalf of His people, all are born again
for Jesus' sake. And we pray. And most of the
time we close our prayer. We have petitions, or we have
praise, or whatever, and we close it by, and for Jesus' sake. You
know, I wish I could mean that every time. I'm so thankful for
that verse of Scripture that shares with me that I don't know
how to pray as I ought, but the Holy Spirit does. I often close my prayer, and
I hear others close their, and for Jesus' sake, that He would
get the glory, it would redound to His glory because of His blood
and His righteousness. And as we go back to that verse
four of chapter nine of the book of Esther, verse four shares
so much also about this one Mordecai as a picture of our Savior. In the book of Esther, chapter
9, verse 4, it says, for Mordecai was great in the king's house.
We know that. The Lord is great in his house.
We know that. But notice what it goes on to
say, was great in the king's house, and his fame went throughout
all the provinces, for this man, Mordecai, waxed greater and greater. As the Lord teaches the church,
as the Lord brings the Word of God to the church, we find out
He gets greater and greater in our mind, our understanding. We never come to a place and
say, well, that's all there is. We come to the place and say,
I wish I knew more. I wish I could understand more
about my Savior. And He reveals in His Word His
greatness and His might and His power. But we're left with our
minds tangled up because they're so finite. You know, the scriptures
tell us over here in the book of Ephesians chapter 3, Ephesians
chapter 3, look at this verse of scripture with me, this passage
of scripture in the book of Ephesians. Ephesians chapter 3, verse 18. Ephesians chapter 3, verse 17. That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all saints Now notice this. You might be able to comprehend.
I look over there and I read about Mordecai and he got greater
and greater. He got greater in the eyes of
the people. His magnificence was greater.
His authority was greater. They realized more and more how
he was taking care of them. Many of the same characteristics
and attributes that we follow with Joseph when he had the storehouses
and he gave all of the food out of the storehouses. And nobody
went hungry, even in the driest and worst of times. Here is a
man taking care of the kingdom, huge kingdom, on the behalf of
God. He's put into this position to
deal with people on the behalf of God, to be a representative
of God, just like you and I are when it comes to the Word. We
have nothing else to give. Our experiences aren't worth
much. The Word of God is valuable. All right? Now notice here that
you may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth
and the length and the depth and the height and to know the
love of Christ. Can you comprehend that? Now,
we're called on to comprehend that. to comprehend the breadth,
the length, the depth, and the height of the love of God. Can
you comprehend that? You know, when we get to looking
at that, we find out He gets greater and greater. We never
reach the end. We never come to the conclusion,
I've learned it all. A person may say that, but they're
just dumb as a post. God's people say, you know, I
wish I knew something about this. And if God has given us a little
inkling about it, an inkling of the length, the breadth, the
height, and the depth of the love of Christ. Go to the cross. Go to the manger. God gave up the glory that he
had with the father before the world was and laid in a manger.
Go to the temple with him. Go. And we'll find out, we are
amazed he gets greater and greater. He astonished the doctors at
12 years of age. And he astonished the religious
people all of his life. And don't think for a moment
that he didn't know what he was doing on the Sabbath day. It's
a good check to find out what do you hold dear Is it grace
or is it some tradition or something? What's the most important? Well,
he showed what was most important, and the person that went to the
temple and prayed, God, be merciful to me, a sinner, didn't care
what Jesus did on the Sabbath day. He thanked God for anybody
that would be healed. All right, let's look at this
verse 19. He certainly is getting greater
and greater. Mordecai got greater and greater every day, every
month, every year as he lived and ruled and blessed the provinces. We see in him how we are blessed
every day and greater and greater. We have to relearn some of the
lessons. We have to relearn some of the
things. limited, but He is gracious to
us. And then back up to chapter 1
of the book of Ephesians. Chapter 1 of the book of Ephesians,
and there in verse 18. It says, the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of His
calling and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance
in the saints. Is that an ongoing instruction
time for us? My goodness, what is simply said
in it, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us
were to believe according to the working of his mighty power,
which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and
set him at his own right hand in heavenly places. My goodness,
as we read through the scriptures, we find verses like this all
over, and it just says he's greater than you thought. He's greater
and greater and greater and greater. Now, there's a wonderful illustration
found in the book of Ezekiel chapter 47. We had a preacher
come one time and he preached on this. Ezekiel 47. In Ezekiel chapter 47, we're
going to start with verse 1. Ezekiel 47, verse 1. There is nowhere in this book
that God ever intended anybody to think that he's going to rebuild
a temple. This is all pictorial of the church. This is all pictorial
of people that make up the church. This is not literal. This is
pictorial, spiritual. I had a man today ask me, what
do you think about what's going on in the Middle East? I have
about as much concern about that as what is going on in Salem
or Washington D.C. or right here in the Dalles.
God has control over it all. And nothing that is going on
right now is out of God's control. And somebody is going to be moved
to somewhere so they can hear the gospel. End of statement. when the last
sheep is saved, then it will be over. Not this. Alright. In Ezekiel chapter 47, Afterward
he brought me again unto the door of the house, and behold
waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward. You know if this was literal,
some woman is going to call her husband and say, Come and take
care of this leak. This is spiritual. What a blessing
we see here. Water issuing from the threshold
from the temple. What is this? For the forefront
of the house stood toward the east and the waters came down
from the under from the right side of the house at the south
side of the altar and they brought me he he then brought me out
of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without
the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward, and behold,
there ran out waters on the right side. And when the man that had
the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand
cubits, and he brought me through the waters, and the waters were
to my ankles. Let's not stop there. Again,
he measured a thousand and brought me through the waters, and the
waters were to my knees, were to the knees. Again, he measured
a thousand and brought me through the waters, and they were to
my loins. What is happening? What is being demonstrated here?
My goodness, as God leads us through the gospel, we find out
it gets deeper and deeper. What a wonderful passage of scripture
it is. Launch out into the deep. All right, goes on. Afterward,
he measured 1,000, and it was a river that I could not pass
over. You know what that's telling
us? It's greater than we thought. For the waters were risen, waters
to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. What's that
telling us? You will never come to the conclusion
of grace. You will never come to the conclusion
of knowing all about God. You will never ever strive to
know more, read, pray to God that he'd reveal more, but you'll
never wear it out. You know, once in a while I get
a hold of a book, I really like it, and I hate to get to the
last page. It was such a good book. But you know what? This
book never gets to the last page. Oh, how sweet it was when I was
first saved. Oh, the gospel. Oh, gospel. And
we move on, it gets a little deeper, move on a little deeper.
We know more moves on precinct. It is so deep that you can't
swim in it. there will never be an end of
the glories of Almighty God in Christ Jesus for the church.
An eternity will be spent revealing the glories of grace. So as we
go back to that passage of scripture over there in the book of Esther,
Esther chapter nine, there Esther chapter nine in verse four, it
said, therefore Mordecai was great in the king's house. how
great he was with his disciples, how great he was with the people
he raised, healed their bodies. That one man said, I don't know
who he is, but I know this. Whereas I was blind, now I see.
You know, you follow that out? Jesus met up with him. and revealed
himself to him. He knew who he was now, and it
didn't matter that he'd been kicked out of that synagogue.
That was just nothing. He had Christ. And it goes on
to say, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces.
What does that tell us? The book of Matthew says, go
into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature
as the doors open, as the doors open. And then it says, Mordecai
waxes greater and greater. Wow. The Lord Jesus Christ waxes
greater and greater. We never get to the end. We never
say, is that all you have? We say, give me more.