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merciful,<00:12:24.759><c> slow</c><00:12:24.899><c> to</c><00:12:25.139><c> anger,</c><00:12:25.580><c> and</c><00:12:25.700><c> abounding</c>

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So<00:12:29.919><c> the</c><00:12:30.200><c> exact</c><00:12:30.659><c> response</c><00:12:31.139><c> that</c><00:12:31.419><c> the</c><00:12:31.720><c> Jews</c><00:12:32.559><c> find</c><00:12:33.460><c> themselves</c>

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It's<00:12:45.600><c> not</c><00:12:46.000><c> certain</c><00:12:46.480><c> that</c><00:12:46.940><c> when</c><00:12:47.120><c> God</c><00:12:47.360><c> brings</c><00:12:47.720><c> trials</c><00:12:48.139><c> into</c><00:12:48.559><c> our</c>

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that<00:12:52.960><c> we</c><00:12:53.139><c> will</c><00:12:53.379><c> respond</c><00:12:54.019><c> this</c><00:12:54.379><c> way.</c>

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If<00:12:55.320><c> you</c><00:12:55.360><c> look</c><00:12:55.519><c> back</c><00:12:55.779><c> at</c><00:12:55.919><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:56.179><c> 22,</c><00:12:58.379><c> these</c><00:12:58.519><c> words</c><00:12:58.700><c> are</c><00:12:58.919><c> often</c>

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quoted<00:12:59.519><c> in</c><00:12:59.940><c> 1</c><00:13:00.159><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:00.559><c> 15,</c><00:13:01.320><c> but</c>

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the<00:13:01.940><c> source</c><00:13:02.200><c> is</c><00:13:02.399><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:02.679><c> 22.</c>

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God<00:13:04.299><c> was</c><00:13:04.500><c> bringing</c><00:13:04.799><c> difficulty</c><00:13:05.440><c> into</c><00:13:06.299><c> the</c><00:13:06.720><c> lives</c><00:13:06.879><c> of</c><00:13:07.100><c> the</c><00:13:07.299><c> Jews</c><00:13:07.559><c> back</c><00:13:07.860><c> in</c>

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Isaiah's<00:13:08.620><c> day.</c>

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Lord<00:13:13.980><c> God</c><00:13:14.179><c> of</c><00:13:14.379><c> hosts</c><00:13:14.700><c> called</c><00:13:15.580><c> to</c><00:13:15.960><c> weeping</c>

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and<00:13:16.840><c> mourning,</c><00:13:18.100><c> to</c><00:13:18.279><c> baldness</c><00:13:18.879><c> and</c><00:13:19.120><c> girding</c><00:13:19.399><c> with</c><00:13:19.659><c> sackcloth.</c>

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That's<00:13:20.720><c> what</c><00:13:20.879><c> God</c><00:13:21.100><c> was</c><00:13:21.340><c> looking</c><00:13:21.600><c> to</c><00:13:21.899><c> produce,</c><00:13:22.320><c> a</c><00:13:22.720><c> spiritual</c>

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repentance<00:13:23.700><c> in</c><00:13:23.940><c> the</c><00:13:24.120><c> heart</c><00:13:24.379><c> of</c><00:13:24.620><c> the</c><00:13:24.779><c> nation.</c>

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But<00:13:26.059><c> instead,</c><00:13:26.919><c> what</c><00:13:27.080><c> was</c><00:13:27.379><c> produced</c><00:13:27.759><c> was</c><00:13:28.100><c> joy</c><00:13:28.539><c> and</c><00:13:28.879><c> gladness,</c>

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slaying<00:13:30.440><c> oxen</c><00:13:30.860><c> and</c><00:13:31.019><c> killing</c><00:13:31.299><c> sheep,</c>

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eating<00:13:32.120><c> flesh</c><00:13:32.519><c> and</c><00:13:32.700><c> drinking</c><00:13:33.039><c> wine.</c>

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Let<00:13:34.139><c> us</c><00:13:34.399><c> eat</c><00:13:34.620><c> and</c><00:13:34.879><c> drink</c><00:13:35.100><c> for</c><00:13:35.320><c> tomorrow</c><00:13:35.679><c> we</c><00:13:35.960><c> die.</c>

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That<00:13:36.940><c> was</c><00:13:37.200><c> the</c><00:13:37.299><c> reaction</c><00:13:37.659><c> of</c><00:13:37.860><c> the</c><00:13:38.059><c> Jews</c><00:13:38.299><c> in</c><00:13:38.539><c> Isaiah's</c><00:13:39.139><c> day.</c>

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That<00:13:39.679><c> was</c><00:13:39.919><c> not</c><00:13:40.100><c> the</c><00:13:40.240><c> reaction</c><00:13:40.539><c> God</c><00:13:40.759><c> was</c><00:13:40.960><c> looking</c><00:13:41.259><c> for.</c>

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That<00:13:42.879><c> was</c><00:13:43.139><c> not</c><00:13:43.340><c> the</c><00:13:43.539><c> reaction</c><00:13:44.000><c> of</c><00:13:44.299><c> the</c><00:13:44.460><c> Jewish</c><00:13:44.700><c> community</c><00:13:45.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:59.559><c> same</c><00:13:59.879><c> spiritual</c><00:14:00.360><c> context.</c>

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Esther's<00:14:06.799><c> day</c><00:14:06.919><c> did,</c><00:14:07.340><c> without</c><00:14:07.639><c> blaming</c><00:14:08.019><c> God,</c>

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There's<00:14:11.679><c> no</c><00:14:12.240><c> record</c><00:14:12.639><c> of</c><00:14:12.879><c> any</c><00:14:13.019><c> of</c><00:14:13.139><c> those</c><00:14:13.340><c> type</c><00:14:13.580><c> of</c><00:14:13.820><c> reactions</c>

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pleading<00:14:19.740><c> for</c><00:14:19.980><c> his</c><00:14:20.200><c> help</c><00:14:20.460><c> because</c><00:14:20.820><c> their</c><00:14:21.220><c> trial,</c><00:14:22.419><c> this</c><00:14:22.720><c> decree</c><00:14:23.080><c> that</c>

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has<00:14:25.299><c> convicted</c><00:14:25.759><c> them</c><00:14:26.080><c> of</c><00:14:26.259><c> their</c><00:14:26.500><c> own</c><00:14:26.779><c> sin</c><00:14:27.259><c> and</c><00:14:27.960><c> brought</c><00:14:28.159><c> them</c>

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You<00:14:31.700><c> notice</c><00:14:32.059><c> too</c><00:14:32.399><c> that</c><00:14:32.559><c> the</c><00:14:32.860><c> necessity</c><00:14:33.340><c> aspect</c><00:14:33.879><c> of</c><00:14:34.039><c> their</c><00:14:34.320><c> trial</c><00:14:34.799><c> did</c>

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not<00:14:36.159><c> diminish</c><00:14:37.000><c> the</c><00:14:38.559><c> intensity</c><00:14:39.139><c> of</c><00:14:39.500><c> the</c><00:14:39.700><c> pain.</c>

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is<00:14:47.679><c> not</c><00:14:48.120><c> intended</c><00:14:48.779><c> to</c><00:14:50.120><c> eliminate</c><00:14:50.639><c> the</c><00:14:51.179><c> pain</c><00:14:51.620><c> of</c><00:14:51.919><c> the</c><00:14:52.200><c> trials</c>

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that<00:14:52.679><c> we</c><00:14:52.860><c> face.</c>

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Mordecai<00:14:54.639><c> does</c><00:14:54.960><c> not</c><00:14:55.100><c> go</c><00:14:55.320><c> out</c><00:14:55.580><c> into</c><00:14:55.799><c> the</c><00:14:55.940><c> middle</c><00:14:56.139><c> of</c><00:14:56.379><c> the</c><00:14:56.559><c> city</c>

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and<00:14:57.879><c> say,</c>

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everything<00:14:58.679><c> will</c><00:14:59.039><c> be</c><00:14:59.360><c> fine.</c><00:15:00.120><c> All</c><00:15:00.419><c> we</c><00:15:00.659><c> need</c><00:15:00.820><c> to</c><00:15:01.159><c> do</c><00:15:01.159><c> is</c><00:15:01.460><c> trust</c>

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He<00:15:12.659><c> was</c><00:15:13.059><c> looking</c><00:15:13.460><c> to</c><00:15:13.899><c> create</c><00:15:14.320><c> the</c><00:15:14.820><c> strong</c><00:15:15.299><c> crying</c><00:15:15.940><c> in</c><00:15:16.440><c> tears</c><00:15:16.940><c> because</c><00:15:18.360><c> they</c><00:15:18.639><c> were</c><00:15:18.820><c> under</c><00:15:19.240><c> a</c>

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dominating<00:15:41.799><c> power</c><00:15:42.320><c> of</c><00:15:42.740><c> sin</c><00:15:43.139><c> in</c><00:15:43.860><c> our</c><00:15:44.080><c> life,</c>

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such<00:15:46.059><c> that</c><00:15:46.419><c> we</c><00:15:46.600><c> will</c><00:15:46.899><c> plead</c><00:15:47.100><c> with</c><00:15:47.379><c> him</c><00:15:47.620><c> to</c><00:15:47.960><c> intervene</c><00:15:48.519><c> on</c><00:15:48.879><c> our</c><00:15:49.120><c> behalf</c>

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in<00:16:02.360><c> my</c><00:16:02.620><c> life,</c>

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I<00:16:03.120><c> don't</c><00:16:03.320><c> have</c><00:16:03.519><c> to</c><00:16:03.799><c> concern</c><00:16:04.000><c> myself</c><00:16:04.440><c> with</c><00:16:04.600><c> this</c><00:16:04.820><c> principle</c><00:16:05.159><c> because</c><00:16:05.460><c> don't</c><00:16:05.779><c> forget</c><00:16:06.059><c> the</c><00:16:06.299><c> story</c><00:16:06.600><c> of</c><00:16:06.879><c> Esther</c>

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is<00:16:08.559><c> also</c><00:16:08.980><c> a</c><00:16:09.379><c> parable</c><00:16:09.679><c> of</c><00:16:09.899><c> how</c><00:16:10.059><c> God</c><00:16:10.360><c> redeems</c><00:16:10.740><c> us</c><00:16:10.940><c> from</c><00:16:11.220><c> sin.</c>

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Sin<00:16:12.679><c> has</c><00:16:13.120><c> the</c><00:16:13.419><c> same</c><00:16:13.720><c> power</c><00:16:14.120><c> in</c><00:16:14.379><c> our</c><00:16:14.759><c> life</c><00:16:15.080><c> that</c><00:16:15.360><c> Haman's</c><00:16:15.860><c> decree</c><00:16:16.179><c> had</c>

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over<00:16:17.179><c> the</c><00:16:17.379><c> lives</c><00:16:17.679><c> of</c><00:16:17.899><c> the</c><00:16:18.080><c> Jews</c><00:16:18.340><c> in</c><00:16:18.559><c> that</c><00:16:18.779><c> day.</c>

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It<00:16:19.860><c> has</c><00:16:20.159><c> the</c><00:16:20.399><c> power</c><00:16:20.679><c> to</c><00:16:20.960><c> destroy</c><00:16:21.360><c> us.</c><00:16:22.919><c> And</c><00:16:23.000><c> if</c><00:16:23.240><c> sin's</c><00:16:23.759><c> power</c>

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over<00:16:24.559><c> us,</c>

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if<00:16:26.940><c> its</c><00:16:27.159><c> power</c><00:16:27.539><c> over</c><00:16:27.860><c> us</c><00:16:28.139><c> is</c><00:16:28.360><c> not</c><00:16:28.740><c> bringing</c><00:16:29.080><c> us</c><00:16:29.559><c> to</c><00:16:29.740><c> the</c><00:16:30.039><c> same</c>

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point<00:16:30.679><c> in</c><00:16:30.940><c> our</c><00:16:31.320><c> life</c><00:16:31.740><c> as</c><00:16:32.039><c> Haman's</c><00:16:32.820><c> decree</c>

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brought<00:16:34.340><c> Mordecai</c><00:16:35.159><c> and</c><00:16:35.519><c> the</c><00:16:35.700><c> nation,</c><00:16:37.419><c> then</c><00:16:37.580><c> we</c><00:16:37.840><c> don't</c><00:16:38.259><c> have</c><00:16:39.120><c> a</c>

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proper<00:16:40.500><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:16:42.500><c> sin's</c><00:16:43.399><c> power</c><00:16:44.080><c> and</c><00:16:44.799><c> its</c><00:16:45.139><c> ability</c><00:16:45.820><c> to</c><00:16:46.220><c> slay</c><00:16:46.480><c> us</c><00:16:46.840><c> in</c><00:16:47.039><c> our</c><00:16:47.240><c> life.</c>

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Our<00:16:48.919><c> reaction</c><00:16:49.620><c> to</c><00:16:50.080><c> sin</c><00:16:50.759><c> should</c><00:16:51.379><c> mirror</c><00:16:52.659><c> the</c><00:16:53.700><c> reaction</c><00:16:54.200><c> of</c><00:16:54.519><c> the</c>

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nation<00:16:55.120><c> and</c><00:16:55.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:16:56.240><c> to</c><00:16:56.639><c> Haman's</c><00:16:57.139><c> decree</c>

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because<00:16:58.320><c> it</c><00:16:58.580><c> can</c><00:16:58.899><c> destroy</c><00:16:59.419><c> us,</c><00:17:00.700><c> it</c><00:17:00.820><c> can</c><00:17:01.179><c> kill</c><00:17:01.399><c> us,</c><00:17:02.220><c> and</c><00:17:02.519><c> it</c><00:17:02.740><c> can</c>

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cause<00:17:03.299><c> us</c><00:17:03.759><c> to</c><00:17:04.019><c> perish.</c>

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The<00:17:06.500><c> weeping</c><00:17:06.960><c> and</c><00:17:07.259><c> the</c><00:17:07.460><c> wailing</c><00:17:07.839><c> and</c><00:17:08.160><c> the</c><00:17:08.339><c> bitter</c><00:17:08.619><c> crying</c><00:17:09.039><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:09.539><c> sackcloth</c><00:17:10.000><c> and</c><00:17:10.240><c> ashes</c><00:17:10.559><c> and</c><00:17:10.859><c> the</c>

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repentance<00:17:12.839><c> and</c><00:17:13.380><c> the</c><00:17:13.599><c> humble</c><00:17:13.940><c> chastening</c><00:17:14.400><c> of</c><00:17:14.599><c> our</c><00:17:14.859><c> soul</c><00:17:15.420><c> is</c>

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all<00:17:17.700><c> part</c><00:17:18.000><c> of</c><00:17:18.279><c> the</c><00:17:18.700><c> initial</c><00:17:19.079><c> step</c>

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of<00:17:20.500><c> how</c><00:17:20.700><c> God</c><00:17:21.319><c> breaks</c><00:17:21.819><c> sin's</c><00:17:22.440><c> hold</c><00:17:22.700><c> over</c><00:17:23.039><c> us.</c><00:17:24.220><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:24.619><c> goes</c>

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right<00:17:25.119><c> back</c><00:17:25.400><c> to</c><00:17:25.539><c> the</c><00:17:25.680><c> gate,</c><00:17:25.799><c> you</c><00:17:26.019><c> notice,</c>

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right<00:17:26.519><c> back</c><00:17:26.759><c> to</c><00:17:26.859><c> the</c><00:17:26.980><c> gate</c><00:17:27.099><c> of</c><00:17:27.240><c> the</c><00:17:27.359><c> king's</c><00:17:27.700><c> palace</c><00:17:27.880><c> to</c><00:17:28.160><c> proclaim</c><00:17:28.579><c> his</c>

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grief<00:17:29.099><c> and</c><00:17:29.319><c> mourning.</c>

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He's<00:17:30.259><c> not</c><00:17:30.519><c> concerned</c><00:17:31.160><c> with</c><00:17:31.359><c> how</c><00:17:31.579><c> others</c><00:17:31.900><c> are</c><00:17:32.180><c> going</c><00:17:32.359><c> to</c><00:17:32.559><c> view</c>

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him.<00:17:33.400><c> He's</c><00:17:33.759><c> in</c><00:17:33.880><c> a</c><00:17:34.079><c> humiliated</c><00:17:34.900><c> state,</c>

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but<00:17:36.339><c> he</c><00:17:36.740><c> despised</c><00:17:37.720><c> the</c><00:17:38.039><c> shame</c><00:17:38.599><c> because</c><00:17:40.119><c> the</c><00:17:40.460><c> issue</c><00:17:40.900><c> is</c><00:17:41.420><c> not</c><00:17:41.819><c> his</c><00:17:42.259><c> humiliation.</c><00:17:44.359><c> The</c><00:17:44.579><c> issue</c><00:17:45.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:45.819><c> salvation</c>

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of<00:17:47.099><c> his</c><00:17:47.380><c> people.</c><00:17:49.799><c> Esther</c><00:17:50.079><c> needs</c><00:17:50.480><c> to</c><00:17:50.720><c> know</c><00:17:51.079><c> what's</c><00:17:51.559><c> happened</c>

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and<00:17:52.599><c> she</c><00:17:52.859><c> doesn't</c><00:17:53.279><c> know</c><00:17:53.859><c> what's</c><00:17:54.359><c> happened,</c>

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so<00:17:54.960><c> he</c><00:17:55.160><c> goes</c><00:17:55.440><c> back</c><00:17:55.799><c> to</c><00:17:56.000><c> the</c><00:17:56.200><c> gate</c><00:17:56.480><c> of</c><00:17:56.779><c> the</c><00:17:56.960><c> king's</c><00:17:57.380><c> palace</c><00:17:57.819><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:58.880><c> will</c><00:17:59.519><c> wail</c><00:18:00.380><c> until</c><00:18:01.599><c> she</c><00:18:01.880><c> finds</c><00:18:02.220><c> out</c><00:18:02.859><c> what</c><00:18:03.079><c> has</c>

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happened.<00:18:05.279><c> The</c><00:18:05.680><c> exchanges</c><00:18:06.019><c> in</c><00:18:06.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:06.559><c> 4</c><00:18:06.960><c> between</c><00:18:07.359><c> Esther</c>

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and<00:18:07.859><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:09.460><c> are</c><00:18:09.880><c> quite</c><00:18:10.059><c> remarkable.</c><00:18:11.240><c> All</c>

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of<00:18:11.720><c> the</c><00:18:11.940><c> conversation</c><00:18:12.519><c> takes</c><00:18:12.880><c> place</c><00:18:13.519><c> through</c><00:18:14.039><c> messengers.</c>

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Esther<00:18:15.559><c> and</c><00:18:15.700><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:16.359><c> will</c><00:18:16.579><c> never</c><00:18:16.839><c> see</c><00:18:17.119><c> each</c><00:18:17.420><c> other</c><00:18:17.619><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:18.019><c> chapter</c><00:18:18.400><c> and</c><00:18:19.200><c> it</c><00:18:19.460><c> demonstrates</c><00:18:19.900><c> that</c><00:18:20.140><c> the</c><00:18:20.380><c> power</c><00:18:20.720><c> is</c><00:18:21.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:21.400><c> message</c><00:18:22.019><c> and</c><00:18:22.680><c> in</c><00:18:22.839><c> the</c><00:18:23.039><c> principles</c><00:18:23.480><c> conveyed</c>

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in<00:18:24.799><c> the</c><00:18:24.940><c> message.</c><00:18:25.740><c> The</c><00:18:26.079><c> power</c><00:18:26.380><c> of</c><00:18:26.579><c> chapter</c><00:18:26.819><c> 4</c><00:18:27.079><c> is</c><00:18:27.259><c> not</c><00:18:27.440><c> in</c><00:18:27.660><c> the</c>

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theatrics<00:18:28.240><c> or</c><00:18:28.440><c> the</c><00:18:28.640><c> personality</c><00:18:29.119><c> of</c><00:18:29.319><c> Mordecai.</c>

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It's<00:18:31.119><c> all</c><00:18:31.279><c> in</c><00:18:31.480><c> the</c><00:18:31.640><c> word</c><00:18:31.799><c> and</c><00:18:31.940><c> it</c><00:18:32.059><c> is</c><00:18:32.299><c> marvelous</c><00:18:32.759><c> to</c><00:18:33.140><c> watch</c><00:18:34.039><c> Esther's</c><00:18:35.319><c> faith</c><00:18:35.819><c> groan</c><00:18:36.640><c> right</c><00:18:37.259><c> before</c><00:18:37.859><c> our</c><00:18:38.220><c> eyes</c>

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because<00:18:39.559><c> when</c><00:18:39.799><c> she</c><00:18:40.059><c> learns</c><00:18:40.640><c> of</c><00:18:41.079><c> Mordecai's</c><00:18:41.900><c> condition</c><00:18:42.400><c> in</c><00:18:42.640><c> verse</c><00:18:42.920><c> 4,</c>

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she<00:18:43.940><c> is</c><00:18:44.339><c> exceedingly</c><00:18:45.359><c> grieved</c><00:18:46.680><c> over</c><00:18:47.160><c> what's</c>

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happened<00:18:47.779><c> to</c><00:18:48.039><c> Mordecai.</c><00:18:49.880><c> She</c><00:18:50.160><c> has</c><00:18:50.380><c> no</c><00:18:50.640><c> knowledge</c><00:18:51.180><c> of</c><00:18:51.440><c> Haman's</c>

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decree.<00:18:53.180><c> When</c><00:18:53.400><c> Esther's</c><00:18:53.920><c> maids</c><00:18:54.140><c> and</c><00:18:54.299><c> her</c><00:18:54.460><c> eunuchs</c>

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came<00:18:55.000><c> and</c><00:18:55.119><c> told</c><00:18:55.440><c> her,</c><00:18:56.339><c> the</c><00:18:56.440><c> queen</c><00:18:56.740><c> was</c><00:18:57.140><c> deeply</c><00:18:57.740><c> distressed</c><00:18:58.460><c> or</c>

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exceedingly<00:18:59.400><c> grieved</c><00:18:59.779><c> as</c><00:18:59.940><c> it</c><00:19:00.099><c> is</c><00:19:00.200><c> in</c><00:19:00.299><c> the</c><00:19:00.440><c> authorized</c>

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version,<00:19:01.660><c> so</c><00:19:01.900><c> she</c><00:19:02.140><c> sends</c><00:19:02.380><c> garments</c><00:19:02.900><c> to</c><00:19:03.220><c> clothe</c><00:19:03.460><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:04.160><c> so</c>

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that<00:19:04.519><c> he</c><00:19:04.559><c> might</c><00:19:04.839><c> take</c><00:19:05.119><c> off</c><00:19:05.319><c> his</c><00:19:05.619><c> sackcloth,</c>

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but<00:19:07.099><c> he</c><00:19:07.240><c> would</c><00:19:07.500><c> not</c><00:19:07.799><c> accept</c><00:19:08.059><c> them.</c><00:19:10.259><c> Then</c><00:19:10.440><c> Esther</c><00:19:11.059><c> called</c><00:19:11.359><c> for</c>

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Hatak,<00:19:12.160><c> one</c><00:19:12.319><c> of</c><00:19:12.420><c> the</c><00:19:12.559><c> king's</c><00:19:12.880><c> eunuchs,</c>

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who<00:19:13.240><c> had</c><00:19:13.400><c> been</c><00:19:13.640><c> appointed</c><00:19:13.920><c> to</c><00:19:14.140><c> attend</c><00:19:14.420><c> her</c><00:19:14.880><c> and</c><00:19:15.519><c> ordered</c><00:19:15.960><c> him</c>

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to<00:19:17.220><c> go</c><00:19:17.400><c> to</c><00:19:17.460><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:18.079><c> to</c><00:19:18.299><c> learn</c><00:19:18.559><c> what</c><00:19:18.740><c> this</c><00:19:19.140><c> was</c><00:19:19.559><c> and</c>

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why<00:19:20.059><c> it</c><00:19:20.259><c> was.</c><00:19:20.500><c> She</c><00:19:20.700><c> hasn't</c><00:19:21.059><c> a</c><00:19:21.400><c> clue</c><00:19:21.759><c> as</c><00:19:22.099><c> to</c><00:19:22.180><c> what's</c><00:19:22.460><c> going</c><00:19:22.720><c> on.</c>

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All<00:19:23.700><c> she</c><00:19:23.940><c> knows</c><00:19:24.559><c> is</c><00:19:25.220><c> that</c><00:19:25.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:25.859><c> is</c><00:19:26.140><c> in</c><00:19:26.339><c> the</c><00:19:26.599><c> gate</c>

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of<00:19:27.500><c> the</c><00:19:27.680><c> king's</c><00:19:28.119><c> palace,</c><00:19:29.019><c> not</c><00:19:29.279><c> able</c><00:19:29.500><c> to</c><00:19:29.740><c> enter</c><00:19:29.900><c> the</c><00:19:30.099><c> gate,</c><00:19:30.240><c> of</c>

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course,<00:19:30.680><c> because</c><00:19:30.940><c> he's</c><00:19:31.160><c> mourning</c><00:19:31.440><c> and</c><00:19:31.619><c> in</c><00:19:31.839><c> sackcloth</c>

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and<00:19:32.859><c> ashes.</c><00:19:33.160><c> He's</c><00:19:33.640><c> just</c><00:19:33.980><c> outside</c><00:19:34.460><c> that</c><00:19:34.779><c> and</c><00:19:35.420><c> she</c><00:19:35.680><c> is</c><00:19:35.940><c> deeply</c>

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distressed<00:19:37.180><c> over</c><00:19:37.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:38.079><c> being</c><00:19:38.440><c> grieved</c>

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and<00:19:39.240><c> she</c><00:19:39.400><c> is</c><00:19:39.660><c> deeply</c><00:19:39.980><c> distressed</c><00:19:40.500><c> over</c><00:19:40.880><c> his</c><00:19:41.519><c> personal</c><00:19:42.619><c> well</c>

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-being.<00:19:44.519><c> So</c><00:19:44.740><c> what</c><00:19:44.839><c> does</c><00:19:44.960><c> she</c><00:19:45.180><c> do?</c><00:19:45.339><c> She</c><00:19:45.539><c> sends</c><00:19:45.779><c> him</c>

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clothes<00:19:46.369><c> and</c><00:19:46.450><c> what</c><00:19:46.589><c> does</c><00:19:46.769><c> he</c><00:19:46.869><c> do?</c><00:19:47.089><c> He</c><00:19:47.130><c> sends</c><00:19:47.349><c> a</c><00:19:47.509><c> clothes</c><00:19:47.630><c> right</c>

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Mordecai,<00:20:19.269><c> in</c><00:20:19.410><c> the</c><00:20:19.589><c> events</c><00:20:19.750><c> of</c><00:20:19.910><c> this</c><00:20:20.150><c> chapter,</c><00:20:21.450><c> will</c><00:20:21.690><c> cause</c>

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her<00:20:22.130><c> to</c><00:20:22.369><c> refocus</c><00:20:22.890><c> her</c><00:20:23.130><c> concern</c>

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she<00:20:31.670><c> sends</c><00:20:31.950><c> Hetech</c><00:20:32.509><c> to</c><00:20:32.730><c> learn</c><00:20:32.970><c> the</c>

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the<00:20:38.910><c> open</c><00:20:39.190><c> square</c><00:20:39.589><c> to</c><00:20:39.890><c> meet</c>

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Mordecai.<00:20:42.390><c> And</c><00:20:42.910><c> watch</c><00:20:43.190><c> now</c><00:20:43.490><c> how</c><00:20:43.690><c> Mordecai</c><00:20:44.269><c> will</c><00:20:44.549><c> deal</c><00:20:44.869><c> with</c><00:20:45.170><c> Esther</c><00:20:45.529><c> in</c><00:20:46.029><c> bringing</c><00:20:46.309><c> her</c><00:20:46.589><c> along</c><00:20:46.809><c> a</c>

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strengthen<00:20:47.970><c> her</c><00:20:48.250><c> faith.</c><00:20:49.829><c> When</c><00:20:50.009><c> she</c><00:20:50.250><c> first</c><00:20:50.630><c> learns</c><00:20:51.009><c> of</c><00:20:51.190><c> the</c><00:20:51.390><c> situation,</c><00:20:51.930><c> she</c><00:20:52.150><c> is</c>

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not<00:20:52.630><c> willing</c><00:20:52.930><c> to</c><00:20:53.150><c> risk</c><00:20:53.329><c> her</c><00:20:53.589><c> life</c>

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for<00:20:54.269><c> anybody.</c><00:20:56.069><c> But</c><00:20:56.269><c> by</c><00:20:56.509><c> the</c><00:20:56.769><c> time</c><00:20:57.109><c> she</c><00:20:57.529><c> finishes,</c><00:20:58.309><c> by</c><00:20:58.529><c> the</c><00:20:58.710><c> time</c><00:20:58.849><c> we</c>

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she<00:21:02.170><c> of</c><00:21:02.369><c> her</c><00:21:02.670><c> own</c><00:21:03.210><c> free</c><00:21:03.470><c> will</c><00:21:04.230><c> will</c><00:21:04.609><c> be</c><00:21:04.809><c> ready</c><00:21:05.009><c> to</c><00:21:05.369><c> place</c><00:21:05.589><c> her</c>

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life<00:21:06.150><c> in</c><00:21:06.450><c> jeopardy</c><00:21:07.569><c> for</c><00:21:07.910><c> her</c><00:21:08.130><c> people.</c>

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chapter,<00:21:13.170><c> Haman's</c><00:21:13.529><c> decree</c><00:21:13.710><c> doesn't</c><00:21:14.049><c> change,</c>

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Persian<00:21:16.309><c> law</c><00:21:16.569><c> doesn't</c><00:21:16.890><c> change.</c><00:21:19.569><c> The</c><00:21:19.710><c> only</c><00:21:19.890><c> thing</c><00:21:20.029><c> that</c><00:21:20.269><c> changes</c><00:21:20.569><c> in</c><00:21:20.730><c> this</c><00:21:20.950><c> chapter</c><00:21:21.269><c> is</c>

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her<00:21:21.670><c> faith.</c>

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the<00:21:27.509><c> counsel</c><00:21:27.869><c> she</c><00:21:28.250><c> receives</c>

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he<00:21:40.730><c> crystallizes</c><00:21:41.509><c> the</c><00:21:41.769><c> spiritual</c>

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brethren<00:22:10.170><c> along</c><00:22:10.910><c> the</c><00:22:11.170><c> same</c><00:22:11.710><c> path</c>

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Genesis,<00:22:19.789><c> Judah</c>

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not<00:22:29.690><c> knowing</c><00:22:29.930><c> it</c><00:22:30.089><c> was</c><00:22:30.349><c> Joseph,</c><00:22:30.789><c> that</c><00:22:30.950><c> he</c><00:22:31.069><c> will</c><00:22:31.289><c> take</c><00:22:31.549><c> himself</c>

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youngest<00:22:37.230><c> son</c><00:22:37.650><c> of</c><00:22:37.809><c> his</c><00:22:38.089><c> father,</c><00:22:38.809><c> whom</c><00:22:38.950><c> his</c><00:22:39.269><c> father</c><00:22:39.609><c> loves,</c><00:22:40.210><c> can</c><00:22:40.450><c> go</c>

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free<00:22:41.509><c> because</c><00:22:42.170><c> he</c><00:22:42.349><c> does</c><00:22:42.670><c> not</c><00:22:42.890><c> want</c><00:22:43.150><c> to</c><00:22:43.430><c> face</c>

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developing<00:22:55.470><c> her</c><00:22:55.809><c> faith.</c>

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king's<00:23:07.869><c> treasuries</c><00:23:08.630><c> for</c><00:23:08.990><c> the</c><00:23:09.269><c> destruction</c><00:23:09.609><c> of</c><00:23:09.849><c> the</c>

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Jews.<00:23:11.430><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:11.869><c> also</c><00:23:12.190><c> gave</c><00:23:12.369><c> him</c><00:23:12.529><c> a</c><00:23:12.710><c> copy</c><00:23:12.970><c> of</c><00:23:13.190><c> the</c><00:23:13.289><c> written</c><00:23:13.490><c> decree</c><00:23:13.950><c> issued</c><00:23:14.329><c> in</c>

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Shushan<00:23:15.069><c> for</c><00:23:15.230><c> their</c><00:23:15.450><c> destruction,</c>

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and<00:23:19.650><c> charge</c><00:23:20.150><c> or</c><00:23:20.450><c> command</c><00:23:20.789><c> her</c><00:23:21.109><c> to</c><00:23:21.309><c> go</c><00:23:21.549><c> to</c><00:23:21.730><c> the</c><00:23:21.930><c> king</c>

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to<00:23:22.470><c> make</c><00:23:22.589><c> supplication</c><00:23:23.269><c> to</c><00:23:23.490><c> him</c><00:23:23.890><c> and</c><00:23:24.509><c> entreat</c><00:23:24.910><c> him</c><00:23:25.349><c> for</c><00:23:25.650><c> her</c>

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people.<00:23:26.910><c> So</c><00:23:27.089><c> he</c><00:23:27.250><c> tells</c><00:23:28.269><c> Hattach</c><00:23:28.789><c> to</c><00:23:29.029><c> report</c><00:23:29.470><c> to</c><00:23:29.829><c> Esther,</c>

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Haman<00:23:30.809><c> has</c><00:23:31.130><c> paid</c><00:23:31.430><c> 10</c><00:23:31.809><c>,000</c><00:23:32.269><c> talents</c><00:23:32.569><c> of</c><00:23:32.829><c> silver.</c><00:23:33.349><c> He</c><00:23:33.509><c> gives</c><00:23:33.710><c> Hattach</c><00:23:35.130><c> the</c>

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decree<00:23:35.710><c> and</c><00:23:36.190><c> he</c><00:23:36.430><c> charges</c><00:23:36.930><c> Esther,</c><00:23:37.670><c> commands</c>

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her.<00:23:39.369><c> In</c><00:23:39.509><c> chapter</c><00:23:39.750><c> two,</c><00:23:41.170><c> he</c><00:23:41.309><c> had</c><00:23:41.609><c> commanded</c><00:23:41.970><c> her</c><00:23:42.369><c> not</c><00:23:43.029><c> to</c><00:23:43.509><c> reveal</c><00:23:43.750><c> her</c>

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identity.<00:23:44.970><c> Now</c><00:23:45.289><c> he</c><00:23:45.490><c> commands</c><00:23:45.890><c> her</c><00:23:46.329><c> to</c><00:23:46.890><c> reveal</c>

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her<00:23:47.569><c> identity.</c><00:23:49.589><c> Now</c><00:23:49.990><c> this</c><00:23:50.269><c> is</c><00:23:50.589><c> not</c><00:23:50.849><c> a</c><00:23:51.049><c> case</c><00:23:52.150><c> of</c><00:23:52.950><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:53.509><c> trying</c><00:23:53.890><c> to</c><00:23:54.170><c> use</c><00:23:54.529><c> Esther</c><00:23:54.950><c> as</c><00:23:55.289><c> a</c>

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political<00:23:56.029><c> lobbyist.</c>

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Don't<00:23:56.890><c> read</c><00:23:57.089><c> it</c><00:23:57.230><c> that</c><00:23:57.490><c> way.</c><00:23:58.809><c> He</c><00:23:58.890><c> is</c><00:23:59.190><c> not</c><00:23:59.430><c> asking</c><00:23:59.769><c> Esther</c><00:24:00.170><c> to</c><00:24:00.390><c> go</c>

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to<00:24:00.690><c> the</c><00:24:00.789><c> king</c><00:24:01.029><c> to</c><00:24:01.250><c> use</c><00:24:01.450><c> her</c><00:24:01.690><c> political</c><00:24:02.230><c> influence.</c>

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Brothers<00:24:03.130><c> and</c><00:24:03.369><c> sisters,</c><00:24:04.150><c> he</c><00:24:04.349><c> is</c><00:24:04.650><c> asking</c><00:24:05.130><c> her</c><00:24:05.630><c> to</c><00:24:06.210><c> risk</c><00:24:06.509><c> her</c><00:24:06.769><c> life</c><00:24:07.329><c> for</c><00:24:07.710><c> the</c><00:24:07.910><c> sake</c><00:24:08.069><c> of</c>

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her<00:24:08.369><c> people.</c><00:24:09.509><c> That's</c><00:24:10.049><c> the</c><00:24:10.250><c> issue</c>

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in<00:24:10.950><c> chapter</c><00:24:11.390><c> four.</c><00:24:12.670><c> Will</c><00:24:12.950><c> she</c><00:24:13.349><c> or</c><00:24:13.630><c> won't</c><00:24:13.910><c> she</c><00:24:14.309><c> be</c><00:24:14.630><c> willing</c><00:24:14.890><c> to</c>

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risk<00:24:15.470><c> her</c><00:24:15.750><c> life?</c><00:24:17.009><c> Because</c><00:24:17.410><c> Mordecai</c>

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understood<00:24:18.809><c> the</c><00:24:19.150><c> spiritual</c><00:24:19.630><c> principle</c><00:24:20.269><c> that</c><00:24:21.470><c> when</c><00:24:21.750><c> people</c>

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are<00:24:22.509><c> in</c><00:24:22.789><c> need,</c><00:24:23.329><c> you</c><00:24:23.690><c> give</c><00:24:24.109><c> to</c><00:24:24.309><c> their</c><00:24:24.609><c> need.</c>

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He<00:24:26.549><c> knows</c><00:24:27.230><c> the</c><00:24:27.529><c> Persian</c><00:24:27.910><c> law</c><00:24:28.289><c> that</c><00:24:28.430><c> if</c><00:24:28.589><c> you</c><00:24:28.730><c> go</c><00:24:28.950><c> before</c><00:24:29.250><c> the</c><00:24:29.529><c> king</c><00:24:29.769><c> and</c><00:24:29.890><c> you're</c><00:24:30.069><c> not</c><00:24:30.430><c> invited</c><00:24:30.849><c> and</c><00:24:31.029><c> he</c><00:24:31.190><c> doesn't</c>

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extend<00:24:32.069><c> the</c><00:24:32.369><c> scepter,</c><00:24:33.849><c> you're</c><00:24:34.269><c> taken</c><00:24:34.490><c> out</c><00:24:34.809><c> and</c><00:24:35.130><c> killed.</c><00:24:36.450><c> Verse</c><00:24:36.670><c> 11</c>

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says<00:24:37.230><c> that</c><00:24:37.490><c> all</c><00:24:37.829><c> the</c><00:24:37.970><c> king's</c><00:24:38.529><c> servants</c><00:24:38.829><c> know</c>

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this<00:24:39.869><c> law,</c><00:24:42.289><c> but</c><00:24:42.529><c> he</c><00:24:42.730><c> is</c><00:24:43.009><c> knowingly</c><00:24:43.829><c> and</c><00:24:44.269><c> purposely</c><00:24:44.809><c> asking</c><00:24:45.289><c> her</c><00:24:45.690><c> to</c>

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risk<00:24:46.130><c> her</c><00:24:46.369><c> life.</c><00:24:47.970><c> Her</c><00:24:48.250><c> response</c><00:24:49.170><c> to</c><00:24:49.410><c> his</c><00:24:49.710><c> request</c>

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shows<00:24:51.009><c> that</c><00:24:51.289><c> she</c><00:24:51.549><c> is</c><00:24:51.950><c> mentally</c><00:24:52.549><c> wrestling</c><00:24:53.329><c> with</c><00:24:53.769><c> this</c><00:24:54.069><c> issue.</c>

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She<00:24:55.109><c> can't</c><00:24:55.609><c> believe</c><00:24:56.470><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:57.210><c> is</c><00:24:57.589><c> asking</c><00:24:58.009><c> her</c>

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to<00:24:58.589><c> do</c><00:24:59.089><c> what</c><00:24:59.470><c> he's</c><00:24:59.710><c> asking</c><00:25:00.049><c> her</c><00:25:00.289><c> to</c><00:25:00.430><c> do.</c><00:25:01.269><c> In</c><00:25:01.430><c> verse</c><00:25:01.650><c> 10,</c><00:25:02.089><c> then</c><00:25:02.309><c> Esther</c><00:25:02.789><c> spoke</c><00:25:03.230><c> to</c><00:25:03.490><c> Hattach</c><00:25:03.910><c> and</c><00:25:04.009><c> gave</c><00:25:04.230><c> him</c><00:25:04.390><c> a</c><00:25:04.589><c> message</c>

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for<00:25:05.750><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:06.309><c> saying,</c><00:25:07.569><c> all</c><00:25:07.630><c> the</c><00:25:07.849><c> king's</c><00:25:08.210><c> servants</c><00:25:08.390><c> and</c><00:25:08.589><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:08.890><c> of</c><00:25:09.029><c> the</c><00:25:09.150><c> king's</c><00:25:09.470><c> provinces</c><00:25:09.789><c> know</c><00:25:10.069><c> that</c><00:25:10.269><c> if</c><00:25:10.490><c> any</c>

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man<00:25:10.849><c> or</c><00:25:10.930><c> woman</c><00:25:11.190><c> goes</c><00:25:11.430><c> to</c><00:25:11.650><c> the</c><00:25:11.809><c> king</c><00:25:12.289><c> inside</c><00:25:12.930><c> the</c><00:25:13.170><c> inner</c><00:25:13.410><c> court</c>

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without<00:25:13.869><c> being</c><00:25:14.170><c> called,</c><00:25:14.470><c> there</c><00:25:14.609><c> is</c><00:25:14.769><c> but</c><00:25:14.990><c> one</c><00:25:15.250><c> law.</c>

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All<00:25:16.450><c> alike</c><00:25:16.730><c> are</c><00:25:16.930><c> to</c><00:25:17.049><c> be</c><00:25:17.250><c> put</c><00:25:17.410><c> to</c><00:25:17.630><c> death</c><00:25:18.029><c> except</c><00:25:18.529><c> the</c><00:25:18.730><c> one</c><00:25:18.910><c> to</c>

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whom<00:25:19.150><c> the</c><00:25:19.289><c> king</c><00:25:19.490><c> holds</c><00:25:19.750><c> out</c><00:25:20.009><c> the</c><00:25:20.210><c> golden</c><00:25:20.529><c> scepter</c>

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that<00:25:21.329><c> he</c><00:25:21.490><c> may</c><00:25:21.630><c> live.</c><00:25:22.250><c> And</c><00:25:22.549><c> I</c><00:25:22.670><c> have</c><00:25:22.869><c> not</c><00:25:23.069><c> been</c><00:25:23.369><c> called</c><00:25:23.569><c> to</c><00:25:23.750><c> come</c>

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into<00:25:24.230><c> the</c><00:25:24.490><c> king</c><00:25:24.670><c> these</c><00:25:24.970><c> 30</c><00:25:25.230><c> days.</c>

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So<00:25:29.650><c> Esther,</c><00:25:31.150><c> in</c><00:25:31.390><c> response</c><00:25:31.869><c> to</c><00:25:32.089><c> the</c><00:25:32.329><c> command</c><00:25:32.950><c> of</c><00:25:33.430><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:34.069><c> in</c>

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verse<00:25:34.650><c> 8,</c><00:25:35.049><c> telling</c><00:25:35.269><c> her</c><00:25:35.490><c> what</c><00:25:35.990><c> she</c><00:25:36.329><c> should</c><00:25:36.509><c> consider</c>

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doing<00:25:37.329><c> and</c><00:25:37.450><c> what</c><00:25:37.630><c> she</c><00:25:37.849><c> needs</c><00:25:38.109><c> to</c><00:25:38.349><c> do,</c><00:25:39.430><c> she</c><00:25:39.690><c> sends</c><00:25:39.930><c> back</c><00:25:40.210><c> her</c><00:25:40.430><c> own</c><00:25:40.650><c> command</c><00:25:41.029><c> to</c>

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Mordecai<00:25:41.829><c> saying,</c><00:25:42.769><c> I</c><00:25:43.190><c> can't</c><00:25:43.490><c> do</c><00:25:43.730><c> this.</c>

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And<00:25:44.730><c> that's</c><00:25:44.970><c> the</c><00:25:45.089><c> word</c><00:25:45.230><c> for</c><00:25:45.809><c> message</c><00:25:46.150><c> in</c><00:25:46.329><c> verse</c><00:25:46.569><c> 10.</c><00:25:46.809><c> I'm</c><00:25:46.930><c> not</c>

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sure<00:25:47.230><c> what</c><00:25:47.349><c> the</c><00:25:47.529><c> word</c><00:25:47.630><c> is</c><00:25:47.849><c> in</c><00:25:48.009><c> the</c><00:25:48.269><c> authorized</c>

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version,<00:25:49.170><c> but</c><00:25:49.529><c> in</c><00:25:49.670><c> verse</c><00:25:49.849><c> 10,</c><00:25:50.150><c> she</c><00:25:50.309><c> has</c><00:25:50.569><c> sent</c><00:25:50.710><c> back</c><00:25:50.990><c> the</c><00:25:51.289><c> exact</c>

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same<00:25:51.769><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:52.049><c> word.</c><00:25:52.769><c> She</c><00:25:52.990><c> sends</c><00:25:53.230><c> him</c><00:25:53.490><c> back</c><00:25:53.710><c> a</c>

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saying,<00:25:54.650><c> I</c><00:25:54.650><c> cannot</c><00:25:54.950><c> do</c><00:25:55.190><c> this.</c><00:25:56.890><c> You</c><00:25:57.049><c> see,</c><00:25:57.150><c> in</c><00:25:57.289><c> the</c><00:25:57.390><c> back</c><00:25:57.549><c> of</c><00:25:57.730><c> her</c>

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mind,<00:25:58.130><c> she's</c><00:25:58.329><c> thinking,</c><00:25:58.690><c> what</c><00:25:58.829><c> happened</c><00:25:59.049><c> to</c><00:25:59.190><c> the</c>

00:25:59.329 --> 00:26:04.369
last<00:25:59.609><c> queen</c><00:26:00.150><c> that</c><00:26:01.130><c> stood</c><00:26:01.289><c> up</c><00:26:01.490><c> to</c><00:26:01.609><c> this</c><00:26:01.809><c> king?</c><00:26:03.250><c> She</c><00:26:03.490><c> didn't</c><00:26:03.730><c> exist.</c><00:26:04.250><c> She</c>

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didn't<00:26:04.569><c> last</c><00:26:04.869><c> too</c><00:26:05.210><c> much</c><00:26:05.450><c> longer.</c><00:26:06.769><c> She's</c><00:26:07.089><c> not</c>

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ready<00:26:07.650><c> at</c><00:26:07.930><c> this</c><00:26:08.230><c> point</c><00:26:08.670><c> in</c><00:26:09.089><c> verse</c><00:26:09.349><c> 11</c><00:26:09.589><c> of</c><00:26:09.730><c> this</c><00:26:09.930><c> chapter</c><00:26:10.450><c> to</c><00:26:11.269><c> forsake</c><00:26:11.809><c> all</c><00:26:12.109><c> that</c><00:26:12.210><c> she</c><00:26:12.470><c> has</c><00:26:12.789><c> and</c><00:26:13.049><c> put</c><00:26:13.250><c> her</c><00:26:13.509><c> life</c><00:26:13.750><c> at</c><00:26:14.130><c> risk</c>

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and<00:26:15.769><c> to</c><00:26:15.970><c> put</c><00:26:16.069><c> it</c><00:26:16.289><c> in</c><00:26:16.450><c> jeopardy</c><00:26:16.769><c> for</c><00:26:16.930><c> her</c><00:26:17.150><c> people.</c><00:26:17.450><c> If</c><00:26:17.670><c> I</c><00:26:17.990><c> go</c><00:26:18.170><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:18.509><c> king</c><00:26:18.829><c> and</c><00:26:19.009><c> he</c><00:26:19.190><c> doesn't</c><00:26:19.529><c> extend</c><00:26:19.950><c> the</c><00:26:20.170><c> scepter</c>

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to<00:26:20.829><c> Mordecai,</c><00:26:21.690><c> I</c><00:26:22.349><c> die,</c><00:26:23.349><c> and</c><00:26:23.490><c> I'm</c><00:26:23.609><c> not</c><00:26:23.809><c> ready</c><00:26:24.009><c> for</c><00:26:24.230><c> that.</c><00:26:25.690><c> Mordecai's</c><00:26:26.450><c> response</c><00:26:27.069><c> in</c><00:26:27.269><c> verses</c><00:26:27.529><c> 13</c>

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to<00:26:28.130><c> 14</c>

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is<00:26:29.930><c> nothing</c><00:26:30.509><c> short</c><00:26:31.390><c> of</c><00:26:31.750><c> the</c><00:26:31.970><c> message</c><00:26:32.410><c> of</c><00:26:32.710><c> the</c><00:26:32.869><c> gospel.</c><00:26:35.269><c> In</c><00:26:35.490><c> three</c><00:26:36.230><c> sentences,</c><00:26:37.410><c> Mordecai</c><00:26:38.069><c> has</c><00:26:38.569><c> crystallized</c>

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what<00:26:40.549><c> the</c><00:26:40.789><c> gospel</c><00:26:41.289><c> of</c><00:26:41.630><c> Christ</c><00:26:42.250><c> is</c><00:26:42.769><c> all</c><00:26:43.109><c> about.</c><00:26:45.950><c> Then</c><00:26:46.250><c> Mordecai</c>

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told<00:26:47.069><c> them</c><00:26:47.329><c> to</c><00:26:47.509><c> return</c><00:26:47.910><c> answer</c><00:26:48.190><c> to</c><00:26:48.509><c> Esther,</c>

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think<00:26:49.190><c> not</c><00:26:49.569><c> that</c><00:26:49.710><c> in</c><00:26:49.910><c> the</c><00:26:50.069><c> king's</c><00:26:50.529><c> palace</c><00:26:50.890><c> you</c><00:26:51.150><c> will</c><00:26:51.369><c> escape</c>

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any<00:26:52.150><c> more</c><00:26:52.470><c> than</c><00:26:52.630><c> all</c><00:26:52.950><c> the</c><00:26:53.069><c> other</c><00:26:53.269><c> Jews,</c>

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for<00:26:54.349><c> if</c><00:26:54.509><c> you</c><00:26:54.710><c> keep</c><00:26:54.890><c> silence</c><00:26:55.390><c> at</c><00:26:55.710><c> such</c><00:26:55.890><c> a</c><00:26:56.089><c> time</c><00:26:56.210><c> as</c><00:26:56.490><c> this,</c><00:26:57.650><c> relief</c><00:26:58.190><c> and</c>

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deliverance<00:26:59.410><c> will</c><00:26:59.690><c> arise</c><00:27:00.069><c> for</c><00:27:00.309><c> the</c><00:27:00.509><c> Jews</c>

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from<00:27:01.069><c> another</c><00:27:01.329><c> quarter,</c><00:27:02.289><c> but</c><00:27:02.390><c> you</c><00:27:02.589><c> and</c><00:27:02.650><c> your</c><00:27:02.849><c> father's</c><00:27:03.289><c> house</c>

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will<00:27:03.730><c> perish,</c><00:27:04.369><c> and</c><00:27:04.670><c> who</c><00:27:04.910><c> knows</c><00:27:05.690><c> whether</c><00:27:06.210><c> you</c><00:27:06.410><c> have</c>

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not<00:27:06.829><c> come</c><00:27:07.049><c> to</c><00:27:07.210><c> the</c><00:27:07.390><c> kingdom</c><00:27:07.750><c> for</c><00:27:08.069><c> such</c><00:27:08.269><c> a</c><00:27:08.509><c> time</c><00:27:08.809><c> as</c><00:27:09.109><c> this.</c><00:27:13.450><c> When</c>

00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:18.390
the<00:27:14.329><c> exchange</c><00:27:15.230><c> between</c><00:27:15.849><c> Esther</c><00:27:16.289><c> and</c><00:27:16.589><c> Mordecai</c><00:27:17.150><c> began,</c>

00:27:18.750 --> 00:27:24.930
she<00:27:19.130><c> is</c><00:27:19.509><c> thinking</c><00:27:19.930><c> naturally</c><00:27:20.829><c> and</c><00:27:21.650><c> she</c><00:27:21.789><c> is</c><00:27:22.190><c> thinking</c><00:27:22.690><c> self</c><00:27:23.230><c>-centeredly,</c><00:27:24.529><c> which</c><00:27:24.710><c> is</c>

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why<00:27:25.210><c> she</c><00:27:25.430><c> rejects</c><00:27:25.930><c> Mordecai's</c>

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command<00:27:27.349><c> outright.</c><00:27:29.509><c> Part</c><00:27:29.890><c> of</c><00:27:30.170><c> Mordecai's</c><00:27:30.990><c> response</c><00:27:31.549><c> here</c><00:27:32.150><c> is</c>

00:27:32.569 --> 00:27:38.009
to<00:27:32.950><c> expose</c><00:27:33.970><c> this</c><00:27:34.609><c> natural</c><00:27:35.630><c> self</c><00:27:36.450><c>-centered</c><00:27:36.990><c> thinking.</c>

00:27:38.690 --> 00:27:42.349
He<00:27:39.190><c> tells</c><00:27:39.470><c> her</c><00:27:39.630><c> you</c><00:27:39.769><c> are</c><00:27:40.029><c> being</c><00:27:40.369><c> deceived,</c><00:27:41.390><c> Esther,</c><00:27:41.670><c> by</c><00:27:41.990><c> your</c>

00:27:42.349 --> 00:27:45.839
own<00:27:42.910><c> thinking,</c><00:27:44.470><c> and</c><00:27:44.670><c> the</c><00:27:44.809><c> proof</c><00:27:44.950><c> of</c><00:27:45.089><c> that</c><00:27:45.329><c> is</c><00:27:45.430><c> when</c>

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:53.779
think<00:27:46.720><c> not</c><00:27:47.740><c> that</c><00:27:48.740><c> in</c><00:27:51.279><c> the</c><00:27:51.539><c> king's</c><00:27:51.940><c> palace</c><00:27:52.240><c> you</c><00:27:52.460><c> will</c><00:27:52.680><c> escape.</c>

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:56.299
You<00:27:54.420><c> are</c><00:27:54.640><c> being</c><00:27:55.079><c> deceived,</c><00:27:56.119><c> Esther,</c>

00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.140
and<00:27:56.859><c> he</c><00:27:57.059><c> sees</c><00:27:57.259><c> right</c><00:27:57.619><c> through</c><00:27:58.059><c> her</c><00:27:58.339><c> deceptive</c><00:27:58.799><c> thinking,</c><00:27:59.160><c> and</c>

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:02.720
he<00:28:00.420><c> sees</c><00:28:00.819><c> what</c><00:28:01.119><c> she</c><00:28:01.400><c> doesn't.</c><00:28:01.839><c> She</c><00:28:02.059><c> has</c><00:28:02.339><c> a</c><00:28:02.519><c> wrong</c>

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focus.<00:28:03.140><c> She's</c><00:28:03.480><c> thinking</c><00:28:03.819><c> about</c><00:28:04.180><c> herself,</c><00:28:05.640><c> and</c><00:28:05.819><c> Mordecai</c><00:28:06.279><c> says</c><00:28:06.539><c> this</c><00:28:06.740><c> is</c>

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.680
not<00:28:07.220><c> a</c><00:28:07.359><c> time</c><00:28:07.500><c> to</c><00:28:07.680><c> be</c><00:28:07.960><c> thinking</c><00:28:08.200><c> about</c>

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:12.180
yourself,<00:28:09.980><c> and</c><00:28:10.319><c> you</c><00:28:10.440><c> notice</c><00:28:10.640><c> he's</c><00:28:11.000><c> not</c><00:28:11.220><c> afraid</c><00:28:11.619><c> to</c><00:28:11.819><c> let</c><00:28:11.960><c> her</c>

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know<00:28:12.920><c> that</c><00:28:13.359><c> she</c><00:28:13.579><c> has</c><00:28:13.880><c> this</c><00:28:14.259><c> deceptive</c><00:28:14.900><c> thinking</c><00:28:15.259><c> going</c>

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on<00:28:15.819><c> within</c><00:28:16.019><c> her</c><00:28:16.279><c> mind,</c><00:28:16.579><c> and</c><00:28:16.759><c> he</c><00:28:16.980><c> encourages</c><00:28:17.400><c> her</c><00:28:17.960><c> to</c><00:28:18.559><c> take</c><00:28:18.920><c> another</c><00:28:19.359><c> look</c><00:28:19.720><c> at</c>

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her<00:28:20.099><c> own</c><00:28:20.279><c> motives.</c><00:28:21.640><c> Secondly,</c>

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he<00:28:22.079><c> tells</c><00:28:22.240><c> her</c><00:28:22.400><c> your</c><00:28:22.619><c> priorities</c><00:28:23.180><c> are</c><00:28:23.480><c> upside</c><00:28:23.960><c> down.</c><00:28:25.420><c> In</c><00:28:25.579><c> the</c>

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midst<00:28:25.839><c> of</c><00:28:26.000><c> this</c><00:28:26.259><c> trial,</c><00:28:26.519><c> you've</c><00:28:26.900><c> put</c><00:28:27.000><c> yourself</c>

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and<00:28:27.920><c> your</c><00:28:28.200><c> family</c><00:28:28.539><c> first,</c><00:28:29.819><c> and</c><00:28:30.400><c> you</c><00:28:30.559><c> have</c><00:28:30.740><c> put</c><00:28:30.900><c> the</c><00:28:31.180><c> community</c>

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second,<00:28:33.319><c> and</c><00:28:33.799><c> you're</c><00:28:34.000><c> looking</c><00:28:34.359><c> to</c><00:28:34.619><c> make</c>

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sure<00:28:35.039><c> you</c><00:28:35.319><c> preserve</c><00:28:35.700><c> yourself</c><00:28:36.339><c> and</c><00:28:36.599><c> your</c><00:28:36.859><c> family.</c><00:28:39.299><c> Get</c><00:28:39.700><c> your</c>

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priorities<00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:41.380><c> other</c><00:28:41.839><c> way</c><00:28:42.259><c> around</c><00:28:43.119><c> is</c><00:28:43.619><c> what</c><00:28:43.839><c> he</c>

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commands<00:28:45.019><c> Esther</c><00:28:45.519><c> and</c><00:28:46.099><c> what</c><00:28:46.259><c> he</c><00:28:46.500><c> counsels</c><00:28:46.920><c> her,</c><00:28:48.640><c> because</c><00:28:48.980><c> she's</c><00:28:49.299><c> asking</c><00:28:49.680><c> herself</c><00:28:50.160><c> the</c>

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.740
wrong<00:28:50.619><c> question.</c>

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What<00:28:52.259><c> can</c><00:28:52.519><c> I</c><00:28:52.720><c> do</c><00:28:52.980><c> to</c><00:28:53.220><c> save</c><00:28:53.480><c> myself?</c><00:28:54.380><c> What</c><00:28:54.539><c> can</c><00:28:54.720><c> I</c><00:28:54.839><c> do</c><00:28:54.960><c> to</c><00:28:55.200><c> save</c>

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:58.420
my<00:28:55.680><c> family?</c><00:28:56.859><c> And</c><00:28:57.000><c> he</c><00:28:57.059><c> has</c><00:28:57.259><c> to</c><00:28:57.519><c> tell</c><00:28:57.660><c> her</c>

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:02.960
that<00:28:59.440><c> the</c><00:28:59.720><c> question</c><00:29:00.019><c> you</c><00:29:00.200><c> ought</c><00:29:00.420><c> to</c><00:29:00.559><c> be</c><00:29:00.740><c> asking</c><00:29:01.099><c> yourself</c><00:29:01.839><c> is</c>

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what<00:29:03.119><c> can</c><00:29:03.319><c> you</c><00:29:03.480><c> do</c><00:29:03.619><c> to</c><00:29:03.920><c> save</c><00:29:04.200><c> the</c><00:29:04.460><c> community,</c>

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not<00:29:06.099><c> what</c><00:29:06.299><c> can</c><00:29:06.500><c> you</c><00:29:06.619><c> do</c><00:29:06.779><c> to</c><00:29:07.000><c> save</c><00:29:07.200><c> yourself,</c><00:29:08.440><c> because</c><00:29:08.819><c> when</c><00:29:09.039><c> we</c>

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ask<00:29:09.579><c> ourselves</c><00:29:10.180><c> selfish</c><00:29:10.779><c> questions,</c>

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what's<00:29:12.819><c> best</c><00:29:13.140><c> for</c><00:29:13.359><c> me,</c><00:29:13.759><c> what's</c><00:29:14.019><c> best</c><00:29:14.220><c> for</c><00:29:14.440><c> my</c><00:29:14.700><c> family,</c><00:29:15.140><c> it</c><00:29:15.359><c> leads</c><00:29:15.779><c> to</c>

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selfish<00:29:16.519><c> actions.</c>

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:25.079
Her<00:29:20.680><c> initial</c><00:29:20.980><c> focus</c><00:29:21.680><c> is</c><00:29:22.220><c> to</c><00:29:22.420><c> save</c><00:29:22.539><c> herself</c><00:29:23.160><c> and</c><00:29:23.440><c> her</c><00:29:23.640><c> father's</c><00:29:24.039><c> household.</c>

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Mordecai<00:29:27.500><c> tells</c><00:29:27.839><c> her</c><00:29:28.059><c> your</c><00:29:28.279><c> failure</c><00:29:29.039><c> to</c><00:29:30.019><c> stand</c><00:29:30.380><c> for</c><00:29:30.599><c> your</c><00:29:30.839><c> people</c><00:29:31.440><c> will</c><00:29:32.339><c> be</c>

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at<00:29:32.819><c> the</c><00:29:33.160><c> cost</c><00:29:33.980><c> of</c><00:29:34.460><c> you</c><00:29:34.880><c> and</c><00:29:35.059><c> your</c>

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father's<00:29:35.559><c> house.</c><00:29:36.819><c> Who</c><00:29:37.000><c> is</c><00:29:37.440><c> Esther's</c><00:29:37.940><c> house?</c><00:29:38.460><c> Who</c><00:29:38.559><c> is</c><00:29:39.460><c> her</c><00:29:39.680><c> father's</c><00:29:40.180><c> house?</c><00:29:41.000><c> Her</c>

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parents<00:29:41.559><c> are</c><00:29:41.819><c> gone.</c><00:29:42.619><c> They're</c>

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dead.<00:29:44.599><c> Who</c><00:29:44.779><c> is</c><00:29:45.000><c> the</c><00:29:45.119><c> nearest</c><00:29:45.359><c> kinsman?</c><00:29:46.019><c> Mordecai.</c><00:29:47.240><c> Who</c><00:29:47.500><c> is</c><00:29:47.680><c> she</c><00:29:47.920><c> trying</c><00:29:48.140><c> to</c>

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save?<00:29:50.519><c> Mordecai.</c><00:29:52.140><c> And</c><00:29:52.380><c> he</c><00:29:52.539><c> tells</c><00:29:52.819><c> her</c>

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your<00:29:53.440><c> silence.</c><00:29:54.960><c> Don't</c><00:29:55.359><c> keep</c><00:29:55.700><c> silent</c><00:29:56.119><c> for</c><00:29:56.400><c> me,</c><00:29:56.859><c> Esther,</c><00:29:57.740><c> because</c><00:29:58.079><c> I</c>

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have<00:29:58.519><c> already</c><00:29:58.880><c> publicly</c><00:29:59.380><c> declared</c><00:29:59.960><c> where</c>

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my<00:30:00.519><c> allegiance</c><00:30:00.880><c> is.</c><00:30:02.779><c> Don't</c><00:30:03.220><c> try</c><00:30:03.500><c> and</c><00:30:03.799><c> save</c><00:30:04.140><c> my</c><00:30:04.619><c> life</c><00:30:05.400><c> through</c>

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your<00:30:06.200><c> silence.</c><00:30:07.900><c> And</c><00:30:08.160><c> the</c><00:30:08.480><c> proof</c><00:30:08.880><c> that</c><00:30:09.160><c> he</c><00:30:09.539><c> lived</c>

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by<00:30:10.140><c> the</c><00:30:10.380><c> principle</c><00:30:11.059><c> of</c><00:30:11.359><c> putting</c><00:30:11.640><c> the</c><00:30:12.000><c> community</c><00:30:12.900><c> before</c><00:30:13.700><c> himself</c><00:30:14.319><c> and</c>

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his<00:30:14.700><c> own</c><00:30:14.980><c> family</c><00:30:15.420><c> is</c><00:30:15.640><c> he's</c><00:30:16.000><c> willing</c><00:30:16.279><c> to</c><00:30:16.599><c> risk</c>

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the<00:30:17.339><c> life</c><00:30:17.900><c> of</c><00:30:18.640><c> a</c><00:30:18.920><c> daughter</c><00:30:19.200><c> whom</c><00:30:19.480><c> he</c><00:30:19.720><c> loves</c><00:30:20.039><c> dearly</c><00:30:21.299><c> for</c><00:30:21.619><c> the</c>

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sake<00:30:22.059><c> of</c><00:30:22.259><c> the</c><00:30:22.460><c> community.</c><00:30:24.220><c> Now</c><00:30:24.400><c> the</c><00:30:24.480><c> question</c>

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:28.000
she<00:30:25.059><c> needed</c><00:30:25.259><c> to</c><00:30:25.539><c> ask</c><00:30:25.720><c> herself</c><00:30:26.119><c> is</c><00:30:26.400><c> what</c><00:30:26.579><c> can</c><00:30:26.799><c> I</c><00:30:26.920><c> do</c><00:30:27.059><c> to</c><00:30:27.240><c> help</c><00:30:27.380><c> save</c><00:30:27.700><c> my</c>

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people?<00:30:28.359><c> He</c><00:30:28.700><c> redefines</c><00:30:29.359><c> for</c><00:30:29.740><c> her</c>

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the<00:30:31.539><c> group</c><00:30:31.799><c> of</c><00:30:32.180><c> people</c><00:30:32.420><c> she</c><00:30:32.660><c> needed</c><00:30:33.059><c> to</c><00:30:33.380><c> help.</c><00:30:34.420><c> It</c><00:30:34.579><c> wasn't</c><00:30:34.920><c> her</c>

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family,<00:30:35.660><c> it</c><00:30:35.799><c> was</c><00:30:36.079><c> the</c><00:30:36.259><c> entire</c><00:30:36.680><c> community</c><00:30:37.220><c> of</c><00:30:37.559><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:30:40.059><c> his</c><00:30:40.259><c> warning,</c><00:30:40.700><c> brethren</c><00:30:40.779><c> and</c><00:30:41.000><c> sisters,</c><00:30:41.400><c> is</c><00:30:41.559><c> equally</c><00:30:42.079><c> applicable</c><00:30:42.519><c> to</c>

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us.<00:30:43.940><c> If</c><00:30:44.019><c> we</c><00:30:44.259><c> put</c><00:30:44.400><c> ourselves</c><00:30:45.059><c> and</c><00:30:45.180><c> our</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:30:49.859><c> we</c><00:30:50.299><c> will</c><00:30:51.059><c> perish</c><00:30:51.920><c> along</c><00:30:53.400><c> with</c><00:30:53.579><c> our</c><00:30:53.779><c> family.</c>

00:30:56.579 --> 00:31:01.380
The<00:30:57.099><c> Ecclesias</c><00:30:57.619><c> can</c><00:30:57.880><c> suffer</c><00:30:58.299><c> much</c><00:30:58.920><c> heartache</c><00:30:59.819><c> when</c><00:31:00.440><c> arranging</c><00:31:00.960><c> brethren</c>

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:05.160
are<00:31:02.039><c> unable</c><00:31:02.759><c> to</c><00:31:03.299><c> view</c><00:31:03.539><c> a</c><00:31:03.859><c> situation</c>

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:09.480
apart<00:31:06.220><c> from</c><00:31:06.500><c> putting</c><00:31:06.799><c> themselves</c><00:31:07.500><c> and</c><00:31:07.779><c> their</c><00:31:08.000><c> family</c><00:31:08.359><c> first.</c>

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.880
And<00:31:10.019><c> it's</c><00:31:10.240><c> equally</c><00:31:10.460><c> true</c><00:31:10.700><c> in</c><00:31:10.839><c> an</c><00:31:11.019><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:31:11.619><c> If</c>

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:15.140
our<00:31:12.160><c> view</c><00:31:12.420><c> of</c><00:31:12.660><c> the</c><00:31:12.920><c> community</c><00:31:13.279><c> is</c><00:31:13.539><c> our</c><00:31:13.779><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:14.119><c> comes</c><00:31:14.440><c> first,</c><00:31:15.059><c> then</c>

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.579
the<00:31:15.279><c> rest</c><00:31:15.460><c> of</c><00:31:15.619><c> the</c><00:31:15.779><c> community,</c><00:31:16.339><c> well,</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:19.059
you're<00:31:16.839><c> just</c><00:31:17.039><c> going</c><00:31:17.160><c> to</c><00:31:17.240><c> have</c><00:31:17.380><c> to</c><00:31:17.539><c> suffer</c><00:31:17.720><c> the</c><00:31:18.039><c> consequences.</c>

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:21.079
That's<00:31:19.779><c> the</c><00:31:20.039><c> same</c><00:31:20.259><c> natural</c><00:31:20.720><c> thinking.</c>

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:26.059
When<00:31:21.559><c> an</c><00:31:21.819><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:22.420><c> comes</c><00:31:23.180><c> under</c><00:31:23.579><c> a</c><00:31:23.859><c> crisis</c><00:31:24.339><c> such</c><00:31:24.700><c> as</c><00:31:24.900><c> the</c><00:31:25.380><c> community</c><00:31:25.799><c> was</c>

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.559
in<00:31:26.240><c> the</c><00:31:26.319><c> days</c><00:31:26.500><c> of</c><00:31:26.759><c> Esther,</c>

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:30.319
it's<00:31:27.880><c> not</c><00:31:28.200><c> the</c><00:31:28.519><c> time</c><00:31:28.759><c> to</c><00:31:28.920><c> be</c><00:31:29.119><c> looking</c><00:31:29.319><c> for</c><00:31:29.619><c> what's</c><00:31:29.900><c> best</c><00:31:30.180><c> for</c>

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.640
me<00:31:30.559><c> and</c><00:31:30.660><c> my</c><00:31:30.920><c> family.</c><00:31:31.859><c> That's</c><00:31:32.039><c> why</c><00:31:32.200><c> Ecclesial</c>

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:36.579
divisions<00:31:33.160><c> so</c><00:31:33.440><c> often</c><00:31:33.759><c> fall</c><00:31:34.039><c> out</c><00:31:34.380><c> along</c><00:31:34.660><c> family</c><00:31:35.079><c> lines</c><00:31:35.619><c> because</c><00:31:35.900><c> everybody</c><00:31:36.279><c> has</c>

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.640
this<00:31:36.799><c> natural</c><00:31:37.240><c> thinking.</c>

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:43.480
What's<00:31:38.400><c> best</c><00:31:38.619><c> for</c><00:31:38.819><c> us?</c><00:31:40.980><c> We</c><00:31:41.119><c> need</c><00:31:41.359><c> to</c><00:31:41.539><c> be,</c><00:31:41.700><c> as</c><00:31:41.980><c> arranging</c><00:31:42.440><c> brethren,</c><00:31:43.180><c> able</c>

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.900
to<00:31:43.700><c> see</c><00:31:43.960><c> beyond</c><00:31:44.519><c> the</c><00:31:44.859><c> family</c><00:31:45.119><c> concerns</c>

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:49.819
and<00:31:46.339><c> give</c><00:31:46.640><c> sound</c><00:31:47.019><c> counsel</c><00:31:47.599><c> on</c><00:31:48.180><c> what's</c><00:31:48.460><c> best</c><00:31:48.700><c> for</c><00:31:48.940><c> our</c><00:31:49.160><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:31:49.579><c> And</c><00:31:49.700><c> if</c>

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.059
we're<00:31:50.000><c> not</c><00:31:50.220><c> able</c><00:31:50.460><c> to</c><00:31:50.700><c> do</c><00:31:50.859><c> that,</c>

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:54.099
we<00:31:51.180><c> need</c><00:31:51.380><c> to</c><00:31:51.640><c> excuse</c><00:31:51.900><c> ourselves</c><00:31:52.440><c> from</c><00:31:52.619><c> the</c><00:31:52.720><c> situation.</c><00:31:53.700><c> Or</c><00:31:53.980><c> we</c>

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.980
need<00:31:54.319><c> to</c><00:31:54.420><c> invite</c><00:31:54.700><c> other</c><00:31:55.019><c> brethren</c><00:31:55.319><c> in,</c><00:31:55.579><c> as</c><00:31:55.779><c> Paul</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:59.299
talks<00:31:56.319><c> about</c><00:31:56.519><c> in</c><00:31:56.660><c> 1</c><00:31:56.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:57.220><c> 6,</c><00:31:58.339><c> who</c><00:31:58.559><c> can</c><00:31:58.759><c> give</c><00:31:59.019><c> sound</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.599
counsel.<00:32:00.920><c> But</c><00:32:01.099><c> thirdly,</c><00:32:01.400><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:01.859><c> tells</c><00:32:02.160><c> Esther</c><00:32:02.400><c> that</c>

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:05.019
you<00:32:02.759><c> have</c><00:32:02.940><c> put</c><00:32:03.059><c> your</c><00:32:03.380><c> faith</c><00:32:03.579><c> in</c><00:32:03.740><c> the</c><00:32:03.900><c> wrong</c><00:32:04.140><c> place.</c><00:32:04.579><c> You</c><00:32:04.779><c> think</c>

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:07.039
the<00:32:05.339><c> walls</c><00:32:05.680><c> of</c><00:32:05.880><c> the</c><00:32:06.039><c> king's</c><00:32:06.440><c> palace</c><00:32:06.660><c> are</c><00:32:06.900><c> going</c>

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:10.380
to<00:32:07.299><c> save</c><00:32:07.460><c> you?</c><00:32:07.880><c> They're</c><00:32:08.019><c> not</c><00:32:08.160><c> going</c><00:32:08.299><c> to</c><00:32:08.460><c> save</c><00:32:08.599><c> you.</c><00:32:10.000><c> You</c><00:32:10.200><c> need</c>

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:13.740
to<00:32:10.579><c> put</c><00:32:10.720><c> your</c><00:32:11.000><c> faith</c><00:32:11.339><c> in</c><00:32:11.640><c> God.</c><00:32:12.960><c> Don't</c><00:32:13.279><c> trust</c><00:32:13.599><c> in</c>

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:17.619
your<00:32:14.299><c> position</c><00:32:14.299><c> in</c><00:32:14.480><c> the</c><00:32:14.660><c> palace.</c><00:32:16.519><c> You</c><00:32:16.660><c> notice</c><00:32:16.880><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:17.359><c> is</c>

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:19.640
not<00:32:17.819><c> assuring</c><00:32:18.160><c> her</c><00:32:18.440><c> that</c><00:32:18.700><c> the</c><00:32:18.819><c> king</c><00:32:18.980><c> would</c><00:32:19.220><c> spare</c><00:32:19.400><c> her</c>

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life.<00:32:22.380><c> He's</c><00:32:22.839><c> not</c><00:32:23.079><c> even</c><00:32:23.299><c> assuring</c><00:32:23.700><c> her</c><00:32:24.000><c> that</c><00:32:24.119><c> if</c><00:32:24.259><c> she</c><00:32:24.480><c> risks</c><00:32:24.720><c> her</c><00:32:24.980><c> life,</c><00:32:27.279><c> it's</c><00:32:27.539><c> going</c><00:32:27.680><c> to</c>

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:29.220
be<00:32:28.000><c> successful.</c>

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Because<00:32:30.079><c> when</c><00:32:30.339><c> you</c><00:32:30.480><c> walk</c><00:32:30.720><c> by</c><00:32:31.079><c> faith,</c><00:32:31.380><c> you</c><00:32:31.539><c> don't</c><00:32:31.799><c> know</c><00:32:32.019><c> the</c><00:32:32.240><c> outcomes</c><00:32:32.640><c> as</c>

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we've<00:32:33.119><c> seen</c><00:32:33.299><c> this</c><00:32:33.579><c> week.</c>

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We<00:32:34.880><c> leave</c><00:32:35.160><c> the</c><00:32:35.460><c> outcomes</c><00:32:35.880><c> to</c><00:32:36.079><c> God,</c><00:32:36.420><c> but</c><00:32:36.599><c> we</c><00:32:36.779><c> do</c><00:32:36.980><c> our</c><00:32:37.279><c> part.</c><00:32:38.160><c> We</c>

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:40.400
do<00:32:38.460><c> what</c><00:32:38.599><c> we</c><00:32:38.859><c> can</c><00:32:39.079><c> consistent</c><00:32:39.599><c> with</c><00:32:39.759><c> his</c><00:32:39.920><c> principles.</c>

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:44.539
The<00:32:40.980><c> compelling</c><00:32:41.480><c> question</c><00:32:42.299><c> that</c><00:32:42.859><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:43.400><c> asked</c><00:32:43.920><c> Esther</c><00:32:44.299><c> in</c>

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:49.640
this<00:32:44.759><c> exchange</c><00:32:45.519><c> is</c><00:32:46.980><c> do</c><00:32:47.400><c> you</c><00:32:47.819><c> want</c><00:32:48.099><c> to</c><00:32:48.420><c> be</c>

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:57.779
a<00:32:50.099><c> part</c><00:32:50.539><c> of</c><00:32:51.180><c> God's</c><00:32:51.539><c> plan?</c><00:32:53.140><c> Or</c><00:32:53.940><c> must</c><00:32:54.400><c> he</c><00:32:54.660><c> work</c><00:32:55.099><c> through</c><00:32:55.440><c> another?</c><00:32:57.099><c> He</c><00:32:57.539><c> has</c>

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reminded<00:32:58.220><c> her</c><00:32:58.519><c> that</c><00:32:58.759><c> God's</c><00:32:59.259><c> purpose</c>

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:06.920
is<00:32:59.819><c> a</c><00:32:59.980><c> certainty.</c><00:33:02.539><c> The</c><00:33:02.720><c> Jews</c><00:33:02.940><c> are</c><00:33:03.279><c> going</c><00:33:03.500><c> to</c><00:33:03.720><c> be</c><00:33:03.960><c> saved.</c><00:33:05.839><c> What's</c><00:33:06.299><c> not</c><00:33:06.660><c> a</c>

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certainty<00:33:07.339><c> is</c><00:33:08.019><c> whether</c><00:33:08.279><c> or</c><00:33:08.579><c> not</c><00:33:08.859><c> she</c><00:33:09.099><c> will</c>

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be<00:33:09.660><c> part</c><00:33:10.019><c> of</c><00:33:10.660><c> that</c><00:33:10.940><c> salvation</c><00:33:11.380><c> process.</c><00:33:13.240><c> Your</c><00:33:13.519><c> remaining</c><00:33:13.920><c> silent,</c><00:33:14.700><c> Esther,</c><00:33:14.779><c> will</c><00:33:15.019><c> not</c>

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thwart<00:33:15.740><c> the</c><00:33:16.019><c> relief</c><00:33:16.339><c> or</c><00:33:16.599><c> the</c>

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deliverance<00:33:17.200><c> of</c><00:33:17.339><c> God's</c><00:33:17.720><c> people.</c><00:33:17.980><c> He</c><00:33:18.119><c> will</c><00:33:18.380><c> simply</c><00:33:18.740><c> have</c><00:33:19.000><c> to</c>

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.319
work<00:33:19.339><c> through</c><00:33:19.559><c> someone</c><00:33:19.839><c> else.</c><00:33:21.000><c> Your</c><00:33:21.299><c> failure</c><00:33:21.619><c> to</c><00:33:21.940><c> act</c>

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won't<00:33:22.640><c> keep</c><00:33:22.900><c> God</c><00:33:23.220><c> from</c><00:33:23.599><c> saving</c><00:33:23.819><c> the</c><00:33:24.079><c> Jews.</c><00:33:24.599><c> It</c><00:33:24.759><c> will</c><00:33:25.019><c> only</c><00:33:25.319><c> keep</c><00:33:25.519><c> God</c>

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:29.440
from<00:33:26.140><c> saving</c><00:33:26.359><c> you.</c><00:33:27.339><c> And</c><00:33:27.660><c> God</c><00:33:27.900><c> asked</c><00:33:28.259><c> us</c><00:33:28.940><c> the</c>

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:33.880
same<00:33:29.920><c> compelling</c><00:33:30.619><c> question.</c><00:33:32.059><c> We</c><00:33:32.380><c> know</c><00:33:32.559><c> what</c><00:33:32.700><c> his</c><00:33:32.980><c> plan</c><00:33:33.220><c> is.</c>

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:36.980
We<00:33:34.539><c> know</c><00:33:34.700><c> it's</c><00:33:35.000><c> going</c><00:33:35.140><c> to</c><00:33:35.359><c> be</c><00:33:35.599><c> fulfilled,</c><00:33:36.160><c> and</c><00:33:36.539><c> no</c><00:33:36.819><c> one</c>

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thwart<00:33:37.539><c> it.</c><00:33:39.579><c> But</c><00:33:39.720><c> the</c><00:33:39.839><c> question</c><00:33:40.180><c> we</c><00:33:40.299><c> need</c><00:33:40.539><c> to</c><00:33:40.700><c> ask</c><00:33:40.920><c> ourselves</c>

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.019
is<00:33:41.980><c> are</c><00:33:42.180><c> we</c><00:33:42.440><c> prepared</c><00:33:42.980><c> to</c><00:33:43.200><c> live</c><00:33:43.539><c> by</c><00:33:43.779><c> the</c>

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:48.700
faithful<00:33:44.319><c> obedience</c><00:33:45.039><c> that</c><00:33:45.420><c> shows</c><00:33:45.740><c> we</c><00:33:46.079><c> want</c><00:33:46.420><c> to</c><00:33:46.680><c> be</c><00:33:47.819><c> part</c><00:33:48.279><c> of</c>

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:54.480
that<00:33:48.940><c> plan?</c><00:33:51.559><c> Mordecai's</c><00:33:52.119><c> faith</c><00:33:52.420><c> in</c><00:33:52.640><c> God</c><00:33:52.900><c> is</c><00:33:53.319><c> absolute.</c>

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:59.359
Deliverance,<00:33:55.539><c> Esther,</c><00:33:55.579><c> will</c><00:33:55.880><c> arise.</c><00:33:57.599><c> He</c><00:33:57.880><c> knew</c><00:33:58.140><c> that.</c><00:33:58.500><c> He</c><00:33:58.779><c> believed</c><00:33:59.160><c> it.</c>

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He<00:33:59.559><c> lived</c><00:33:59.799><c> by</c><00:34:00.059><c> it.</c><00:34:00.160><c> There</c><00:34:00.240><c> was</c><00:34:00.420><c> no</c><00:34:00.619><c> doubt</c>

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:03.960
in<00:34:00.940><c> Mordecai's</c><00:34:01.599><c> mind.</c><00:34:01.759><c> There</c><00:34:01.900><c> are</c><00:34:02.119><c> promises</c><00:34:02.480><c> to</c><00:34:02.759><c> Abraham</c><00:34:03.299><c> that</c><00:34:03.640><c> have</c><00:34:03.819><c> to</c>

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:06.240
be<00:34:04.160><c> fulfilled.</c><00:34:05.039><c> God</c><00:34:05.259><c> has</c><00:34:05.480><c> a</c><00:34:05.619><c> whole</c><00:34:05.819><c> purpose</c>

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:10.780
that<00:34:06.440><c> he</c><00:34:06.480><c> is</c><00:34:06.619><c> working</c><00:34:06.900><c> out</c><00:34:07.099><c> with</c><00:34:07.279><c> the</c><00:34:07.420><c> earth.</c><00:34:08.780><c> Heaven's</c><00:34:09.219><c> decree</c><00:34:09.519><c> is</c><00:34:09.840><c> not</c><00:34:10.099><c> going</c><00:34:10.420><c> to</c>

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:12.780
thwart<00:34:11.079><c> God's</c><00:34:11.579><c> purpose.</c>

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:17.760
He<00:34:13.860><c> is</c><00:34:14.179><c> absolutely</c><00:34:14.780><c> certain</c><00:34:15.400><c> that</c><00:34:15.679><c> the</c><00:34:15.860><c> decree</c><00:34:16.159><c> will</c><00:34:16.420><c> not</c><00:34:16.619><c> prevail.</c><00:34:17.659><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:34:18.000><c> know</c><00:34:18.280><c> how</c><00:34:18.980><c> God</c><00:34:19.280><c> would</c><00:34:19.599><c> overcome</c><00:34:19.920><c> it.</c>

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And<00:34:21.099><c> you</c><00:34:21.219><c> notice,</c><00:34:21.500><c> too,</c><00:34:21.599><c> he's</c><00:34:21.699><c> not</c><00:34:21.900><c> in</c><00:34:22.019><c> a</c><00:34:22.219><c> panic.</c><00:34:23.079><c> This</c><00:34:23.239><c> is</c><00:34:23.480><c> not</c>

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.360
Mordecai<00:34:24.699><c> sending</c><00:34:25.059><c> word</c><00:34:25.340><c> in</c><00:34:25.500><c> a</c><00:34:25.719><c> panic</c><00:34:25.960><c> to</c><00:34:26.260><c> Esther.</c>

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:30.619
We<00:34:26.539><c> have</c><00:34:26.780><c> to</c><00:34:26.880><c> do</c><00:34:27.119><c> something.</c><00:34:28.320><c> This</c><00:34:28.579><c> is</c><00:34:28.880><c> a</c><00:34:29.260><c> calm</c><00:34:29.639><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:30.440><c> who</c>

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:34.239
is<00:34:31.039><c> trusting</c><00:34:31.460><c> God.</c><00:34:32.659><c> He</c><00:34:32.880><c> is</c><00:34:33.099><c> not</c><00:34:33.320><c> trying</c><00:34:33.539><c> to</c><00:34:33.920><c> pressure</c>

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:37.880
Esther<00:34:34.619><c> into</c><00:34:34.960><c> doing</c><00:34:35.260><c> anything.</c><00:34:35.659><c> He's</c><00:34:35.840><c> trying</c><00:34:36.139><c> to</c><00:34:36.260><c> get</c><00:34:36.500><c> her</c><00:34:37.400><c> to</c>

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:40.000
take<00:34:38.159><c> another</c><00:34:38.539><c> look</c><00:34:38.780><c> at</c><00:34:38.960><c> the</c><00:34:39.139><c> situation</c><00:34:39.699><c> and</c>

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:44.199
recognize<00:34:40.579><c> the</c><00:34:40.820><c> godly</c><00:34:41.139><c> principles</c><00:34:41.639><c> that</c><00:34:42.019><c> apply.</c><00:34:43.239><c> His</c><00:34:43.619><c> faith</c>

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:46.219
was<00:34:44.480><c> the</c><00:34:44.639><c> foundation</c><00:34:45.159><c> of</c><00:34:45.300><c> his</c><00:34:45.460><c> own</c><00:34:45.679><c> actions</c><00:34:46.039><c> and</c>

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:50.940
his<00:34:46.420><c> counsel</c><00:34:46.760><c> to</c><00:34:47.519><c> Esther.</c><00:34:48.920><c> The</c><00:34:49.119><c> concept</c><00:34:49.559><c> of</c><00:34:49.760><c> Romans</c><00:34:50.019><c> 8</c><00:34:50.239><c> and</c><00:34:50.360><c> 28</c>

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:55.019
was<00:34:51.539><c> a</c><00:34:51.800><c> living</c><00:34:52.179><c> principle</c><00:34:52.900><c> in</c><00:34:53.400><c> Mordecai's</c><00:34:54.139><c> life,</c>

00:34:55.320 --> 00:35:00.980
and<00:34:55.960><c> he</c><00:34:56.139><c> wants</c><00:34:56.400><c> her</c><00:34:56.579><c> to</c><00:34:56.780><c> act</c><00:34:57.159><c> not</c><00:34:57.400><c> out</c><00:34:57.699><c> of</c><00:34:57.960><c> fear</c><00:34:58.260><c> of</c><00:34:58.500><c> being</c><00:34:58.820><c> destroyed,</c><00:35:00.780><c> but</c>

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by<00:35:01.360><c> faith</c><00:35:01.699><c> and</c><00:35:01.920><c> being</c><00:35:02.139><c> delivered.</c>

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:06.940
He's<00:35:03.920><c> not</c><00:35:04.139><c> presumptuous.</c><00:35:05.139><c> He</c><00:35:05.239><c> doesn't</c><00:35:05.519><c> tell</c><00:35:05.780><c> her,</c><00:35:06.019><c> I</c><00:35:06.019><c> can</c><00:35:06.300><c> guarantee</c><00:35:06.739><c> you</c>

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:09.219
if<00:35:07.099><c> you</c><00:35:07.239><c> do</c><00:35:07.440><c> this,</c><00:35:07.719><c> God</c><00:35:07.920><c> will</c><00:35:08.119><c> bless</c><00:35:08.360><c> you.</c>

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:13.659
Who<00:35:09.619><c> knows?</c><00:35:10.760><c> God</c><00:35:11.119><c> may</c><00:35:11.400><c> work</c><00:35:11.739><c> through</c><00:35:12.039><c> you</c><00:35:12.320><c> and</c><00:35:12.420><c> he</c><00:35:12.519><c> may</c><00:35:12.739><c> not.</c>

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:16.940
Your<00:35:14.320><c> purpose</c><00:35:14.679><c> here</c><00:35:14.980><c> may</c><00:35:15.239><c> be</c><00:35:15.559><c> to</c><00:35:15.900><c> offer</c><00:35:16.099><c> up</c><00:35:16.360><c> your</c><00:35:16.619><c> life,</c>

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:20.760
and<00:35:17.199><c> your</c><00:35:17.380><c> life</c><00:35:17.559><c> may</c><00:35:17.760><c> need</c><00:35:17.940><c> to</c><00:35:18.059><c> be</c><00:35:18.239><c> taken.</c><00:35:19.940><c> But</c><00:35:20.059><c> we</c><00:35:20.260><c> trust</c><00:35:20.519><c> God</c>

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:24.579
in<00:35:20.960><c> those</c><00:35:21.099><c> situations,</c><00:35:23.400><c> knowing</c><00:35:23.679><c> that</c><00:35:23.980><c> he</c><00:35:24.099><c> will</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:28.960
deliver<00:35:24.960><c> us</c><00:35:25.480><c> at</c><00:35:25.739><c> some</c><00:35:26.019><c> point.</c><00:35:27.420><c> So</c><00:35:27.599><c> Mordecai</c><00:35:28.019><c> looked</c><00:35:28.280><c> for</c><00:35:28.460><c> God's</c><00:35:28.860><c> hand</c>

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.840
at<00:35:29.199><c> work</c><00:35:29.400><c> in</c><00:35:29.559><c> his</c><00:35:29.820><c> life.</c><00:35:30.079><c> He</c><00:35:30.440><c> anticipated</c><00:35:31.079><c> it.</c>

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:36.699
He<00:35:32.380><c> lived</c><00:35:32.719><c> in</c><00:35:33.019><c> expectation</c><00:35:33.860><c> of</c><00:35:34.159><c> it,</c><00:35:35.199><c> and</c><00:35:35.900><c> that</c><00:35:36.079><c> is</c><00:35:36.239><c> what</c><00:35:36.360><c> he</c><00:35:36.539><c> is</c>

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:38.320
conveying<00:35:37.280><c> to</c><00:35:37.639><c> Esther.</c>

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:46.079
You<00:35:41.039><c> see</c><00:35:41.880><c> where</c><00:35:42.300><c> Mordecai</c><00:35:42.960><c> brings</c><00:35:43.460><c> Esther</c><00:35:43.980><c> to</c><00:35:44.360><c> in</c><00:35:44.639><c> their</c><00:35:44.860><c> exchange.</c>

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:53.179
He<00:35:48.400><c> brings</c><00:35:48.760><c> her</c><00:35:49.239><c> to</c><00:35:49.539><c> the</c><00:35:49.719><c> cross</c><00:35:50.400><c> because</c><00:35:51.480><c> that</c><00:35:51.900><c> was</c><00:35:52.360><c> the</c><00:35:52.659><c> issue</c>

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:55.619
that<00:35:53.480><c> Esther</c><00:35:53.780><c> was</c><00:35:54.059><c> facing</c><00:35:54.420><c> in</c><00:35:54.719><c> Chapter</c><00:35:55.039><c> 4.</c>

00:35:55.619 --> 00:36:00.179
The<00:35:56.280><c> way</c><00:35:56.559><c> to</c><00:35:56.820><c> life,</c><00:35:57.400><c> the</c><00:35:57.500><c> way</c><00:35:57.699><c> to</c><00:35:57.900><c> salvation,</c><00:35:58.920><c> is</c><00:35:59.119><c> through</c><00:35:59.440><c> death.</c>

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:05.099
Putting<00:36:01.880><c> our</c><00:36:02.179><c> own</c><00:36:02.420><c> self</c><00:36:02.659><c>-interest,</c><00:36:03.260><c> our</c><00:36:03.380><c> own</c><00:36:03.619><c> desires</c><00:36:03.980><c> to</c><00:36:04.280><c> death.</c><00:36:04.519><c> This</c><00:36:04.800><c> is</c>

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:07.780
the<00:36:05.239><c> love</c><00:36:05.380><c> of</c><00:36:05.599><c> God,</c><00:36:06.619><c> that</c><00:36:06.840><c> Christ</c><00:36:07.420><c> laid</c>

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:11.940
down<00:36:08.159><c> his</c><00:36:08.440><c> life</c><00:36:08.860><c> for</c><00:36:09.099><c> us,</c><00:36:10.400><c> and</c><00:36:10.619><c> that</c><00:36:10.760><c> we</c><00:36:10.980><c> ought</c><00:36:11.179><c> to</c><00:36:11.440><c> also</c><00:36:11.699><c> lay</c>

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.980
down<00:36:12.159><c> our</c><00:36:12.360><c> lives</c><00:36:12.679><c> for</c><00:36:12.860><c> the</c><00:36:13.059><c> brethren.</c><00:36:13.360><c> Those</c><00:36:13.579><c> who</c><00:36:13.800><c> seek</c>

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:17.300
to<00:36:14.260><c> save</c><00:36:14.480><c> their</c><00:36:14.760><c> life,</c><00:36:15.820><c> they</c><00:36:16.119><c> will</c><00:36:16.320><c> lose</c><00:36:16.519><c> it.</c><00:36:16.699><c> But</c><00:36:16.900><c> those</c><00:36:17.159><c> who</c>

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:19.940
are<00:36:17.519><c> willing</c><00:36:17.760><c> to</c><00:36:18.099><c> lose</c><00:36:18.400><c> their</c><00:36:18.739><c> life</c><00:36:19.079><c> for</c><00:36:19.300><c> the</c><00:36:19.539><c> sake</c><00:36:19.699><c> of</c>

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:23.760
others,<00:36:21.059><c> and</c><00:36:21.219><c> for</c><00:36:21.440><c> Christ's</c><00:36:22.039><c> sake,</c><00:36:22.260><c> those</c><00:36:22.380><c> are</c><00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:22.639><c> ones</c><00:36:22.840><c> that</c><00:36:22.980><c> will</c><00:36:23.219><c> find</c><00:36:23.460><c> it.</c>

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:26.539
This<00:36:24.360><c> is</c><00:36:24.619><c> the</c><00:36:24.900><c> simple</c><00:36:25.199><c> yet</c><00:36:25.579><c> powerful</c>

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:35.019
and<00:36:27.440><c> life</c><00:36:28.159><c>-altering</c><00:36:28.900><c> lesson</c><00:36:29.539><c> that</c><00:36:30.599><c> Christ</c><00:36:30.940><c> declared</c><00:36:31.460><c> from</c><00:36:31.699><c> the</c><00:36:31.920><c> cross,</c><00:36:32.340><c> and</c><00:36:32.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:36:33.119><c> is</c><00:36:33.940><c> explaining</c>

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:39.320
that<00:36:35.659><c> principle</c><00:36:36.300><c> to</c><00:36:36.840><c> Esther</c><00:36:37.039><c> in</c><00:36:37.340><c> his</c><00:36:37.639><c> conversation</c><00:36:38.440><c> through</c>

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:42.320
the<00:36:39.619><c> messenger</c><00:36:40.019><c> in</c><00:36:40.460><c> unmistakable</c><00:36:41.300><c> terms.</c>

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:44.860
See,<00:36:42.619><c> it</c><00:36:42.659><c> wasn't</c><00:36:42.920><c> just</c><00:36:43.280><c> a</c><00:36:43.539><c> doctrine</c><00:36:43.840><c> that</c><00:36:44.019><c> he</c><00:36:44.380><c> explained</c><00:36:44.639><c> to</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:48.239
her.<00:36:46.019><c> Go</c><00:36:46.239><c> back</c><00:36:46.519><c> and</c><00:36:46.760><c> tell</c><00:36:46.860><c> Esther,</c><00:36:47.380><c> remind</c><00:36:47.780><c> her</c><00:36:48.019><c> about</c>

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:53.599
the<00:36:48.719><c> doctrine</c><00:36:48.840><c> of</c><00:36:49.159><c> the</c><00:36:49.380><c> atonement.</c><00:36:51.260><c> That</c><00:36:51.380><c> was</c><00:36:51.579><c> not</c><00:36:51.820><c> the</c><00:36:51.920><c> message</c><00:36:52.139><c> he</c><00:36:52.400><c> sent,</c><00:36:52.840><c> even</c><00:36:53.059><c> though</c><00:36:53.260><c> that</c><00:36:53.400><c> is</c>

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.059
the<00:36:53.780><c> doctrine</c>

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:57.300
he's<00:36:54.440><c> explaining.</c><00:36:55.400><c> What</c><00:36:55.559><c> he's</c><00:36:55.800><c> saying</c><00:36:56.099><c> is,</c><00:36:56.539><c> Esther,</c><00:36:56.639><c> this</c><00:36:56.820><c> has</c><00:36:57.139><c> to</c>

00:36:57.300 --> 00:37:01.219
be<00:36:57.519><c> a</c><00:36:57.659><c> way</c><00:36:57.820><c> of</c><00:36:58.099><c> life.</c><00:36:59.820><c> We</c><00:37:00.039><c> have</c><00:37:00.260><c> to</c><00:37:00.360><c> be</c><00:37:00.559><c> ready</c><00:37:00.760><c> to</c>

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:05.659
live<00:37:01.679><c> this</c><00:37:02.300><c> divine</c><00:37:02.820><c> principle.</c><00:37:04.619><c> This</c><00:37:04.820><c> is</c><00:37:04.980><c> what</c><00:37:05.179><c> the</c><00:37:05.380><c> doctrine</c>

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:08.679
of<00:37:05.900><c> the</c><00:37:06.119><c> atonement</c><00:37:06.519><c> looks</c><00:37:06.900><c> like</c><00:37:07.360><c> when</c><00:37:07.579><c> we</c><00:37:07.800><c> live</c><00:37:07.960><c> it.</c>

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:15.139
It's<00:37:11.920><c> the</c><00:37:12.019><c> power</c><00:37:12.360><c> of</c><00:37:12.579><c> the</c><00:37:12.739><c> cross</c><00:37:13.079><c> to</c><00:37:13.340><c> change</c><00:37:13.739><c> us</c><00:37:14.099><c> from</c><00:37:14.300><c> being</c><00:37:14.760><c> a</c>

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:18.480
self<00:37:15.619><c>-centered,</c><00:37:17.340><c> natural</c><00:37:18.019><c> thinking,</c>

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:24.659
what's<00:37:18.920><c> best</c><00:37:19.260><c> for</c><00:37:19.480><c> me,</c><00:37:20.139><c> disciple,</c><00:37:22.000><c> to</c><00:37:22.360><c> a</c><00:37:23.019><c> community</c><00:37:23.579><c>-centered,</c><00:37:24.300><c> what's</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.780
best<00:37:24.920><c> for</c><00:37:25.119><c> the</c><00:37:25.320><c> community,</c>

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.739
what<00:37:26.039><c> can</c><00:37:26.239><c> I</c><00:37:26.420><c> do</c><00:37:26.559><c> for</c><00:37:26.860><c> others,</c><00:37:27.719><c> disciple,</c><00:37:29.739><c> a</c><00:37:29.820><c> life</c><00:37:30.019><c> devoted</c><00:37:30.539><c> to</c>

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:32.739
the<00:37:30.980><c> salvation</c><00:37:31.519><c> of</c><00:37:31.800><c> others.</c>

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:38.820
The<00:37:33.199><c> proof</c><00:37:33.840><c> that</c><00:37:34.219><c> this</c><00:37:34.619><c> doctrine</c><00:37:35.260><c> is</c><00:37:35.739><c> intended</c><00:37:36.420><c> to</c><00:37:36.820><c> be</c><00:37:37.039><c> a</c><00:37:37.360><c> powerful</c><00:37:37.980><c> force</c><00:37:38.539><c> in</c>

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:40.119
our<00:37:39.039><c> life,</c>

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:46.639
the<00:37:40.920><c> proof</c><00:37:41.239><c> is</c><00:37:41.559><c> that</c><00:37:41.760><c> it</c><00:37:42.099><c> changed</c><00:37:42.980><c> Esther</c><00:37:43.360><c> that</c><00:37:43.699><c> day.</c><00:37:45.960><c> The</c><00:37:46.199><c> doctrine</c><00:37:46.440><c> of</c>

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.519
the<00:37:46.820><c> atonement</c>

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:52.619
changed<00:37:48.519><c> Esther's</c><00:37:49.280><c> life</c><00:37:49.699><c> that</c><00:37:50.199><c> day.</c><00:37:51.659><c> She</c><00:37:51.840><c> went</c><00:37:52.079><c> from</c><00:37:52.340><c> serving</c>

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.679
her<00:37:52.900><c> own</c><00:37:53.159><c> interests</c><00:37:53.559><c> to</c><00:37:53.780><c> serving</c><00:37:54.079><c> the</c><00:37:54.380><c> interests</c>

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:59.460
of<00:37:54.960><c> others.</c><00:37:56.059><c> Her</c><00:37:56.300><c> response</c><00:37:56.780><c> to</c><00:37:57.019><c> Mordecai's</c><00:37:57.780><c> counsel</c><00:37:58.300><c> is</c><00:37:59.199><c> not</c>

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:02.719
unlike<00:37:59.940><c> the</c><00:38:00.780><c> thoughts</c><00:38:01.019><c> of</c><00:38:01.219><c> Christ</c><00:38:01.539><c> in</c><00:38:01.739><c> the</c><00:38:01.920><c> garden.</c>

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Not<00:38:03.380><c> my</c><00:38:04.159><c> will,</c><00:38:05.659><c> but</c><00:38:05.880><c> thine,</c><00:38:06.340><c> O</c><00:38:06.599><c> Lord,</c><00:38:07.119><c> be</c><00:38:07.280><c> done.</c><00:38:08.159><c> She</c><00:38:08.420><c> goes</c><00:38:08.840><c> from</c><00:38:09.860><c> dwelling</c><00:38:10.400><c> and</c>

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focusing<00:38:11.059><c> on</c><00:38:11.280><c> her</c><00:38:11.519><c> own</c><00:38:11.739><c> will</c>

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to<00:38:13.039><c> recognizing</c><00:38:13.599><c> she</c><00:38:13.920><c> needed</c><00:38:14.159><c> to</c><00:38:14.460><c> do</c><00:38:14.739><c> the</c><00:38:14.940><c> will</c><00:38:15.079><c> of</c><00:38:15.219><c> God.</c><00:38:15.579><c> As</c><00:38:15.739><c> a</c>

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result,<00:38:16.420><c> her</c><00:38:16.519><c> character</c><00:38:16.980><c> was</c><00:38:17.440><c> transformed</c><00:38:18.320><c> that</c>

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day<00:38:19.739><c> by</c><00:38:20.380><c> the</c><00:38:20.599><c> power</c><00:38:20.880><c> of</c><00:38:21.099><c> the</c><00:38:21.280><c> cross.</c><00:38:21.699><c> In</c><00:38:21.760><c> verse</c><00:38:22.059><c> 11,</c><00:38:22.420><c> she</c><00:38:22.679><c> isn't</c>

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ready<00:38:23.619><c> to</c><00:38:24.079><c> offer</c><00:38:24.380><c> herself</c><00:38:24.900><c> and</c><00:38:25.139><c> to</c><00:38:25.300><c> lay</c><00:38:25.440><c> down</c><00:38:25.639><c> her</c>

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people.<00:38:26.880><c> In</c><00:38:27.019><c> verse</c><00:38:27.500><c> 16,</c><00:38:28.500><c> she</c><00:38:28.739><c> is</c><00:38:29.320><c> ready.</c><00:38:31.219><c> Nothing</c><00:38:31.639><c> changes</c><00:38:32.300><c> between</c><00:38:32.739><c> verse</c><00:38:33.039><c> 11</c>

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and<00:38:33.519><c> verse</c><00:38:33.820><c> 16</c>

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except<00:38:36.840><c> her</c><00:38:37.280><c> faith.</c><00:38:39.420><c> What</c><00:38:39.659><c> changed</c><00:38:40.099><c> her</c><00:38:40.380><c> faith?</c><00:38:42.039><c> Her</c><00:38:42.480><c> understanding</c><00:38:43.179><c> of</c><00:38:43.480><c> the</c>

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cross<00:38:44.219><c> is</c><00:38:44.840><c> what</c><00:38:45.000><c> changed</c><00:38:45.380><c> her</c>

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faith.<00:38:47.039><c> When</c><00:38:47.500><c> we</c><00:38:47.699><c> use</c><00:38:47.960><c> the</c><00:38:48.139><c> term</c><00:38:48.280><c> the</c><00:38:48.500><c> cross,</c><00:38:48.880><c> what</c><00:38:49.039><c> we're</c><00:38:49.199><c> talking</c><00:38:49.579><c> about</c><00:38:49.860><c> is</c>

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the<00:38:50.300><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:50.840><c> of</c><00:38:51.039><c> our</c><00:38:51.179><c> Lord</c><00:38:51.340><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:38:52.679><c> all</c><00:38:53.079><c> that's</c><00:38:53.519><c> involved</c><00:38:53.840><c> in</c><00:38:54.039><c> it,</c><00:38:54.239><c> but</c><00:38:54.400><c> it</c><00:38:54.519><c> can</c><00:38:54.900><c> simply</c><00:38:55.280><c> be</c><00:38:55.559><c> brought</c><00:38:55.860><c> down</c><00:38:56.340><c> to</c><00:38:57.039><c> an</c><00:38:57.360><c> acknowledgement</c><00:38:57.980><c> and</c><00:38:58.500><c> a</c>

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recognition<00:38:59.239><c> that</c><00:38:59.460><c> I</c><00:38:59.599><c> need</c><00:38:59.760><c> to</c><00:39:00.019><c> stop</c><00:39:00.260><c> living</c><00:39:00.579><c> for</c><00:39:00.840><c> myself</c><00:39:01.539><c> and</c>

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I<00:39:03.300><c> need</c><00:39:03.340><c> to</c><00:39:03.639><c> start</c><00:39:03.780><c> living</c><00:39:04.139><c> for</c><00:39:04.480><c> others</c>

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and<00:39:05.579><c> for</c><00:39:05.800><c> their</c><00:39:06.019><c> salvation.</c><00:39:06.739><c> It's</c><00:39:07.119><c> intended</c><00:39:07.539><c> to</c><00:39:07.880><c> be</c><00:39:08.159><c> a</c><00:39:08.360><c> powerful</c><00:39:08.820><c> doctrine.</c><00:39:09.659><c> It's</c>

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why<00:39:09.980><c> Paul</c><00:39:10.340><c> says</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:18.039
that<00:39:12.739><c> those</c><00:39:13.079><c> who</c><00:39:13.320><c> are</c><00:39:13.500><c> being</c><00:39:13.880><c> saved</c><00:39:14.820><c> have</c><00:39:15.599><c> aligned</c><00:39:16.000><c> themselves</c><00:39:16.679><c> with</c><00:39:17.079><c> it.</c>

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The<00:39:18.519><c> cross</c><00:39:18.800><c> is</c><00:39:19.320><c> the</c><00:39:19.619><c> power</c>

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:25.219
of<00:39:20.780><c> God</c><00:39:20.780><c> on</c><00:39:21.079><c> the</c><00:39:21.300><c> salvation,</c><00:39:22.739><c> not</c><00:39:22.920><c> because</c><00:39:23.280><c> there's</c><00:39:23.559><c> some</c><00:39:23.880><c> mystical</c><00:39:24.420><c> force</c><00:39:24.920><c> at</c>

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work<00:39:25.400><c> in</c><00:39:25.579><c> our</c><00:39:25.780><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:39:26.860><c> because</c><00:39:27.219><c> we</c><00:39:27.519><c> learn</c><00:39:27.719><c> to</c><00:39:28.139><c> live</c><00:39:28.400><c> as</c><00:39:28.739><c> different</c><00:39:29.119><c> people.</c><00:39:30.760><c> It's</c><00:39:30.860><c> how</c><00:39:31.119><c> God</c><00:39:31.440><c> saves</c><00:39:31.760><c> us</c>

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because<00:39:32.280><c> it's</c><00:39:32.579><c> how</c><00:39:33.119><c> God</c>

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breaks<00:39:34.380><c> Haman's</c><00:39:35.320><c> hold</c><00:39:35.619><c> over</c><00:39:36.119><c> us.</c><00:39:37.980><c> It's</c><00:39:38.340><c> foolishness</c><00:39:38.940><c> in</c><00:39:39.099><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:39:39.400><c> of</c><00:39:39.559><c> the</c><00:39:39.760><c> world</c><00:39:40.239><c> to</c><00:39:40.699><c> think</c><00:39:40.920><c> that</c><00:39:41.239><c> one</c><00:39:41.800><c> Jewish</c>

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:48.840
woman<00:39:42.980><c> can</c><00:39:44.159><c> defeat</c><00:39:44.679><c> this</c><00:39:45.079><c> mighty</c><00:39:45.519><c> Haman.</c><00:39:48.039><c> It's</c><00:39:48.199><c> foolishness</c>

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to<00:39:49.019><c> think</c><00:39:49.239><c> that</c><00:39:49.480><c> the</c><00:39:49.619><c> death</c><00:39:49.920><c> of</c>

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:54.420
one<00:39:50.480><c> man</c><00:39:50.760><c> on</c><00:39:51.059><c> the</c><00:39:51.320><c> cross</c><00:39:51.820><c> can</c><00:39:52.179><c> leave</c><00:39:52.400><c> the</c><00:39:52.659><c> salvation,</c><00:39:53.679><c> Paul</c><00:39:53.920><c> says</c><00:39:54.260><c> in</c>

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1<00:39:54.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:55.059><c> 1.</c><00:39:56.360><c> It's</c><00:39:56.559><c> foolishness</c>

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in<00:39:57.340><c> the</c><00:39:57.539><c> world's</c><00:39:58.000><c> eyes,</c><00:39:58.199><c> but</c><00:39:58.380><c> it's</c><00:39:58.599><c> not</c><00:39:58.880><c> foolishness</c><00:39:59.480><c> in</c><00:39:59.619><c> God's</c><00:39:59.940><c> eyes.</c><00:40:01.119><c> It's</c>

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foolishness<00:40:01.980><c> to</c><00:40:02.139><c> think</c><00:40:02.280><c> that</c><00:40:02.500><c> one</c>

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boy<00:40:03.019><c> and</c><00:40:03.239><c> one</c><00:40:03.539><c> stone</c><00:40:03.780><c> can</c><00:40:04.039><c> bring</c><00:40:04.219><c> down</c><00:40:04.460><c> a</c><00:40:04.579><c> mighty</c><00:40:04.760><c> giant.</c><00:40:05.880><c> It's</c>

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foolishness<00:40:06.699><c> in</c><00:40:06.860><c> the</c><00:40:07.019><c> eyes</c><00:40:07.139><c> of</c><00:40:07.280><c> the</c><00:40:07.420><c> world</c><00:40:07.619><c> to</c><00:40:08.639><c> think</c>

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that<00:40:09.260><c> one</c><00:40:09.639><c> young</c><00:40:10.059><c> sucking</c><00:40:10.420><c> lamb</c><00:40:11.039><c> can</c><00:40:11.780><c> defeat</c><00:40:12.260><c> an</c><00:40:12.579><c> invading</c>

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Philistine<00:40:13.940><c> army</c><00:40:14.420><c> when</c><00:40:14.699><c> the</c><00:40:15.019><c> Israelites</c>

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are<00:40:15.780><c> not</c><00:40:16.119><c> armed</c><00:40:16.480><c> in</c><00:40:16.719><c> 1</c><00:40:17.000><c> Samuel</c><00:40:17.420><c> 7.</c><00:40:19.679><c> But</c><00:40:19.840><c> it's</c><00:40:20.039><c> not</c><00:40:20.360><c> foolishness</c>

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:22.960
in<00:40:20.980><c> God's</c><00:40:21.420><c> eyes</c><00:40:21.679><c> because</c><00:40:22.019><c> that's</c><00:40:22.460><c> how</c>

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he<00:40:23.239><c> defeats</c><00:40:23.719><c> the</c><00:40:23.960><c> enemy</c><00:40:24.260><c> in</c><00:40:24.539><c> our</c><00:40:24.699><c> life.</c><00:40:26.739><c> Esther</c><00:40:27.019><c> chapter</c><00:40:27.460><c> 4</c><00:40:28.079><c> defines</c><00:40:29.239><c> the</c><00:40:29.659><c> doctrine</c><00:40:30.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:30.500><c> atonement</c><00:40:30.820><c> for</c><00:40:31.119><c> us.</c>

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This<00:40:31.519><c> is</c><00:40:31.679><c> what</c><00:40:31.820><c> it</c><00:40:32.059><c> is.</c><00:40:33.659><c> This</c><00:40:33.860><c> is</c><00:40:34.119><c> why</c><00:40:34.300><c> it</c><00:40:34.519><c> is.</c><00:40:35.420><c> And</c><00:40:35.539><c> most</c><00:40:35.780><c> importantly,</c><00:40:36.340><c> it's</c>

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the<00:40:36.719><c> way</c><00:40:36.880><c> of</c><00:40:37.099><c> life</c><00:40:37.340><c> it's</c><00:40:37.659><c> intended</c>

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to<00:40:38.239><c> lead</c><00:40:38.400><c> us</c><00:40:38.719><c> to.</c><00:40:40.119><c> And</c><00:40:40.159><c> brethren</c><00:40:40.260><c> and</c><00:40:40.519><c> sisters,</c><00:40:40.800><c> this</c><00:40:41.019><c> is</c><00:40:41.260><c> the</c>

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same<00:40:41.820><c> path</c><00:40:42.280><c> we</c><00:40:42.480><c> ought</c><00:40:42.719><c> to</c><00:40:42.900><c> be</c><00:40:43.179><c> encouraging</c><00:40:43.719><c> each</c><00:40:44.239><c> other</c>

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:50.239
to<00:40:44.860><c> follow.</c><00:40:47.400><c> When</c><00:40:47.719><c> each</c><00:40:48.019><c> of</c><00:40:48.199><c> us</c><00:40:48.639><c> comes</c><00:40:48.920><c> across</c><00:40:49.400><c> trials</c><00:40:49.820><c> in</c><00:40:50.019><c> our</c>

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:53.239
life<00:40:50.840><c> and</c><00:40:51.659><c> we</c><00:40:51.840><c> may</c><00:40:52.019><c> be</c><00:40:52.260><c> in</c><00:40:52.400><c> a</c><00:40:52.500><c> position</c><00:40:52.860><c> to</c><00:40:53.039><c> be</c>

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counseled<00:40:53.619><c> by</c><00:40:53.940><c> others,</c><00:40:54.340><c> the</c><00:40:54.539><c> counsel</c><00:40:54.840><c> that</c><00:40:55.039><c> we</c><00:40:55.260><c> give</c><00:40:55.420><c> to</c><00:40:55.659><c> one</c>

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another<00:40:56.380><c> needs</c><00:40:57.019><c> to</c><00:40:57.280><c> be</c><00:40:57.440><c> the</c><00:40:57.679><c> counsel</c><00:40:58.099><c> of</c><00:40:58.320><c> the</c><00:40:58.579><c> cross</c>

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to<00:40:59.940><c> do</c><00:41:00.260><c> what's</c><00:41:00.719><c> right,</c><00:41:01.960><c> to</c><00:41:02.340><c> bring</c><00:41:02.739><c> them,</c><00:41:03.300><c> those</c><00:41:03.619><c> whom</c><00:41:03.780><c> we're</c>

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counseling,<00:41:04.559><c> to</c><00:41:04.800><c> the</c><00:41:05.039><c> cross</c><00:41:05.500><c> and</c><00:41:06.000><c> remind</c><00:41:06.480><c> them</c>

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whatever<00:41:07.119><c> you</c><00:41:07.440><c> do,</c><00:41:09.519><c> do</c><00:41:09.639><c> it</c><00:41:09.980><c> consistent</c><00:41:10.800><c> with</c><00:41:11.219><c> what</c><00:41:11.400><c> we</c><00:41:11.679><c> learn</c>

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from<00:41:12.099><c> the</c><00:41:12.260><c> life</c><00:41:12.460><c> of</c><00:41:12.699><c> Christ.</c><00:41:13.780><c> Not</c><00:41:14.019><c> to</c><00:41:14.300><c> avoid</c><00:41:14.780><c> the</c>

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:18.800
cross,<00:41:15.940><c> not</c><00:41:16.119><c> to</c><00:41:16.320><c> take</c><00:41:16.480><c> the</c><00:41:16.619><c> path</c><00:41:16.880><c> of</c><00:41:17.099><c> least</c><00:41:17.320><c> resistance,</c><00:41:18.619><c> not</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:20.800
to<00:41:19.019><c> take</c><00:41:19.159><c> the</c><00:41:19.360><c> path</c><00:41:19.599><c> that</c><00:41:19.739><c> is</c><00:41:19.900><c> best</c><00:41:20.119><c> for</c><00:41:20.300><c> them,</c>

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but<00:41:21.480><c> take</c><00:41:21.860><c> the</c><00:41:22.179><c> path</c><00:41:22.539><c> that</c><00:41:22.719><c> will</c><00:41:22.980><c> reflect</c><00:41:23.420><c> the</c><00:41:23.679><c> principle</c><00:41:24.139><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:41:25.599><c> willingly</c><00:41:25.940><c> offering</c><00:41:26.519><c> himself</c><00:41:27.039><c> to</c><00:41:27.340><c> redeem</c>

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:33.500
others.<00:41:28.519><c> Take</c><00:41:28.800><c> that</c><00:41:29.139><c> path,</c><00:41:30.059><c> painful</c><00:41:30.400><c> as</c><00:41:30.639><c> it</c><00:41:30.719><c> may</c><00:41:30.960><c> be.</c><00:41:32.780><c> The</c><00:41:33.000><c> result</c><00:41:33.280><c> of</c>

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.480
Mordecai's<00:41:34.199><c> counsel</c><00:41:34.599><c> is</c><00:41:34.960><c> that</c><00:41:35.179><c> Esther</c>

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changes<00:41:35.960><c> her</c><00:41:36.239><c> mind</c><00:41:36.940><c> and</c><00:41:38.199><c> it</c><00:41:38.320><c> changes</c><00:41:38.679><c> her</c><00:41:38.940><c> life.</c><00:41:40.980><c> She</c><00:41:41.119><c> is</c><00:41:41.320><c> now</c>

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ready<00:41:41.780><c> to</c><00:41:42.059><c> perish</c><00:41:42.420><c> to</c><00:41:42.659><c> keep</c><00:41:42.920><c> others</c><00:41:43.460><c> from</c><00:41:43.960><c> perishing.</c>

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It's<00:41:45.440><c> exactly</c><00:41:45.840><c> opposite</c><00:41:46.280><c> to</c><00:41:46.500><c> where</c><00:41:46.639><c> she</c><00:41:46.920><c> started</c><00:41:47.139><c> out.</c><00:41:48.039><c> Her</c>

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:51.360
final<00:41:48.699><c> reply</c><00:41:49.179><c> to</c><00:41:49.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:41:49.920><c> in</c><00:41:50.099><c> this</c><00:41:50.340><c> chapter</c>

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:55.840
is<00:41:52.260><c> likely</c><00:41:52.659><c> not</c><00:41:53.119><c> an</c><00:41:53.360><c> immediate</c><00:41:53.780><c> response.</c><00:41:55.079><c> It</c><00:41:55.280><c> reads</c><00:41:55.599><c> as</c><00:41:55.739><c> if</c>

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:57.739
it<00:41:56.000><c> just</c><00:41:56.159><c> goes</c><00:41:56.320><c> back</c><00:41:56.599><c> and</c><00:41:56.840><c> forth.</c>

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:02.179
She<00:41:59.260><c> likely</c><00:41:59.599><c> has</c><00:41:59.880><c> thought</c><00:42:00.039><c> this</c><00:42:00.320><c> through</c><00:42:00.860><c> and</c><00:42:01.179><c> the</c><00:42:01.300><c> reason</c><00:42:01.579><c> for</c><00:42:01.780><c> that</c><00:42:02.039><c> is</c>

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.780
she<00:42:02.340><c> has</c><00:42:02.599><c> a</c><00:42:02.900><c> plan</c>

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:09.099
that<00:42:04.320><c> she</c><00:42:04.500><c> will</c><00:42:04.719><c> pursue</c><00:42:05.199><c> in</c><00:42:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:42:05.780><c> five.</c><00:42:07.840><c> You</c><00:42:08.000><c> see,</c><00:42:08.199><c> the</c><00:42:08.440><c> cross</c><00:42:08.719><c> is</c>

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:12.539
not<00:42:09.440><c> something</c><00:42:09.840><c> we</c><00:42:10.380><c> embrace</c><00:42:11.099><c> out</c><00:42:11.440><c> of</c><00:42:11.599><c> emotion.</c>

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:16.199
The<00:42:14.000><c> principle</c><00:42:14.360><c> of</c><00:42:14.559><c> the</c><00:42:14.780><c> cross</c><00:42:15.019><c> is</c><00:42:15.300><c> not</c><00:42:15.519><c> something</c><00:42:15.840><c> that</c><00:42:16.000><c> we</c>

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:17.519
just<00:42:16.480><c> snap</c><00:42:16.619><c> our</c><00:42:16.880><c> fingers</c><00:42:17.159><c> and</c><00:42:17.340><c> say,</c>

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:21.940
okay,<00:42:17.820><c> I</c><00:42:17.980><c> can</c><00:42:18.179><c> do</c><00:42:18.460><c> that.</c><00:42:20.519><c> The</c><00:42:20.780><c> principle</c><00:42:21.199><c> of</c><00:42:21.460><c> being</c><00:42:21.659><c> willing</c>

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:24.139
to<00:42:22.199><c> lay</c><00:42:22.420><c> down</c><00:42:22.760><c> our</c><00:42:23.119><c> life,</c>

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:28.780
to<00:42:25.340><c> first</c><00:42:25.599><c> identify</c><00:42:26.199><c> what's</c><00:42:26.599><c> best</c><00:42:26.860><c> for</c><00:42:27.139><c> others,</c><00:42:27.500><c> not</c><00:42:27.699><c> best</c><00:42:27.940><c> for</c><00:42:28.139><c> myself,</c><00:42:28.599><c> in</c>

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:30.019
a<00:42:29.000><c> situation,</c>

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:34.880
that<00:42:30.739><c> is</c><00:42:30.920><c> something</c><00:42:31.440><c> that</c><00:42:31.659><c> needs</c><00:42:31.940><c> to</c><00:42:32.199><c> be</c><00:42:32.579><c> mulled</c><00:42:32.920><c> over.</c><00:42:34.420><c> It</c><00:42:34.420><c> needs</c><00:42:34.699><c> to</c>

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:37.820
be<00:42:35.039><c> something</c><00:42:35.360><c> that</c><00:42:35.639><c> we</c><00:42:36.179><c> meditate</c><00:42:36.679><c> upon</c>

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:41.880
because<00:42:39.099><c> we</c><00:42:39.380><c> need</c><00:42:39.699><c> the</c><00:42:40.039><c> strength</c><00:42:40.340><c> of</c><00:42:40.639><c> God</c><00:42:40.880><c> to</c><00:42:41.079><c> be</c><00:42:41.239><c> able</c><00:42:41.400><c> to</c><00:42:41.559><c> go</c>

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:45.639
forward<00:42:42.480><c> in</c><00:42:43.760><c> that</c><00:42:44.000><c> type</c><00:42:44.219><c> of</c><00:42:44.460><c> situation.</c>

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:49.500
Living<00:42:46.079><c> the</c><00:42:46.340><c> cross</c><00:42:46.579><c> is</c><00:42:46.860><c> not</c><00:42:47.119><c> something</c><00:42:47.460><c> we</c><00:42:47.659><c> rush</c><00:42:47.920><c> into.</c><00:42:49.380><c> It's</c>

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:51.789
something<00:42:49.780><c> that's</c><00:42:50.099><c> done</c><00:42:50.300><c> willingly</c><00:42:50.820><c> and</c><00:42:51.500><c> it's</c>

00:42:51.789 --> 00:42:56.510
done<00:42:51.849><c> by</c><00:42:52.050><c> faith.</c><00:42:53.250><c> When</c><00:42:53.429><c> she</c><00:42:53.670><c> says,</c><00:42:54.349><c> if</c><00:42:54.349><c> I</c><00:42:54.670><c> perish,</c><00:42:55.190><c> I</c><00:42:55.409><c> perish,</c>

00:42:57.010 --> 00:43:01.110
that<00:42:57.269><c> is</c><00:42:57.710><c> not</c><00:42:58.690><c> Esther</c><00:42:59.210><c> in</c><00:42:59.610><c> despair.</c><00:43:00.269><c> She</c><00:43:00.469><c> doesn't</c><00:43:00.869><c> know</c>

00:43:01.110 --> 00:43:05.530
the<00:43:01.309><c> outcome.</c><00:43:01.969><c> If</c><00:43:02.090><c> I</c><00:43:02.269><c> go</c><00:43:02.469><c> before</c><00:43:02.750><c> the</c><00:43:03.010><c> king</c><00:43:03.369><c> and</c><00:43:04.389><c> I</c><00:43:04.670><c> perish,</c><00:43:05.289><c> I</c>

00:43:05.530 --> 00:43:07.809
perish.<00:43:06.349><c> There's</c><00:43:06.530><c> no</c><00:43:06.730><c> guarantee.</c>

00:43:09.130 --> 00:43:12.429
Daniel<00:43:09.650><c> 3,</c><00:43:10.170><c> we</c><00:43:10.449><c> won't</c><00:43:10.590><c> look</c><00:43:10.809><c> it</c><00:43:10.969><c> up,</c><00:43:11.510><c> says</c><00:43:11.710><c> that</c><00:43:11.929><c> she</c><00:43:12.050><c> had</c><00:43:12.150><c> the</c>

00:43:12.429 --> 00:43:14.670
same<00:43:12.710><c> frame</c><00:43:12.889><c> of</c><00:43:13.170><c> mind</c><00:43:13.510><c> as</c><00:43:13.769><c> Shadrach,</c><00:43:14.190><c> Meshach</c><00:43:14.590><c> and</c>

00:43:14.670 --> 00:43:17.389
Abednego<00:43:15.090><c> when</c><00:43:15.250><c> they</c><00:43:15.510><c> faced</c><00:43:15.989><c> the</c><00:43:16.349><c> fiery</c><00:43:16.570><c> furnace.</c><00:43:16.969><c> They</c><00:43:17.150><c> told</c>

00:43:17.389 --> 00:43:19.849
the<00:43:17.530><c> king,</c><00:43:18.590><c> we're</c><00:43:18.849><c> going</c><00:43:18.909><c> to</c><00:43:18.949><c> go</c><00:43:19.170><c> in</c><00:43:19.329><c> there</c><00:43:19.530><c> and</c><00:43:19.710><c> we</c>

00:43:19.849 --> 00:43:23.329
don't<00:43:19.969><c> know</c><00:43:20.090><c> what</c><00:43:20.250><c> will</c><00:43:20.469><c> happen.</c><00:43:20.989><c> We</c><00:43:21.150><c> may</c><00:43:21.369><c> die,</c><00:43:22.409><c> but</c><00:43:22.630><c> we're</c><00:43:22.829><c> going</c><00:43:23.090><c> in</c>

00:43:23.329 --> 00:43:25.510
there<00:43:23.510><c> because</c><00:43:23.909><c> we</c><00:43:24.289><c> trust</c><00:43:24.769><c> our</c><00:43:25.130><c> God</c>

00:43:25.510 --> 00:43:30.230
and<00:43:26.110><c> we're</c><00:43:26.489><c> certainly</c><00:43:26.809><c> not</c><00:43:27.050><c> going</c><00:43:27.250><c> to</c><00:43:27.510><c> compromise</c><00:43:27.909><c> our</c><00:43:28.150><c> beliefs.</c><00:43:30.030><c> She</c>

00:43:30.230 --> 00:43:32.030
is<00:43:30.469><c> not</c><00:43:30.690><c> being</c><00:43:31.110><c> fatalistic</c><00:43:31.670><c> in</c><00:43:31.829><c> her</c>

00:43:32.030 --> 00:43:37.269
statement<00:43:32.309><c> when</c><00:43:32.550><c> she</c><00:43:32.730><c> says,</c><00:43:33.190><c> if</c><00:43:33.190><c> I</c><00:43:33.389><c> perish,</c><00:43:33.789><c> I</c><00:43:33.929><c> perish.</c><00:43:35.210><c> Fatalism</c><00:43:35.690><c> has</c><00:43:36.650><c> to</c><00:43:36.809><c> do</c><00:43:36.889><c> with</c><00:43:37.050><c> a</c>

00:43:37.269 --> 00:43:37.989
belief<00:43:37.409><c> in</c><00:43:37.590><c> all</c><00:43:37.789><c> things</c>

00:43:37.989 --> 00:43:41.530
being<00:43:38.389><c> predetermined</c><00:43:39.190><c> by</c><00:43:39.690><c> faith.</c><00:43:40.409><c> There's</c><00:43:40.670><c> no</c><00:43:40.909><c> control</c><00:43:41.269><c> over</c>

00:43:41.530 --> 00:43:43.730
them.<00:43:41.670><c> This</c><00:43:41.829><c> is</c><00:43:42.050><c> a</c><00:43:42.170><c> declaration</c><00:43:42.710><c> of</c><00:43:42.949><c> her</c><00:43:43.250><c> faith,</c>

00:43:43.730 --> 00:43:49.670
not<00:43:44.510><c> her</c><00:43:44.730><c> despair.</c><00:43:46.429><c> This</c><00:43:46.570><c> is</c><00:43:46.769><c> not</c><00:43:46.929><c> a</c><00:43:47.210><c> sister</c><00:43:47.969><c> facing</c><00:43:49.010><c> a</c><00:43:49.309><c> severe</c>

00:43:49.670 --> 00:43:52.409
trial<00:43:50.150><c> in</c><00:43:50.349><c> her</c><00:43:50.590><c> life</c><00:43:50.989><c> and</c><00:43:51.409><c> including,</c>

00:43:52.949 --> 00:44:01.829
well,<00:43:54.869><c> whatever</c><00:43:55.130><c> happens</c><00:43:55.670><c> happens.</c><00:43:57.130><c> This</c><00:43:57.449><c> is</c><00:43:57.909><c> a</c><00:43:58.570><c> sister</c><00:43:59.269><c> facing</c><00:44:00.449><c> a</c><00:44:00.869><c> crisis</c><00:44:01.309><c> by</c>

00:44:01.829 --> 00:44:04.050
faith.<00:44:02.570><c> Where</c><00:44:02.750><c> does</c><00:44:02.889><c> she</c><00:44:03.110><c> turn?</c>

00:44:04.489 --> 00:44:09.329
She<00:44:04.730><c> turns</c><00:44:05.090><c> to</c><00:44:05.309><c> the</c><00:44:05.489><c> word.</c><00:44:07.030><c> That's</c><00:44:07.369><c> where</c><00:44:07.489><c> she</c><00:44:07.690><c> turns.</c><00:44:08.989><c> In</c><00:44:09.150><c> her</c>

00:44:09.329 --> 00:44:11.269
moment<00:44:09.550><c> of</c><00:44:09.829><c> crisis,</c><00:44:10.130><c> she</c><00:44:10.369><c> turns</c><00:44:10.750><c> to</c><00:44:10.949><c> the</c><00:44:11.110><c> word</c>

00:44:11.269 --> 00:44:15.710
and<00:44:11.530><c> she</c><00:44:11.730><c> encourages</c><00:44:12.309><c> her</c><00:44:12.670><c> people</c><00:44:13.250><c> to</c><00:44:13.769><c> turn</c><00:44:13.989><c> to</c><00:44:14.190><c> the</c><00:44:14.349><c> word.</c><00:44:15.510><c> A</c>

00:44:15.710 --> 00:44:18.070
person<00:44:15.949><c> in</c><00:44:16.170><c> despair</c><00:44:16.730><c> would</c><00:44:17.150><c> not</c><00:44:17.369><c> turn</c><00:44:17.630><c> to</c><00:44:17.809><c> God</c>

00:44:18.070 --> 00:44:22.750
as<00:44:18.269><c> she</c><00:44:18.510><c> does,</c><00:44:20.489><c> but</c><00:44:20.769><c> she</c><00:44:20.969><c> turns</c><00:44:21.210><c> to</c><00:44:21.369><c> her</c><00:44:21.630><c> people</c><00:44:22.050><c> and</c><00:44:22.289><c> says,</c><00:44:22.469><c> I</c>

00:44:22.750 --> 00:44:30.019
need<00:44:23.250><c> your</c><00:44:23.489><c> help.</c><00:44:26.050><c> Pray</c><00:44:26.409><c> for</c><00:44:26.809><c> me,</c><00:44:28.369><c> fast</c><00:44:28.730><c> for</c><00:44:29.250><c> me</c>

00:44:30.570 --> 00:44:35.650
over<00:44:31.110><c> the</c><00:44:31.289><c> next</c><00:44:31.510><c> three</c><00:44:31.750><c> days,</c><00:44:32.829><c> please,</c><00:44:34.530><c> because</c><00:44:34.989><c> at</c><00:44:35.329><c> the</c><00:44:35.489><c> end</c>

00:44:35.650 --> 00:44:38.219
of<00:44:35.809><c> this</c><00:44:36.090><c> time,</c><00:44:36.489><c> I'm</c><00:44:36.769><c> going</c><00:44:36.829><c> to</c><00:44:36.929><c> go</c><00:44:37.070><c> into</c><00:44:37.210><c> the</c><00:44:37.449><c> kingdom</c>

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:46.460
and<00:44:39.920><c> it</c><00:44:39.960><c> may</c><00:44:40.239><c> cost</c><00:44:40.480><c> me</c><00:44:40.679><c> my</c><00:44:40.880><c> life.</c><00:44:41.659><c> Do</c><00:44:41.880><c> you</c><00:44:42.059><c> think</c><00:44:42.219><c> for</c><00:44:42.559><c> a</c><00:44:42.920><c> moment,</c><00:44:43.719><c> brethren</c><00:44:43.860><c> and</c><00:44:44.119><c> sisters,</c><00:44:45.719><c> that</c><00:44:45.840><c> the</c><00:44:46.079><c> rest</c><00:44:46.260><c> of</c>

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:52.960
the<00:44:46.639><c> community</c><00:44:47.159><c> in</c><00:44:47.460><c> Shushan,</c><00:44:49.179><c> when</c><00:44:49.420><c> they</c><00:44:49.760><c> find</c><00:44:50.099><c> out</c><00:44:50.679><c> what</c><00:44:50.920><c> that</c><00:44:51.360><c> young</c><00:44:52.059><c> maiden</c><00:44:52.420><c> has</c>

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:54.860
committed<00:44:53.420><c> herself</c><00:44:54.059><c> to</c>

00:44:54.860 --> 00:45:01.460
in<00:44:55.599><c> the</c><00:44:55.840><c> King's</c><00:44:56.300><c> palace</c><00:44:56.980><c> to</c><00:44:58.360><c> risk</c><00:44:58.739><c> her</c><00:44:59.079><c> life</c><00:44:59.599><c> for</c><00:45:00.000><c> our</c><00:45:00.420><c> sake,</c>

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:04.920
that<00:45:02.500><c> young</c><00:45:02.800><c> Jewish</c><00:45:03.159><c> maiden</c><00:45:03.500><c> who</c><00:45:03.780><c> may</c><00:45:04.079><c> die</c><00:45:04.420><c> in</c><00:45:04.659><c> three</c>

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:11.539
days,<00:45:05.320><c> do</c><00:45:05.559><c> you</c><00:45:05.699><c> think</c><00:45:05.900><c> for</c><00:45:06.239><c> a</c><00:45:06.539><c> moment</c><00:45:07.139><c> the</c><00:45:08.260><c> community</c><00:45:08.840><c> in</c><00:45:09.219><c> Shushan</c><00:45:10.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:11.139><c> have</c>

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:13.619
united<00:45:11.940><c> as</c><00:45:12.440><c> one</c>

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:18.340
in<00:45:14.400><c> prayer</c><00:45:14.920><c> and</c><00:45:15.440><c> fasting,</c><00:45:16.300><c> pleading</c><00:45:16.800><c> for</c><00:45:17.099><c> God</c><00:45:17.420><c> to</c><00:45:17.820><c> intervene</c>

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:22.300
in<00:45:18.639><c> the</c><00:45:18.960><c> situation</c><00:45:19.599><c> to</c><00:45:20.760><c> save</c><00:45:21.079><c> her?</c>

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:27.579
Prayer<00:45:23.719><c> isn't</c><00:45:24.079><c> mentioned</c><00:45:24.599><c> in</c><00:45:24.860><c> the</c><00:45:24.980><c> book</c><00:45:25.179><c> of</c><00:45:25.400><c> Esther,</c><00:45:27.059><c> but</c><00:45:27.360><c> let</c>

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:31.699
us<00:45:27.920><c> not</c><00:45:28.239><c> fail</c><00:45:28.539><c> to</c><00:45:28.940><c> see</c><00:45:29.619><c> the</c><00:45:30.340><c> power</c><00:45:30.739><c> of</c><00:45:31.280><c> prayer</c>

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at<00:45:32.440><c> work</c><00:45:32.719><c> in</c><00:45:33.000><c> these</c><00:45:33.179><c> events,</c><00:45:35.320><c> because</c><00:45:35.519><c> within</c><00:45:36.059><c> four</c><00:45:36.559><c> days</c><00:45:37.360><c> of</c>

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