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repentance<00:12:28.340><c> in</c><00:12:28.600><c> the</c><00:12:28.779><c> heart</c><00:12:29.019><c> of</c><00:12:29.259><c> the</c><00:12:29.419><c> nation.</c>

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slaying<00:12:35.019><c> oxen</c><00:12:35.460><c> and</c><00:12:35.620><c> killing</c><00:12:35.899><c> sheep,</c>

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eating<00:12:36.720><c> flesh</c><00:12:37.100><c> and</c><00:12:37.279><c> drinking</c><00:12:37.600><c> wine.</c>

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Let<00:12:38.740><c> us</c><00:12:38.960><c> eat</c><00:12:39.179><c> and</c><00:12:39.460><c> drink</c><00:12:39.659><c> for</c><00:12:39.879><c> tomorrow</c><00:12:40.240><c> we</c><00:12:40.500><c> die.</c>

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questioning<00:13:14.120><c> God,</c><00:13:14.600><c> without</c><00:13:14.899><c> lashing</c><00:13:15.320><c> out.</c>

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Mordecai<00:13:58.559><c> does</c><00:13:58.879><c> not</c><00:13:59.019><c> go</c><00:13:59.200><c> out</c><00:13:59.480><c> into</c><00:13:59.700><c> the</c><00:13:59.860><c> middle</c><00:14:00.059><c> of</c><00:14:00.299><c> the</c><00:14:00.460><c> city</c>

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and<00:14:01.779><c> say,</c><00:14:02.059><c> everything</c><00:14:02.639><c> will</c><00:14:02.940><c> be</c><00:14:03.259><c> fine.</c>

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He<00:14:16.419><c> was</c><00:14:16.820><c> looking</c><00:14:17.220><c> to</c><00:14:17.659><c> create</c><00:14:18.080><c> the</c><00:14:18.580><c> strong</c><00:14:19.120><c> crying</c><00:14:19.720><c> in</c><00:14:20.200><c> tears</c><00:14:20.720><c> because</c><00:14:22.080><c> they</c><00:14:22.340><c> were</c><00:14:22.539><c> under</c><00:14:22.940><c> a</c><00:14:23.259><c> grievous</c>

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situation.

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dominating<00:14:45.360><c> power</c><00:14:45.860><c> of</c><00:14:46.259><c> sin</c>

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day.

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It<00:15:23.059><c> has</c><00:15:23.360><c> the</c><00:15:23.539><c> power</c><00:15:23.899><c> to</c><00:15:24.179><c> destroy</c><00:15:24.580><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:26.220><c> if</c><00:15:26.440><c> sin's</c><00:15:26.940><c> power</c><00:15:27.360><c> over</c><00:15:27.740><c> us,</c><00:15:29.860><c> if</c><00:15:30.120><c> its</c><00:15:30.320><c> power</c><00:15:30.720><c> over</c><00:15:31.059><c> us</c><00:15:31.340><c> is</c>

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not<00:15:31.899><c> bringing</c><00:15:32.220><c> us</c><00:15:32.720><c> to</c><00:15:32.899><c> the</c><00:15:33.220><c> same</c><00:15:33.480><c> point</c>

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in<00:15:34.080><c> our</c><00:15:34.480><c> life</c><00:15:34.879><c> as</c><00:15:35.200><c> Haman's</c><00:15:35.940><c> decree</c><00:15:36.740><c> brought</c><00:15:37.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:38.279><c> and</c><00:15:38.600><c> the</c><00:15:38.799><c> nation,</c><00:15:40.519><c> then</c><00:15:40.659><c> we</c>

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don't<00:15:41.360><c> have</c><00:15:42.179><c> a</c><00:15:42.960><c> proper</c>

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understanding<00:15:44.639><c> of</c><00:15:45.639><c> sin's</c><00:15:46.460><c> power</c><00:15:47.159><c> and</c><00:15:47.799><c> its</c><00:15:48.159><c> ability</c><00:15:48.860><c> to</c><00:15:49.279><c> slay</c>

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us<00:15:49.860><c> in</c><00:15:50.039><c> our</c><00:15:50.259><c> life.</c>

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Our<00:15:51.860><c> reaction</c><00:15:52.639><c> to</c><00:15:53.019><c> sin</c><00:15:53.740><c> should</c><00:15:54.360><c> mirror</c><00:15:55.460><c> the</c><00:15:56.639><c> reaction</c><00:15:57.159><c> of</c><00:15:57.460><c> the</c>

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nation<00:15:58.059><c> and</c><00:15:58.419><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:59.159><c> to</c><00:15:59.559><c> Haman's</c><00:16:00.059><c> decree,</c>

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because<00:16:01.240><c> it</c><00:16:01.460><c> can</c><00:16:01.820><c> destroy</c><00:16:02.340><c> us,</c><00:16:03.580><c> it</c><00:16:03.720><c> can</c><00:16:04.059><c> kill</c><00:16:04.279><c> us,</c><00:16:05.279><c> and</c><00:16:05.419><c> it</c><00:16:05.600><c> can</c>

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cause<00:16:06.179><c> us</c><00:16:06.659><c> to</c><00:16:06.879><c> perish.</c>

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The<00:16:09.360><c> weeping</c><00:16:09.799><c> and</c><00:16:10.100><c> the</c><00:16:10.299><c> wailing</c><00:16:10.639><c> and</c><00:16:10.980><c> the</c><00:16:11.179><c> bitter</c><00:16:11.440><c> crying</c><00:16:11.840><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:12.360><c> sackcloth</c><00:16:12.820><c> and</c><00:16:13.039><c> ashes</c><00:16:13.360><c> and</c><00:16:13.659><c> the</c>

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repentance<00:16:15.340><c> and</c><00:16:16.179><c> the</c><00:16:16.399><c> humble</c><00:16:16.720><c> chastening</c><00:16:17.200><c> of</c><00:16:17.379><c> our</c><00:16:17.600><c> soul</c><00:16:18.200><c> is</c>

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all<00:16:20.440><c> part</c><00:16:20.759><c> of</c><00:16:21.039><c> the</c><00:16:21.399><c> initial</c><00:16:21.799><c> step</c><00:16:22.460><c> of</c><00:16:23.179><c> how</c>

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God<00:16:23.980><c> breaks</c><00:16:24.519><c> sin's</c><00:16:25.139><c> hold</c><00:16:25.379><c> over</c><00:16:25.720><c> us.</c>

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Mordecai<00:16:27.279><c> goes</c><00:16:27.539><c> right</c><00:16:27.840><c> back</c><00:16:28.080><c> to</c><00:16:28.200><c> the</c><00:16:28.340><c> gate,</c><00:16:28.519><c> you</c><00:16:28.679><c> notice,</c><00:16:29.000><c> right</c><00:16:29.179><c> back</c><00:16:29.419><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:29.600><c> gate</c><00:16:29.759><c> of</c><00:16:29.899><c> the</c><00:16:30.019><c> king's</c>

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palace<00:16:30.539><c> to</c><00:16:30.799><c> proclaim</c><00:16:31.220><c> his</c><00:16:31.519><c> grief</c><00:16:31.759><c> and</c><00:16:31.960><c> mourning.</c>

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He's<00:16:32.899><c> not</c><00:16:33.159><c> concerned</c><00:16:33.759><c> with</c><00:16:33.980><c> how</c><00:16:34.179><c> others</c><00:16:34.500><c> are</c><00:16:34.779><c> going</c><00:16:34.960><c> to</c><00:16:35.159><c> view</c><00:16:35.279><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:16:36.299><c> in</c><00:16:36.440><c> a</c><00:16:36.720><c> humiliated</c><00:16:37.480><c> state,</c><00:16:38.779><c> but</c><00:16:39.000><c> he</c><00:16:39.519><c> despised</c><00:16:40.240><c> the</c><00:16:40.600><c> shame,</c><00:16:42.259><c> because</c><00:16:42.659><c> the</c>

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issue<00:16:43.440><c> is</c><00:16:43.940><c> not</c><00:16:44.320><c> his</c><00:16:44.799><c> humiliation.</c>

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The<00:16:47.080><c> issue</c><00:16:47.620><c> is</c><00:16:48.000><c> the</c><00:16:48.279><c> salvation</c><00:16:49.139><c> of</c><00:16:49.580><c> his</c><00:16:49.860><c> people.</c>

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Esther<00:16:52.559><c> needs</c><00:16:52.940><c> to</c><00:16:53.200><c> know</c><00:16:53.539><c> what's</c><00:16:54.080><c> happened,</c><00:16:54.860><c> and</c><00:16:55.039><c> she</c><00:16:55.279><c> doesn't</c>

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know<00:16:56.259><c> what's</c><00:16:56.779><c> happened.</c>

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So<00:16:57.399><c> he</c><00:16:57.539><c> goes</c><00:16:57.840><c> back</c><00:16:58.200><c> to</c><00:16:58.379><c> the</c><00:16:58.600><c> gate</c><00:16:58.899><c> of</c><00:16:59.179><c> the</c><00:16:59.360><c> king's</c><00:16:59.799><c> palace,</c><00:17:00.620><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:01.240><c> will</c><00:17:01.899><c> wail</c><00:17:03.220><c> until</c><00:17:03.940><c> she</c><00:17:04.240><c> finds</c>

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out<00:17:05.059><c> what</c><00:17:05.359><c> has</c><00:17:05.700><c> happened.</c>

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The<00:17:08.000><c> exchanges</c><00:17:08.359><c> in</c><00:17:08.539><c> chapter</c><00:17:08.900><c> four</c><00:17:09.279><c> between</c><00:17:09.680><c> Esther</c><00:17:09.980><c> and</c><00:17:10.180><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:10.980><c> are</c>

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quite<00:17:12.359><c> remarkable.</c>

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All<00:17:13.859><c> of</c><00:17:14.019><c> the</c><00:17:14.240><c> conversation</c><00:17:14.799><c> takes</c><00:17:15.140><c> place</c><00:17:15.799><c> through</c><00:17:16.299><c> messengers.</c>

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Esther<00:17:17.819><c> and</c><00:17:17.940><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:18.619><c> will</c><00:17:18.839><c> never</c><00:17:19.079><c> see</c><00:17:19.359><c> each</c><00:17:19.680><c> other</c><00:17:19.900><c> in</c><00:17:20.059><c> this</c>

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chapter,<00:17:21.319><c> and</c><00:17:21.460><c> it</c><00:17:21.700><c> demonstrates</c><00:17:22.140><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:22.599><c> power</c><00:17:22.940><c> is</c><00:17:23.240><c> in</c><00:17:23.400><c> the</c><00:17:23.619><c> message</c><00:17:24.259><c> and</c><00:17:24.880><c> in</c><00:17:25.039><c> the</c><00:17:25.259><c> principles</c><00:17:25.660><c> conveyed</c><00:17:26.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:27.160><c> message.</c>

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The<00:17:28.259><c> power</c><00:17:28.579><c> of</c><00:17:28.779><c> chapter</c><00:17:29.000><c> four</c><00:17:29.259><c> is</c><00:17:29.460><c> not</c><00:17:29.619><c> in</c><00:17:29.799><c> the</c><00:17:30.000><c> theatrics</c><00:17:30.420><c> or</c>

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the<00:17:30.859><c> personality</c><00:17:31.299><c> of</c><00:17:31.460><c> Mordecai.</c>

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It's<00:17:33.279><c> all</c><00:17:33.440><c> in</c><00:17:33.640><c> the</c><00:17:33.799><c> word,</c><00:17:34.059><c> and</c><00:17:34.099><c> it</c><00:17:34.200><c> is</c><00:17:34.480><c> marvelous</c><00:17:34.920><c> to</c><00:17:35.279><c> watch</c>

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Esther's<00:17:37.480><c> faith</c><00:17:37.940><c> groan</c><00:17:38.779><c> right</c><00:17:39.380><c> before</c>

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our<00:17:40.339><c> eyes,</c><00:17:41.539><c> because</c><00:17:41.660><c> when</c><00:17:41.900><c> she</c><00:17:42.140><c> learns</c><00:17:42.740><c> of</c><00:17:43.140><c> Mordecai's</c><00:17:44.019><c> condition</c><00:17:44.480><c> in</c><00:17:44.720><c> verse</c><00:17:45.000><c> four,</c><00:17:45.779><c> she</c><00:17:46.000><c> is</c><00:17:46.480><c> exceedingly</c>

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grieved<00:17:48.759><c> over</c><00:17:49.200><c> what's</c><00:17:49.599><c> happened</c><00:17:49.819><c> to</c><00:17:50.019><c> Mordecai.</c>

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She<00:17:52.180><c> has</c><00:17:52.380><c> no</c><00:17:52.680><c> knowledge</c><00:17:53.200><c> of</c><00:17:53.440><c> Haman's</c><00:17:53.880><c> decree.</c>

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When<00:17:55.400><c> Esther's</c><00:17:55.940><c> maids</c><00:17:56.140><c> and</c><00:17:56.299><c> her</c><00:17:56.460><c> eunuchs</c><00:17:56.700><c> came</c><00:17:57.000><c> and</c><00:17:57.140><c> told</c><00:17:57.440><c> her,</c><00:17:58.259><c> the</c>

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queen<00:17:58.720><c> was</c><00:17:59.119><c> deeply</c><00:17:59.700><c> distressed</c>

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or<00:18:00.819><c> exceedingly</c><00:18:01.359><c> grieved,</c><00:18:01.859><c> as</c><00:18:01.920><c> it</c><00:18:02.019><c> is</c><00:18:02.140><c> in</c><00:18:02.240><c> the</c><00:18:02.400><c> authorized</c><00:18:02.779><c> version.</c>

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So<00:18:03.839><c> she</c><00:18:04.019><c> sends</c><00:18:04.319><c> garments</c><00:18:04.819><c> to</c><00:18:05.160><c> clothe</c><00:18:05.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:06.059><c> so</c><00:18:06.319><c> that</c><00:18:06.440><c> he</c>

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might<00:18:06.759><c> take</c><00:18:07.019><c> off</c><00:18:07.259><c> his</c><00:18:07.519><c> sackcloth,</c><00:18:08.819><c> but</c>

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he<00:18:09.140><c> would</c><00:18:09.400><c> not</c><00:18:09.720><c> accept</c><00:18:09.960><c> them.</c>

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Then<00:18:12.299><c> Esther</c><00:18:12.920><c> called</c><00:18:13.240><c> for</c><00:18:13.480><c> Haytak,</c><00:18:14.019><c> one</c><00:18:14.180><c> of</c><00:18:14.279><c> the</c><00:18:14.420><c> king's</c><00:18:14.740><c> eunuchs,</c><00:18:15.000><c> who</c>

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had<00:18:15.259><c> been</c><00:18:15.460><c> appointed</c><00:18:15.759><c> to</c>

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attend<00:18:16.279><c> her,</c><00:18:17.119><c> and</c><00:18:17.500><c> ordered</c><00:18:17.819><c> him</c><00:18:18.619><c> to</c><00:18:19.039><c> go</c><00:18:19.240><c> to</c><00:18:19.339><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:19.900><c> to</c><00:18:20.119><c> learn</c><00:18:20.359><c> what</c>

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this<00:18:20.920><c> was</c><00:18:21.380><c> and</c><00:18:21.579><c> why</c><00:18:21.839><c> it</c><00:18:22.079><c> was.</c>

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She<00:18:22.500><c> hasn't</c><00:18:22.839><c> a</c><00:18:23.160><c> clue</c><00:18:23.579><c> as</c><00:18:23.880><c> to</c><00:18:23.940><c> what's</c><00:18:24.220><c> going</c><00:18:24.519><c> on.</c>

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All<00:18:25.400><c> she</c><00:18:25.680><c> knows</c><00:18:26.420><c> is</c><00:18:26.980><c> that</c><00:18:27.160><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:27.640><c> is</c><00:18:27.920><c> in</c><00:18:28.079><c> the</c><00:18:28.339><c> gate</c><00:18:28.599><c> of</c><00:18:29.240><c> the</c>

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king's<00:18:29.880><c> palace,</c><00:18:30.740><c> not</c><00:18:31.000><c> able</c><00:18:31.220><c> to</c><00:18:31.440><c> enter</c><00:18:31.599><c> the</c>

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gate,<00:18:31.940><c> of</c><00:18:32.099><c> course,</c><00:18:32.440><c> because</c><00:18:32.640><c> he's</c><00:18:32.859><c> mourning</c><00:18:33.140><c> and</c><00:18:33.339><c> in</c><00:18:33.539><c> sackcloth</c><00:18:33.960><c> and</c><00:18:34.559><c> ashes.</c>

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He's<00:18:35.339><c> just</c><00:18:35.660><c> outside</c><00:18:36.119><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:37.160><c> she</c><00:18:37.339><c> is</c><00:18:37.619><c> deeply</c><00:18:38.059><c> distressed</c><00:18:38.859><c> over</c><00:18:39.140><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:39.740><c> being</c><00:18:40.119><c> grieved.</c>

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And<00:18:40.940><c> she</c><00:18:41.059><c> is</c><00:18:41.299><c> deeply</c><00:18:41.619><c> distressed</c><00:18:42.119><c> over</c><00:18:42.519><c> his</c><00:18:43.140><c> personal</c><00:18:44.240><c> well</c><00:18:44.619><c>-being.</c>

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So<00:18:46.319><c> what</c><00:18:46.440><c> does</c><00:18:46.539><c> she</c><00:18:46.740><c> do?</c>

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She<00:18:47.119><c> sends</c><00:18:47.359><c> him</c><00:18:47.680><c> clothes.</c>

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And<00:18:48.079><c> what</c><00:18:48.200><c> does</c><00:18:48.359><c> he</c><00:18:48.460><c> do?</c>

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He<00:18:48.720><c> sends</c><00:18:48.920><c> the</c><00:18:49.099><c> clothes</c><00:18:49.220><c> right</c><00:18:49.440><c> back</c><00:18:49.700><c> to</c><00:18:49.859><c> her.</c>

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I<00:18:51.720><c> am</c><00:18:51.900><c> not</c><00:18:52.140><c> going</c><00:18:52.420><c> to</c><00:18:52.619><c> be</c><00:18:52.900><c> clothed</c><00:18:53.279><c> in</c><00:18:53.480><c> your</c><00:18:53.619><c> raiment,</c><00:18:54.279><c> is</c><00:18:54.440><c> the</c>

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message<00:18:54.859><c> he</c><00:18:55.000><c> sends</c><00:18:55.279><c> Esther.</c>

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See,<00:18:56.700><c> at</c><00:18:56.839><c> the</c><00:18:57.000><c> outset</c><00:18:57.299><c> of</c><00:18:57.500><c> chapter</c><00:18:57.799><c> 4,</c><00:18:58.519><c> Esther</c><00:18:58.660><c> has</c><00:18:59.200><c> a</c><00:18:59.559><c> very</c><00:19:00.220><c> natural</c><00:19:01.359><c> focus,</c><00:19:02.579><c> not</c><00:19:02.839><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:19:03.440><c> one,</c>

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a<00:19:04.019><c> natural</c><00:19:04.420><c> one,</c><00:19:05.619><c> in</c><00:19:05.799><c> terms</c><00:19:06.140><c> of</c><00:19:06.319><c> her</c><00:19:06.559><c> own</c><00:19:06.859><c> well</c><00:19:07.079><c>-being</c><00:19:07.579><c> and</c><00:19:08.220><c> the</c>

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well<00:19:08.640><c>-being</c><00:19:08.799><c> of</c><00:19:08.940><c> her</c><00:19:09.099><c> family.</c>

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And<00:19:10.720><c> this</c><00:19:10.960><c> is</c><00:19:11.140><c> where</c><00:19:11.299><c> we</c><00:19:11.539><c> all</c><00:19:11.799><c> start</c><00:19:12.059><c> out.</c>

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When<00:19:12.640><c> something</c><00:19:12.940><c> happens,</c><00:19:13.539><c> the</c><00:19:13.619><c> first</c><00:19:13.859><c> thing</c><00:19:14.019><c> we</c><00:19:14.220><c> think</c><00:19:14.440><c> of,</c>

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well,<00:19:14.880><c> how</c><00:19:15.119><c> is</c><00:19:15.119><c> this</c><00:19:15.299><c> going</c><00:19:15.500><c> to</c><00:19:15.720><c> affect</c>

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me<00:19:16.200><c> and</c><00:19:16.339><c> my</c><00:19:16.519><c> family?</c>

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Mordecai,<00:19:20.640><c> in</c><00:19:20.759><c> the</c><00:19:20.920><c> events</c><00:19:21.099><c> of</c><00:19:21.279><c> this</c><00:19:21.500><c> chapter,</c><00:19:22.799><c> will</c><00:19:23.019><c> cause</c>

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her<00:19:23.480><c> to</c><00:19:23.700><c> refocus</c><00:19:24.240><c> her</c><00:19:24.480><c> concern</c><00:19:25.019><c> from</c>

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herself<00:19:26.859><c> and</c><00:19:27.799><c> from</c><00:19:28.140><c> him</c><00:19:28.759><c> to</c><00:19:29.640><c> the</c><00:19:29.839><c> community.</c>

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The<00:19:32.200><c> second</c><00:19:32.440><c> time</c><00:19:32.759><c> she</c><00:19:32.920><c> sends</c><00:19:33.220><c> Hetech</c><00:19:33.779><c> to</c><00:19:34.000><c> learn</c><00:19:34.240><c> the</c><00:19:34.460><c> reason</c>

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for<00:19:34.900><c> Mordecai's</c><00:19:35.559><c> actions</c><00:19:35.839><c> and</c><00:19:36.079><c> refusal,</c>

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he<00:19:37.579><c> goes</c><00:19:38.180><c> out</c><00:19:38.700><c> into</c><00:19:38.940><c> the</c><00:19:39.240><c> street</c><00:19:39.519><c> to</c><00:19:39.960><c> the</c><00:19:40.119><c> open</c><00:19:40.400><c> square</c><00:19:40.819><c> to</c>

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meet<00:19:41.299><c> with</c><00:19:41.579><c> Mordecai.</c>

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And<00:19:43.779><c> watch</c><00:19:44.339><c> now</c><00:19:44.700><c> how</c><00:19:44.900><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:45.420><c> will</c><00:19:45.740><c> deal</c><00:19:46.059><c> with</c><00:19:46.299><c> Esther</c><00:19:46.680><c> in</c><00:19:47.200><c> bringing</c><00:19:47.460><c> her</c><00:19:47.740><c> along</c><00:19:47.960><c> a</c>

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path<00:19:48.519><c> to</c><00:19:48.779><c> strengthen</c>

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her<00:19:49.400><c> faith.</c>

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When<00:19:51.140><c> she</c><00:19:51.359><c> first</c><00:19:51.779><c> learns</c><00:19:52.140><c> of</c><00:19:52.319><c> the</c><00:19:52.500><c> situation,</c><00:19:53.119><c> she</c><00:19:53.259><c> is</c><00:19:53.500><c> not</c><00:19:53.740><c> willing</c><00:19:54.039><c> to</c>

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risk<00:19:54.440><c> her</c><00:19:54.680><c> life</c><00:19:55.119><c> for</c><00:19:55.359><c> anybody.</c>

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But<00:19:57.319><c> by</c><00:19:57.599><c> the</c><00:19:57.819><c> time</c><00:19:58.200><c> she</c><00:19:58.579><c> finishes,</c><00:19:59.380><c> by</c><00:19:59.599><c> the</c><00:19:59.779><c> time</c><00:19:59.920><c> we</c><00:20:00.039><c> get</c><00:20:00.240><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:00.900><c> end</c><00:20:01.180><c> of</c><00:20:01.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:01.680><c> 4,</c><00:20:02.920><c> she,</c><00:20:03.220><c> of</c><00:20:03.460><c> her</c>

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own<00:20:04.240><c> free</c><00:20:04.519><c> will,</c><00:20:05.519><c> will</c><00:20:05.640><c> be</c><00:20:05.819><c> ready</c><00:20:06.059><c> to</c><00:20:06.400><c> place</c><00:20:06.599><c> her</c><00:20:06.859><c> life</c><00:20:07.180><c> in</c><00:20:07.480><c> jeopardy</c><00:20:08.640><c> for</c>

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her<00:20:09.140><c> people.</c>

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At<00:20:11.500><c> the</c><00:20:11.680><c> beginning</c><00:20:11.960><c> of</c><00:20:12.200><c> the</c><00:20:12.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:12.640><c> and</c><00:20:12.859><c> at</c><00:20:13.079><c> the</c><00:20:13.160><c> end</c><00:20:13.339><c> of</c><00:20:13.440><c> the</c>

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chapter,<00:20:14.140><c> Haman's</c><00:20:14.480><c> decree</c><00:20:14.680><c> doesn't</c>

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change,<00:20:16.940><c> Persian</c><00:20:17.259><c> law</c><00:20:17.519><c> doesn't</c><00:20:17.799><c> change.</c>

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The<00:20:20.640><c> only</c><00:20:20.819><c> thing</c><00:20:20.960><c> that</c><00:20:21.200><c> changes</c><00:20:21.480><c> in</c><00:20:21.660><c> this</c><00:20:21.900><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.180><c> is</c><00:20:22.359><c> her</c><00:20:22.599><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:20:23.880><c> what</c><00:20:24.019><c> changes</c><00:20:24.400><c> her</c><00:20:24.720><c> faith</c><00:20:25.259><c> and</c><00:20:25.880><c> brings</c><00:20:26.140><c> about</c><00:20:26.460><c> the</c><00:20:26.740><c> change</c><00:20:26.980><c> in</c><00:20:27.099><c> her</c><00:20:27.299><c> faith</c><00:20:27.720><c> is</c>

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the<00:20:28.400><c> counsel</c><00:20:28.759><c> she</c>

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receives<00:20:29.599><c> from</c><00:20:29.839><c> Mordecai,</c><00:20:30.799><c> because</c><00:20:31.140><c> he</c><00:20:31.299><c> will</c><00:20:31.579><c> encourage</c><00:20:32.079><c> her</c>

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to<00:20:33.480><c> participate.</c>

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He<00:20:35.079><c> won't</c><00:20:35.359><c> force</c><00:20:35.720><c> her</c><00:20:36.200><c> and</c><00:20:36.559><c> he</c><00:20:36.619><c> won't</c><00:20:37.400><c> ask</c><00:20:37.779><c> her</c><00:20:37.960><c> to</c><00:20:38.140><c> act</c><00:20:38.500><c> against</c><00:20:38.859><c> her</c><00:20:39.099><c> will.</c>

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But<00:20:39.920><c> what</c><00:20:40.039><c> he</c><00:20:40.200><c> does</c><00:20:40.400><c> in</c><00:20:40.559><c> this</c><00:20:40.779><c> chapter</c><00:20:41.039><c> is</c><00:20:41.319><c> he</c><00:20:41.539><c> crystallizes</c>

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the<00:20:42.559><c> spiritual</c><00:20:42.980><c> principles</c><00:20:43.460><c> that</c><00:20:43.720><c> pertain</c><00:20:44.460><c> to</c><00:20:44.740><c> this</c>

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situation.

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He<00:20:46.099><c> puts</c><00:20:46.299><c> them</c><00:20:46.539><c> clearly</c><00:20:46.920><c> on</c><00:20:47.140><c> the</c><00:20:47.299><c> table</c><00:20:47.640><c> and</c><00:20:48.079><c> then</c><00:20:48.180><c> he</c><00:20:48.380><c> steps</c>

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back<00:20:49.400><c> and</c><00:20:50.240><c> he</c><00:20:50.380><c> says,</c><00:20:50.720><c> Esther,</c><00:20:51.059><c> you</c><00:20:51.299><c> have</c>

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to<00:20:51.700><c> make</c><00:20:51.880><c> the</c><00:20:52.119><c> decision</c><00:20:52.339><c> here.</c>

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But<00:20:53.559><c> here's</c><00:20:53.759><c> how</c><00:20:54.000><c> I</c><00:20:54.319><c> read</c><00:20:54.420><c> the</c><00:20:54.640><c> Bible.</c>

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Here's<00:20:55.539><c> how</c><00:20:55.779><c> I</c><00:20:56.059><c> read</c><00:20:56.259><c> God</c><00:20:56.500><c> working</c><00:20:56.900><c> in</c><00:20:57.119><c> our</c><00:20:57.259><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:00.759><c> the</c><00:21:01.440><c> actions</c><00:21:02.220><c> of</c><00:21:02.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:03.079><c> and</c><00:21:03.339><c> the</c><00:21:03.599><c> influence</c><00:21:04.019><c> that</c><00:21:04.200><c> he</c>

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on<00:21:07.019><c> a</c><00:21:07.119><c> par</c><00:21:07.480><c> with</c><00:21:07.779><c> how</c><00:21:08.059><c> Joseph</c><00:21:08.900><c> brought</c><00:21:10.039><c> his</c><00:21:10.420><c> brethren</c><00:21:10.819><c> along</c>

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the<00:21:11.759><c> same</c><00:21:12.319><c> path</c><00:21:12.799><c> of</c><00:21:13.140><c> faith.</c>

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By<00:21:15.319><c> the</c><00:21:15.559><c> time</c><00:21:15.740><c> he</c><00:21:15.900><c> was</c><00:21:16.180><c> done</c><00:21:16.480><c> with</c><00:21:16.680><c> the</c><00:21:16.920><c> testing</c><00:21:17.259><c> period</c><00:21:17.799><c> recorded</c><00:21:18.259><c> in</c><00:21:18.519><c> Genesis,</c><00:21:20.180><c> Judah</c><00:21:20.660><c> is</c>

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ready<00:21:22.240><c> to</c><00:21:22.519><c> do</c>

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the<00:21:23.160><c> very</c><00:21:23.400><c> thing</c><00:21:24.200><c> that</c><00:21:24.859><c> he</c><00:21:25.000><c> was</c><00:21:25.400><c> unwilling</c><00:21:25.779><c> to</c><00:21:26.119><c> do</c><00:21:26.759><c> years</c><00:21:27.180><c> earlier.</c>

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When<00:21:28.799><c> he</c><00:21:29.000><c> tells</c><00:21:29.339><c> Joseph,</c><00:21:29.980><c> not</c><00:21:30.220><c> knowing</c><00:21:30.460><c> it</c><00:21:30.619><c> was</c><00:21:30.819><c> Joseph,</c><00:21:31.279><c> that</c>

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he<00:21:31.579><c> will</c><00:21:31.779><c> take</c><00:21:32.039><c> himself</c><00:21:32.859><c> and</c><00:21:34.259><c> place</c><00:21:34.619><c> him</c><00:21:34.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:35.480><c> pit</c><00:21:35.859><c> so</c><00:21:36.900><c> that</c><00:21:37.160><c> the</c><00:21:37.299><c> youngest</c><00:21:37.700><c> son</c><00:21:38.119><c> of</c><00:21:38.259><c> his</c><00:21:38.539><c> father,</c><00:21:39.259><c> whom</c>

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his<00:21:39.740><c> father</c><00:21:40.079><c> loves,</c><00:21:40.680><c> can</c><00:21:40.900><c> go</c><00:21:41.220><c> free</c><00:21:41.920><c> because</c>

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he<00:21:42.779><c> does</c><00:21:43.099><c> not</c><00:21:43.339><c> want</c><00:21:43.599><c> to</c><00:21:43.859><c> face</c><00:21:44.700><c> the</c><00:21:45.900><c> anguish</c><00:21:46.440><c> that</c><00:21:46.619><c> he</c><00:21:46.799><c> would</c><00:21:47.079><c> cause</c><00:21:47.460><c> if</c>

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he<00:21:47.819><c> goes</c><00:21:48.039><c> home</c><00:21:48.339><c> without</c><00:21:48.680><c> Benjamin.</c>

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Mordecai<00:21:51.319><c> will</c><00:21:51.660><c> bring</c><00:21:52.180><c> Esther</c><00:21:52.559><c> along</c><00:21:53.019><c> that</c><00:21:53.440><c> same</c><00:21:54.220><c> path</c><00:21:54.740><c> of</c>

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developing<00:21:55.819><c> her</c><00:21:56.140><c> faith.</c>

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In<00:21:58.660><c> verses</c><00:21:58.900><c> seven</c><00:21:59.180><c> and</c><00:21:59.319><c> eight,</c><00:22:00.980><c> we</c><00:22:01.079><c> read</c><00:22:01.279><c> that</c><00:22:01.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:22:02.319><c> told</c>

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Hathatch<00:22:03.380><c> all</c><00:22:03.779><c> that</c><00:22:03.920><c> had</c><00:22:04.119><c> happened</c><00:22:04.299><c> to</c><00:22:04.460><c> him</c>

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in<00:22:04.880><c> the</c><00:22:05.140><c> exact</c><00:22:05.380><c> sum</c><00:22:05.559><c> of</c><00:22:05.740><c> money</c><00:22:06.059><c> that</c><00:22:06.299><c> Haman</c><00:22:06.480><c> had</c><00:22:06.759><c> promised</c><00:22:07.019><c> to</c>

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pay<00:22:07.400><c> the</c><00:22:07.599><c> king's</c><00:22:08.140><c> treasuries</c><00:22:08.740><c> for</c><00:22:09.279><c> the</c><00:22:09.539><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:22:10.099><c> the</c><00:22:10.259><c> Jews.</c>

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Mordecai<00:22:12.140><c> also</c><00:22:12.460><c> gave</c><00:22:12.619><c> him</c><00:22:12.799><c> a</c><00:22:12.980><c> copy</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.420><c> the</c><00:22:13.539><c> written</c><00:22:13.720><c> decree</c>

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issued<00:22:14.559><c> in</c><00:22:14.839><c> Shushan</c><00:22:15.319><c> for</c><00:22:15.480><c> their</c><00:22:15.680><c> destruction</c>

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that<00:22:16.700><c> he</c><00:22:16.839><c> might</c><00:22:17.119><c> show</c><00:22:17.359><c> it</c><00:22:17.539><c> to</c><00:22:17.819><c> Esther</c><00:22:17.920><c> and</c><00:22:18.240><c> explain</c><00:22:18.579><c> it</c><00:22:18.839><c> to</c><00:22:18.960><c> her</c>

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and<00:22:19.880><c> charge</c><00:22:20.339><c> or</c><00:22:20.660><c> command</c><00:22:20.980><c> her</c><00:22:21.299><c> to</c><00:22:21.519><c> go</c>

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to<00:22:21.920><c> the</c><00:22:22.099><c> king</c><00:22:22.359><c> to</c><00:22:22.579><c> make</c><00:22:22.779><c> supplication</c><00:22:23.460><c> to</c><00:22:23.680><c> him</c><00:22:24.039><c> and</c><00:22:24.680><c> entreat</c>

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him<00:22:25.480><c> for</c><00:22:25.819><c> her</c><00:22:26.079><c> people.</c>

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paid<00:22:31.579><c> 10</c><00:22:31.940><c>,000</c><00:22:32.400><c> talents</c><00:22:32.720><c> of</c><00:22:32.980><c> silver,</c><00:22:33.480><c> and</c>

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he<00:22:33.640><c> gives</c><00:22:33.839><c> Hathatch</c><00:22:35.220><c> the</c><00:22:35.420><c> decree,</c><00:22:36.119><c> and</c><00:22:36.319><c> he</c><00:22:36.539><c> charges</c><00:22:37.019><c> Esther,</c>

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commands<00:22:38.079><c> her.</c>

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In<00:22:39.579><c> chapter</c><00:22:39.839><c> two,</c><00:22:41.240><c> he</c><00:22:41.380><c> had</c><00:22:41.680><c> commanded</c><00:22:42.039><c> her</c><00:22:42.500><c> not</c><00:22:43.099><c> to</c><00:22:43.559><c> reveal</c>

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her<00:22:44.099><c> identity.</c>

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Now<00:22:45.299><c> he</c><00:22:45.500><c> commands</c><00:22:45.960><c> her</c><00:22:46.420><c> to</c><00:22:46.799><c> reveal</c><00:22:47.359><c> her</c><00:22:47.619><c> identity.</c>

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Now<00:22:49.980><c> this</c><00:22:50.299><c> is</c><00:22:50.599><c> not</c><00:22:50.859><c> a</c><00:22:51.079><c> case</c><00:22:51.940><c> of</c><00:22:52.960><c> Mordecai</c><00:22:53.539><c> trying</c><00:22:53.900><c> to</c><00:22:54.160><c> use</c><00:22:54.559><c> Esther</c><00:22:54.960><c> as</c><00:22:55.319><c> a</c>

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political<00:22:56.019><c> lobbyist.</c>

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Don't<00:22:56.900><c> read</c><00:22:57.079><c> it</c><00:22:57.220><c> that</c><00:22:57.500><c> way.</c>

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He<00:22:58.880><c> is</c><00:22:59.180><c> not</c><00:22:59.380><c> asking</c><00:22:59.759><c> Esther</c><00:23:00.140><c> to</c><00:23:00.339><c> go</c><00:23:00.500><c> to</c><00:23:00.660><c> the</c><00:23:00.779><c> king</c><00:23:01.000><c> to</c><00:23:01.220><c> use</c><00:23:01.400><c> her</c>

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political<00:23:02.200><c> influence.</c>

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Brothers<00:23:03.079><c> and</c><00:23:03.339><c> sisters,</c><00:23:04.099><c> he</c><00:23:04.299><c> is</c><00:23:04.619><c> asking</c><00:23:05.039><c> her</c><00:23:05.579><c> to</c><00:23:06.160><c> risk</c><00:23:06.440><c> her</c><00:23:06.720><c> life</c><00:23:07.299><c> for</c><00:23:07.640><c> the</c><00:23:07.859><c> sake</c><00:23:08.000><c> of</c>

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her<00:23:08.299><c> people.</c>

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That's<00:23:09.980><c> the</c><00:23:10.180><c> issue</c><00:23:10.660><c> in</c><00:23:10.960><c> chapter</c><00:23:11.299><c> four.</c>

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Will<00:23:12.839><c> she</c><00:23:13.259><c> or</c><00:23:13.519><c> won't</c><00:23:13.819><c> she</c><00:23:14.259><c> be</c><00:23:14.539><c> willing</c><00:23:14.799><c> to</c><00:23:15.119><c> risk</c><00:23:15.359><c> her</c><00:23:15.660><c> life?</c>

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Because<00:23:17.339><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:17.900><c> understood</c><00:23:18.680><c> the</c><00:23:19.019><c> spiritual</c><00:23:19.519><c> principle</c>

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that<00:23:21.339><c> when</c><00:23:21.619><c> people</c><00:23:22.039><c> are</c><00:23:22.380><c> in</c><00:23:22.660><c> need,</c><00:23:23.220><c> you</c>

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give<00:23:23.960><c> to</c><00:23:24.140><c> their</c><00:23:24.460><c> need.</c>

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He<00:23:26.380><c> knows</c><00:23:27.099><c> the</c><00:23:27.359><c> Persian</c><00:23:27.720><c> law</c><00:23:28.119><c> that</c><00:23:28.259><c> if</c><00:23:28.400><c> you</c><00:23:28.559><c> go</c><00:23:28.779><c> before</c><00:23:29.079><c> the</c><00:23:29.339><c> king</c><00:23:29.559><c> and</c><00:23:29.720><c> you're</c><00:23:29.900><c> not</c><00:23:30.259><c> invited</c><00:23:30.680><c> and</c><00:23:30.839><c> he</c><00:23:31.000><c> doesn't</c>

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extend<00:23:31.859><c> the</c><00:23:32.180><c> scepter,</c><00:23:33.599><c> you're</c><00:23:34.039><c> taken</c><00:23:34.279><c> out</c><00:23:34.599><c> and</c><00:23:34.920><c> killed.</c>

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Verse<00:23:36.440><c> 11</c><00:23:36.740><c> says</c><00:23:37.019><c> that</c><00:23:37.279><c> all</c><00:23:37.599><c> the</c><00:23:37.799><c> king's</c><00:23:38.279><c> servants</c><00:23:38.579><c> know</c><00:23:39.220><c> this</c>

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law,<00:23:42.140><c> but</c><00:23:42.240><c> he</c><00:23:42.460><c> is</c><00:23:42.779><c> knowingly</c><00:23:43.559><c> and</c><00:23:44.039><c> purposely</c>

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asking<00:23:45.000><c> her</c><00:23:45.400><c> to</c><00:23:45.619><c> risk</c><00:23:45.859><c> her</c><00:23:46.119><c> life.</c>

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Her<00:23:47.960><c> response</c><00:23:48.880><c> to</c><00:23:49.119><c> his</c><00:23:49.400><c> request</c><00:23:50.099><c> shows</c><00:23:50.700><c> that</c><00:23:51.000><c> she</c><00:23:51.240><c> is</c><00:23:51.660><c> mentally</c><00:23:52.240><c> wrestling</c><00:23:53.019><c> with</c>

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this<00:23:53.759><c> issue.</c>

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She<00:23:54.799><c> can't</c><00:23:55.279><c> believe</c><00:23:56.140><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:56.880><c> is</c><00:23:57.259><c> asking</c><00:23:57.660><c> her</c><00:23:57.960><c> to</c><00:23:58.259><c> do</c><00:23:58.680><c> what</c>

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he's<00:23:59.380><c> asking</c><00:23:59.700><c> her</c><00:23:59.940><c> to</c><00:24:00.099><c> do.</c>

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In<00:24:01.039><c> verse</c><00:24:01.299><c> 10,</c><00:24:01.700><c> then</c><00:24:02.000><c> Esther</c><00:24:02.420><c> spoke</c><00:24:02.859><c> to</c><00:24:03.119><c> Haytatch</c><00:24:03.519><c> and</c><00:24:03.640><c> gave</c><00:24:03.859><c> him</c><00:24:04.019><c> a</c>

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message<00:24:04.759><c> for</c><00:24:05.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:05.940><c> saying,</c>

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all<00:24:07.240><c> the</c><00:24:07.440><c> king's</c><00:24:07.799><c> servants</c><00:24:08.000><c> and</c><00:24:08.200><c> the</c><00:24:08.359><c> people</c><00:24:08.480><c> of</c><00:24:08.640><c> the</c><00:24:08.740><c> king's</c>

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provinces<00:24:09.359><c> know</c><00:24:09.660><c> that</c><00:24:09.859><c> if</c><00:24:10.079><c> any</c><00:24:10.279><c> man</c>

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or<00:24:10.539><c> woman</c><00:24:10.759><c> goes</c><00:24:11.039><c> to</c><00:24:11.220><c> the</c><00:24:11.400><c> king,</c><00:24:12.000><c> inside</c><00:24:12.519><c> the</c><00:24:12.759><c> inner</c><00:24:12.980><c> court</c><00:24:13.160><c> without</c><00:24:13.440><c> being</c><00:24:13.759><c> called,</c><00:24:14.160><c> there</c><00:24:14.200><c> is</c>

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but<00:24:14.539><c> one</c>

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law.

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All<00:24:16.000><c> alike</c><00:24:16.279><c> are</c><00:24:16.480><c> to</c><00:24:16.599><c> be</c><00:24:16.799><c> put</c><00:24:16.960><c> to</c><00:24:17.180><c> death</c><00:24:17.559><c> except</c><00:24:18.059><c> the</c><00:24:18.299><c> one</c><00:24:18.460><c> to</c>

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whom<00:24:18.700><c> the</c><00:24:18.839><c> king</c><00:24:19.039><c> holds</c><00:24:19.279><c> out</c><00:24:19.539><c> the</c><00:24:19.740><c> golden</c>

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scepter<00:24:20.500><c> that</c><00:24:20.839><c> he</c><00:24:21.039><c> may</c><00:24:21.160><c> live.</c>

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And<00:24:22.059><c> I</c><00:24:22.200><c> have</c><00:24:22.400><c> not</c><00:24:22.599><c> been</c><00:24:22.880><c> called</c><00:24:23.079><c> to</c><00:24:23.259><c> come</c><00:24:23.519><c> into</c><00:24:23.740><c> the</c><00:24:23.980><c> king</c><00:24:24.180><c> these</c><00:24:24.480><c> 30</c><00:24:24.740><c> days.</c>

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So<00:24:29.079><c> Esther,</c><00:24:30.619><c> in</c><00:24:30.839><c> response</c><00:24:31.339><c> to</c><00:24:31.559><c> the</c><00:24:31.779><c> command</c><00:24:32.400><c> of</c><00:24:32.880><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:33.519><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:34.079><c> 8</c><00:24:34.400><c> telling</c><00:24:34.700><c> her</c><00:24:34.920><c> what</c><00:24:35.440><c> she</c><00:24:35.779><c> should</c><00:24:35.940><c> consider</c>

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doing<00:24:36.759><c> and</c><00:24:36.880><c> what</c><00:24:37.059><c> she</c><00:24:37.259><c> needs</c><00:24:37.539><c> to</c><00:24:37.759><c> do,</c><00:24:38.859><c> she</c><00:24:39.119><c> sends</c><00:24:39.339><c> back</c><00:24:39.619><c> her</c><00:24:39.839><c> own</c><00:24:40.059><c> command</c><00:24:40.440><c> to</c>

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Mordecai<00:24:41.240><c> saying,</c><00:24:42.160><c> I</c>

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can't<00:24:42.880><c> do</c><00:24:43.119><c> this.</c>

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And<00:24:44.119><c> that's</c><00:24:44.359><c> the</c><00:24:44.480><c> word</c><00:24:44.619><c> for</c><00:24:45.200><c> message</c><00:24:45.519><c> in</c><00:24:45.700><c> verse</c><00:24:45.960><c> 10.</c>

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I'm<00:24:46.299><c> not</c><00:24:46.500><c> sure</c><00:24:46.599><c> what</c><00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:46.900><c> word</c><00:24:47.000><c> is</c><00:24:47.220><c> in</c><00:24:47.420><c> the</c><00:24:47.619><c> authorized</c><00:24:48.079><c> version.</c>

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But<00:24:48.900><c> in</c><00:24:49.059><c> verse</c><00:24:49.200><c> 10,</c><00:24:49.500><c> she</c><00:24:49.680><c> has</c><00:24:49.920><c> sent</c><00:24:50.079><c> back</c><00:24:50.359><c> the</c><00:24:50.640><c> exact</c><00:24:50.900><c> same</c>

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Hebrew<00:24:51.380><c> word.</c>

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She<00:24:52.299><c> sends</c><00:24:52.559><c> him</c><00:24:52.819><c> back</c><00:24:53.059><c> a</c><00:24:53.259><c> charge</c><00:24:53.420><c> saying,</c><00:24:54.000><c> I</c><00:24:54.000><c> cannot</c><00:24:54.279><c> do</c><00:24:54.539><c> this.</c>

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You<00:24:56.359><c> see,</c><00:24:56.440><c> in</c><00:24:56.619><c> the</c><00:24:56.740><c> back</c><00:24:56.880><c> of</c><00:24:57.039><c> her</c><00:24:57.200><c> mind,</c><00:24:57.440><c> she's</c><00:24:57.660><c> thinking,</c><00:24:58.019><c> what</c><00:24:58.160><c> happened</c><00:24:58.380><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:58.660><c> last</c><00:24:58.920><c> queen</c><00:24:59.440><c> that</c><00:25:00.420><c> stood</c>

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up<00:25:00.799><c> to</c><00:25:00.920><c> this</c><00:25:01.119><c> king?</c>

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She<00:25:02.799><c> didn't</c><00:25:03.000><c> exist.</c>

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She<00:25:03.660><c> didn't</c><00:25:03.859><c> last</c><00:25:04.160><c> too</c><00:25:04.500><c> much</c><00:25:04.720><c> longer.</c>

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She's<00:25:06.359><c> not</c><00:25:06.579><c> ready</c><00:25:06.920><c> at</c><00:25:07.200><c> this</c><00:25:07.500><c> point,</c><00:25:08.259><c> in</c><00:25:08.380><c> verse</c><00:25:08.619><c> 11</c><00:25:08.839><c> of</c><00:25:09.000><c> this</c><00:25:09.200><c> chapter,</c><00:25:10.380><c> to</c>

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forsake<00:25:11.079><c> all</c><00:25:11.359><c> that</c><00:25:11.460><c> she</c><00:25:11.720><c> has</c>

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and<00:25:12.279><c> put</c><00:25:12.480><c> her</c><00:25:12.740><c> life</c><00:25:13.000><c> at</c><00:25:13.380><c> risk</c><00:25:14.019><c> and</c><00:25:14.980><c> to</c><00:25:15.180><c> put</c><00:25:15.279><c> it</c><00:25:15.500><c> in</c><00:25:15.680><c> jeopardy</c>

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for<00:25:16.160><c> her</c><00:25:16.380><c> people.</c>

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If<00:25:16.819><c> I</c><00:25:17.140><c> go</c><00:25:17.400><c> to</c><00:25:17.559><c> the</c><00:25:17.720><c> king</c><00:25:18.039><c> and</c><00:25:18.240><c> he</c><00:25:18.380><c> doesn't</c><00:25:18.740><c> extend</c><00:25:19.160><c> the</c><00:25:19.359><c> scepter,</c><00:25:19.980><c> Mordecai,</c><00:25:20.920><c> I</c><00:25:21.539><c> die.</c>

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And<00:25:22.680><c> I'm</c><00:25:22.779><c> not</c><00:25:23.000><c> ready</c><00:25:23.180><c> for</c><00:25:23.380><c> that.</c>

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Mordecai's<00:25:25.619><c> response</c><00:25:26.240><c> in</c><00:25:26.440><c> verses</c><00:25:26.680><c> 13</c><00:25:27.160><c> to</c><00:25:27.279><c> 14</c><00:25:28.039><c> is</c><00:25:29.160><c> nothing</c><00:25:29.660><c> short</c><00:25:30.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:31.119><c> message</c><00:25:31.539><c> of</c><00:25:31.839><c> the</c><00:25:32.019><c> gospel.</c>

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In<00:25:34.640><c> three</c><00:25:35.339><c> sentences,</c><00:25:36.539><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:37.200><c> has</c><00:25:37.680><c> crystallized</c><00:25:39.180><c> what</c><00:25:39.660><c> the</c><00:25:39.880><c> gospel</c><00:25:40.400><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:25:41.299><c> is</c><00:25:41.859><c> all</c><00:25:42.200><c> about.</c>

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Then<00:25:45.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:45.839><c> told</c><00:25:46.140><c> them</c><00:25:46.400><c> to</c><00:25:46.559><c> return</c><00:25:47.000><c> answer</c><00:25:47.259><c> to</c><00:25:47.579><c> Esther.</c>

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Think<00:25:48.279><c> not</c><00:25:48.619><c> that</c><00:25:48.779><c> in</c><00:25:48.980><c> the</c><00:25:49.140><c> king's</c><00:25:49.599><c> palace</c><00:25:49.940><c> you</c><00:25:50.200><c> will</c><00:25:50.420><c> escape</c>

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any<00:25:51.220><c> more</c><00:25:51.519><c> than</c><00:25:51.700><c> all</c><00:25:51.980><c> the</c><00:25:52.119><c> other</c><00:25:52.299><c> Jews.</c>

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For<00:25:53.400><c> if</c><00:25:53.559><c> you</c><00:25:53.759><c> keep</c><00:25:53.920><c> silence</c><00:25:54.420><c> at</c><00:25:54.759><c> such</c><00:25:54.920><c> a</c><00:25:55.119><c> time</c><00:25:55.240><c> as</c><00:25:55.519><c> this,</c><00:25:56.680><c> relief</c><00:25:57.160><c> and</c>

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deliverance<00:25:58.420><c> will</c><00:25:58.700><c> arise</c><00:25:59.099><c> for</c>

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the<00:25:59.519><c> Jews</c><00:25:59.799><c> from</c><00:26:00.059><c> another</c><00:26:00.339><c> quarter.</c>

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You<00:26:01.500><c> and</c><00:26:01.660><c> your</c><00:26:01.839><c> father's</c><00:26:02.279><c> house</c><00:26:02.460><c> will</c><00:26:02.700><c> perish.</c>

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And<00:26:03.680><c> who</c><00:26:03.900><c> knows</c><00:26:04.660><c> whether</c><00:26:05.200><c> you</c><00:26:05.400><c> have</c><00:26:05.579><c> not</c><00:26:05.819><c> come</c><00:26:06.019><c> to</c><00:26:06.180><c> the</c><00:26:06.380><c> kingdom</c><00:26:06.680><c> for</c><00:26:07.059><c> such</c><00:26:07.240><c> a</c>

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time<00:26:07.779><c> as</c><00:26:08.079><c> this.</c>

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When<00:26:13.000><c> the</c><00:26:13.319><c> exchange</c><00:26:14.160><c> between</c><00:26:14.819><c> Esther</c><00:26:15.220><c> and</c><00:26:15.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:26:16.039><c> began,</c>

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:21.079
she<00:26:18.079><c> is</c><00:26:18.440><c> thinking</c><00:26:18.839><c> naturally</c><00:26:19.839><c> and</c><00:26:20.519><c> she</c><00:26:20.700><c> is</c>

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thinking<00:26:21.579><c> self</c><00:26:22.119><c>-centeredly,</c><00:26:23.299><c> which</c><00:26:23.579><c> is</c><00:26:23.799><c> why</c><00:26:24.079><c> she</c><00:26:24.299><c> rejects</c>

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Mordecai's<00:26:25.519><c> command</c><00:26:26.220><c> outright.</c>

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Part<00:26:28.720><c> of</c><00:26:29.019><c> Mordecai's</c><00:26:29.819><c> response</c><00:26:30.380><c> here</c><00:26:30.880><c> is</c><00:26:31.400><c> to</c><00:26:31.779><c> expose</c><00:26:32.799><c> this</c>

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natural<00:26:34.400><c> self</c><00:26:35.240><c>-centered</c><00:26:35.799><c> thinking.</c>

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He<00:26:37.900><c> tells</c><00:26:38.259><c> her,</c><00:26:38.559><c> you</c><00:26:38.559><c> are</c><00:26:38.799><c> being</c><00:26:39.160><c> deceived,</c><00:26:40.200><c> Esther,</c><00:26:40.460><c> by</c><00:26:40.740><c> your</c>

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own<00:26:41.640><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:26:43.400><c> the</c><00:26:43.539><c> proof</c><00:26:43.700><c> of</c><00:26:43.880><c> that</c><00:26:44.079><c> is</c><00:26:44.180><c> when</c><00:26:44.299><c> he</c><00:26:44.460><c> tells</c><00:26:44.720><c> her,</c><00:26:45.420><c> think</c><00:26:45.680><c> not</c>

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that<00:26:47.460><c> you,</c><00:26:49.740><c> that</c><00:26:49.920><c> in</c><00:26:50.099><c> the</c><00:26:50.279><c> king's</c><00:26:50.700><c> palace</c>

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you<00:26:51.180><c> will</c><00:26:51.400><c> escape.</c>

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You<00:26:53.119><c> are</c><00:26:53.400><c> being</c><00:26:53.799><c> deceived,</c><00:26:54.500><c> Esther.</c>

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And<00:26:55.579><c> he</c><00:26:55.700><c> sees</c><00:26:55.960><c> right</c><00:26:56.339><c> through</c><00:26:56.740><c> her</c><00:26:57.000><c> deceptive</c><00:26:57.480><c> thinking.</c>

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.380
And<00:26:58.819><c> he</c><00:26:59.079><c> sees</c><00:26:59.500><c> what</c><00:26:59.799><c> she</c><00:27:00.059><c> doesn't.</c>

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She<00:27:00.740><c> has</c><00:27:01.019><c> a</c><00:27:01.200><c> wrong</c><00:27:01.420><c> focus.</c>

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She's<00:27:02.160><c> thinking</c><00:27:02.500><c> about</c><00:27:02.839><c> herself.</c>

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And<00:27:04.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:27:04.920><c> says,</c><00:27:05.279><c> this</c><00:27:05.380><c> is</c><00:27:05.640><c> not</c><00:27:05.839><c> a</c><00:27:06.019><c> time</c><00:27:06.140><c> to</c><00:27:06.339><c> be</c><00:27:06.640><c> thinking</c>

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.440
about<00:27:07.339><c> yourself.</c>

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:11.960
And<00:27:08.980><c> you</c><00:27:09.059><c> notice</c><00:27:09.259><c> he's</c><00:27:09.619><c> not</c><00:27:09.900><c> afraid</c><00:27:10.240><c> to</c><00:27:10.460><c> let</c><00:27:10.579><c> her</c><00:27:10.839><c> know</c><00:27:11.359><c> that</c>

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.880
she<00:27:12.200><c> has</c><00:27:12.480><c> this</c><00:27:12.819><c> deceptive</c><00:27:13.519><c> thinking</c>

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going<00:27:14.180><c> on</c><00:27:14.480><c> within</c><00:27:14.619><c> her</c><00:27:14.900><c> mind.</c>

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:19.740
And<00:27:15.380><c> he</c><00:27:15.579><c> encourages</c><00:27:16.019><c> her</c><00:27:16.700><c> to</c><00:27:17.160><c> take</c><00:27:17.539><c> another</c><00:27:17.940><c> look</c><00:27:18.319><c> at</c><00:27:18.539><c> her</c><00:27:18.680><c> own</c><00:27:18.880><c> motives.</c>

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Secondly,<00:27:20.460><c> he</c><00:27:20.680><c> tells</c><00:27:20.819><c> her,</c><00:27:21.059><c> your</c><00:27:21.200><c> priorities</c><00:27:21.740><c> are</c><00:27:22.059><c> upside</c><00:27:22.480><c> down.</c>

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In<00:27:24.140><c> the</c><00:27:24.240><c> midst</c><00:27:24.380><c> of</c><00:27:24.539><c> this</c><00:27:24.779><c> trial,</c><00:27:25.140><c> you've</c><00:27:25.460><c> put</c><00:27:25.539><c> yourself</c><00:27:26.200><c> and</c>

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your<00:27:26.740><c> family</c><00:27:27.059><c> first.</c>

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:31.559
And<00:27:28.880><c> you</c><00:27:29.039><c> have</c><00:27:29.200><c> put</c><00:27:29.400><c> the</c><00:27:29.779><c> community</c><00:27:30.319><c> second.</c>

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:34.819
And<00:27:32.299><c> you're</c><00:27:32.519><c> looking</c><00:27:32.859><c> to</c><00:27:33.140><c> make</c><00:27:33.319><c> sure</c><00:27:33.539><c> you</c><00:27:33.799><c> preserve</c><00:27:34.180><c> yourself</c>

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and<00:27:35.079><c> your</c><00:27:35.319><c> family.</c>

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Get<00:27:38.140><c> your</c><00:27:38.660><c> priorities</c><00:27:39.400><c> the</c><00:27:39.880><c> other</c><00:27:40.259><c> way</c><00:27:40.720><c> around,</c><00:27:41.960><c> is</c><00:27:42.059><c> what</c><00:27:42.279><c> he</c>

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:45.339
commands<00:27:43.440><c> Esther</c><00:27:43.900><c> and</c><00:27:44.500><c> what</c><00:27:44.680><c> he</c><00:27:44.940><c> counsels</c>

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.400
her.

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Because<00:27:47.380><c> she's</c><00:27:47.759><c> asking</c><00:27:48.079><c> herself</c><00:27:48.539><c> the</c><00:27:48.799><c> wrong</c><00:27:49.000><c> question.</c>

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:52.460
What<00:27:50.660><c> can</c><00:27:50.880><c> I</c><00:27:51.119><c> do</c><00:27:51.359><c> to</c><00:27:51.619><c> save</c><00:27:51.859><c> myself?</c>

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.039
What<00:27:52.920><c> can</c><00:27:53.099><c> I</c><00:27:53.200><c> do</c><00:27:53.319><c> to</c><00:27:53.559><c> save</c><00:27:53.740><c> my</c><00:27:54.059><c> family?</c>

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.900
And<00:27:55.279><c> he</c><00:27:55.400><c> has</c><00:27:55.599><c> to</c><00:27:55.859><c> tell</c><00:27:56.000><c> her</c><00:27:56.960><c> that</c><00:27:57.779><c> the</c><00:27:58.039><c> question</c><00:27:58.359><c> you</c><00:27:58.539><c> ought</c><00:27:58.740><c> to</c>

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:01.799
be<00:27:59.099><c> asking</c><00:27:59.420><c> yourself</c><00:28:00.140><c> is,</c><00:28:01.440><c> what</c><00:28:01.440><c> can</c><00:28:01.660><c> you</c>

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:06.299
do<00:28:01.940><c> to</c><00:28:02.240><c> save</c><00:28:02.500><c> the</c><00:28:02.779><c> community,</c><00:28:04.180><c> not</c><00:28:04.400><c> what</c><00:28:04.579><c> can</c><00:28:04.799><c> you</c><00:28:04.920><c> do</c><00:28:05.059><c> to</c><00:28:05.319><c> save</c><00:28:05.480><c> yourself?</c>

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:11.420
Because<00:28:07.079><c> when</c><00:28:07.299><c> we</c><00:28:07.559><c> ask</c><00:28:07.859><c> ourselves</c><00:28:08.480><c> selfish</c><00:28:09.039><c> questions,</c><00:28:10.740><c> what's</c><00:28:11.119><c> best</c>

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:13.259
for<00:28:11.579><c> me,</c><00:28:11.980><c> what's</c><00:28:12.279><c> best</c><00:28:12.460><c> for</c><00:28:12.700><c> my</c><00:28:12.940><c> family,</c>

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:16.039
it<00:28:13.579><c> leads</c><00:28:14.039><c> to</c><00:28:14.380><c> selfish</c><00:28:14.759><c> actions.</c>

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:23.420
Her<00:28:18.799><c> initial</c><00:28:19.200><c> focus</c><00:28:19.880><c> is</c><00:28:20.440><c> to</c><00:28:20.619><c> save</c><00:28:20.740><c> herself</c><00:28:21.339><c> and</c><00:28:21.640><c> her</c><00:28:21.839><c> father's</c><00:28:22.200><c> household.</c>

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:30.740
Mordecai<00:28:25.660><c> tells</c><00:28:26.000><c> her,</c><00:28:26.440><c> your</c><00:28:26.460><c> failure</c><00:28:27.319><c> to</c><00:28:28.160><c> stand</c><00:28:28.539><c> for</c><00:28:28.720><c> your</c><00:28:29.000><c> people</c><00:28:29.720><c> will</c><00:28:30.480><c> be</c>

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at<00:28:30.960><c> the</c><00:28:31.299><c> cost</c><00:28:31.900><c> of</c><00:28:32.559><c> you</c>

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and<00:28:33.180><c> your</c><00:28:33.339><c> father's</c><00:28:33.779><c> house.</c>

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Who<00:28:35.119><c> is</c><00:28:35.559><c> Esther's</c><00:28:36.119><c> house?</c>

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Who<00:28:36.660><c> is</c><00:28:37.559><c> her</c><00:28:37.759><c> father's</c><00:28:38.299><c> house?</c>

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Her<00:28:39.380><c> parents</c><00:28:39.640><c> are</c><00:28:39.900><c> gone.</c>

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They're<00:28:41.000><c> dead.</c>

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Who<00:28:42.839><c> is</c><00:28:43.079><c> the</c><00:28:43.180><c> nearest</c><00:28:43.400><c> kinsman?</c>

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Mordecai.

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Who<00:28:45.539><c> is</c><00:28:45.720><c> she</c><00:28:45.920><c> trying</c><00:28:46.180><c> to</c><00:28:46.480><c> save?</c>

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Mordecai.

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And<00:28:50.400><c> he</c><00:28:50.559><c> tells</c><00:28:50.819><c> her,</c><00:28:51.259><c> your</c><00:28:51.480><c> silence.</c>

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:58.440
Don't<00:28:53.339><c> keep</c><00:28:53.680><c> silent</c><00:28:54.119><c> for</c><00:28:54.380><c> me,</c><00:28:54.920><c> Esther,</c><00:28:55.700><c> because</c><00:28:56.059><c> I</c><00:28:56.299><c> have</c><00:28:56.519><c> already</c><00:28:56.859><c> publicly</c><00:28:57.339><c> declared</c><00:28:57.920><c> where</c><00:28:58.180><c> my</c>

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allegiance<00:28:58.799><c> is.</c>

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Don't<00:29:01.160><c> try</c><00:29:01.440><c> and</c><00:29:01.759><c> save</c><00:29:02.079><c> my</c><00:29:02.519><c> life</c><00:29:03.220><c> through</c><00:29:03.859><c> your</c><00:29:04.160><c> silence.</c>

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:09.920
And<00:29:06.059><c> the</c><00:29:06.380><c> proof</c><00:29:06.779><c> that</c><00:29:07.059><c> he</c><00:29:07.440><c> lived</c><00:29:07.740><c> by</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.279><c> principle</c><00:29:08.920><c> of</c><00:29:09.259><c> putting</c><00:29:09.500><c> the</c>

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community<00:29:10.900><c> before</c><00:29:11.539><c> himself</c><00:29:12.180><c> and</c>

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his<00:29:12.539><c> own</c><00:29:12.759><c> family</c><00:29:13.259><c> is</c><00:29:13.460><c> he's</c><00:29:13.839><c> willing</c><00:29:14.119><c> to</c><00:29:14.440><c> risk</c><00:29:14.880><c> the</c><00:29:15.200><c> life</c><00:29:15.880><c> of</c><00:29:16.480><c> a</c>

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:19.420
daughter<00:29:17.019><c> who</c><00:29:17.279><c> he</c><00:29:17.559><c> loves</c><00:29:17.859><c> dearly</c><00:29:19.160><c> for</c>

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the<00:29:19.640><c> sake</c><00:29:19.859><c> of</c><00:29:20.059><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> community.</c>

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.680
Now<00:29:22.180><c> the</c><00:29:22.259><c> question</c><00:29:22.619><c> she</c><00:29:22.839><c> needed</c><00:29:23.039><c> to</c><00:29:23.299><c> ask</c><00:29:23.500><c> herself</c><00:29:23.880><c> is,</c><00:29:24.319><c> what</c><00:29:24.339><c> can</c><00:29:24.559><c> I</c>

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.039
do<00:29:24.819><c> to</c><00:29:25.000><c> help</c><00:29:25.140><c> save</c><00:29:25.460><c> my</c><00:29:25.779><c> people?</c>

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:30.759
He<00:29:26.480><c> redefines</c><00:29:27.119><c> for</c><00:29:27.480><c> her</c><00:29:28.819><c> the</c><00:29:29.339><c> group</c><00:29:29.599><c> of</c><00:29:29.920><c> people</c><00:29:30.140><c> she</c><00:29:30.400><c> needed</c>

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to<00:29:31.099><c> help.</c>

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It<00:29:32.299><c> wasn't</c><00:29:32.599><c> her</c><00:29:32.900><c> family,</c><00:29:33.319><c> it</c><00:29:33.500><c> was</c><00:29:33.759><c> the</c><00:29:33.920><c> entire</c><00:29:34.359><c> community</c><00:29:34.920><c> of</c><00:29:35.200><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:29:37.740><c> his</c><00:29:37.900><c> warning,</c><00:29:38.319><c> brethren</c><00:29:38.440><c> and</c><00:29:38.660><c> sisters,</c><00:29:39.019><c> is</c><00:29:39.180><c> equally</c><00:29:39.700><c> applicable</c><00:29:40.180><c> to</c><00:29:40.440><c> us.</c>

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If<00:29:41.619><c> we</c><00:29:41.819><c> put</c><00:29:42.000><c> ourselves</c><00:29:42.660><c> in</c><00:29:42.819><c> our</c><00:29:43.019><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:29:44.119><c> we</c><00:29:44.619><c> will</c><00:29:45.319><c> perish</c>

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along<00:29:47.539><c> with</c><00:29:47.720><c> our</c><00:29:47.880><c> family.</c>

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The<00:29:51.160><c> Ecclesias</c><00:29:51.660><c> can</c><00:29:51.920><c> suffer</c><00:29:52.400><c> much</c><00:29:52.920><c> heartache</c><00:29:53.839><c> when</c><00:29:54.420><c> arranging</c><00:29:54.900><c> brethren</c>

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:59.059
are<00:29:55.980><c> unable</c><00:29:56.680><c> to</c><00:29:57.180><c> view</c><00:29:57.460><c> a</c><00:29:57.759><c> situation</c>

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apart<00:30:00.059><c> from</c><00:30:00.359><c> putting</c><00:30:00.640><c> themselves</c><00:30:01.339><c> and</c><00:30:01.579><c> their</c><00:30:01.859><c> family</c><00:30:02.160><c> first.</c>

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And<00:30:03.799><c> it's</c><00:30:04.000><c> equally</c><00:30:04.240><c> true</c><00:30:04.480><c> in</c><00:30:04.599><c> an</c><00:30:04.779><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:30:05.660><c> our</c><00:30:05.900><c> view</c><00:30:06.160><c> of</c><00:30:06.380><c> the</c><00:30:06.559><c> community</c><00:30:06.980><c> is</c><00:30:07.240><c> our</c><00:30:07.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:07.819><c> comes</c><00:30:08.119><c> first,</c><00:30:08.720><c> then</c><00:30:08.819><c> the</c><00:30:08.920><c> rest</c><00:30:09.140><c> of</c>

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.799
the<00:30:09.420><c> community,</c>

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:12.660
well,<00:30:10.279><c> you're</c><00:30:10.480><c> just</c><00:30:10.680><c> going</c><00:30:10.799><c> to</c><00:30:10.880><c> have</c><00:30:11.000><c> to</c><00:30:11.140><c> suffer</c><00:30:11.339><c> the</c><00:30:11.559><c> consequences.</c>

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.640
That's<00:30:13.359><c> the</c><00:30:13.579><c> same</c><00:30:13.839><c> natural</c><00:30:14.279><c> thinking.</c>

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:19.519
When<00:30:15.160><c> an</c><00:30:15.359><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:15.859><c> comes</c><00:30:16.680><c> under</c><00:30:17.079><c> a</c><00:30:17.380><c> crisis</c><00:30:17.839><c> such</c><00:30:18.160><c> as</c><00:30:18.359><c> the</c><00:30:18.819><c> community</c><00:30:19.259><c> was</c>

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:21.019
in<00:30:19.680><c> the</c><00:30:19.779><c> days</c><00:30:19.960><c> of</c><00:30:20.279><c> Esther,</c>

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:23.700
it's<00:30:21.319><c> not</c><00:30:21.619><c> the</c><00:30:21.920><c> time</c><00:30:22.180><c> to</c><00:30:22.339><c> be</c><00:30:22.519><c> looking</c><00:30:22.740><c> for</c><00:30:23.000><c> what's</c><00:30:23.279><c> best</c><00:30:23.539><c> for</c>

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.180
me<00:30:23.920><c> and</c><00:30:24.019><c> my</c><00:30:24.279><c> family.</c>

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.660
That's<00:30:25.359><c> why</c><00:30:25.539><c> Ecclesial</c><00:30:25.960><c> divisions</c><00:30:26.480><c> so</c><00:30:26.720><c> often</c><00:30:27.019><c> fall</c><00:30:27.319><c> out</c>

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:29.539
along<00:30:27.940><c> family</c><00:30:28.380><c> lines,</c><00:30:28.920><c> because</c><00:30:29.180><c> everybody</c>

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:33.059
has<00:30:29.839><c> this</c><00:30:30.039><c> natural</c><00:30:30.500><c> thinking,</c><00:30:31.279><c> what's</c><00:30:31.599><c> best</c><00:30:31.859><c> for</c><00:30:32.059><c> us.</c>

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.960
We<00:30:34.279><c> need</c><00:30:34.500><c> to</c><00:30:34.700><c> be,</c><00:30:34.859><c> as</c><00:30:35.119><c> arranging</c><00:30:35.579><c> brethren,</c><00:30:36.319><c> able</c><00:30:36.599><c> to</c><00:30:36.819><c> see</c><00:30:37.059><c> beyond</c><00:30:37.640><c> the</c>

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.700
family<00:30:38.220><c> concerns</c><00:30:38.980><c> and</c><00:30:39.440><c> give</c>

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:42.500
sound<00:30:40.099><c> counsel</c><00:30:40.660><c> on</c><00:30:41.200><c> what's</c><00:30:41.460><c> best</c><00:30:41.720><c> for</c><00:30:41.920><c> our</c><00:30:42.200><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:44.839
And<00:30:42.680><c> if</c><00:30:42.819><c> we're</c><00:30:42.980><c> not</c><00:30:43.200><c> able</c><00:30:43.460><c> to</c><00:30:43.680><c> do</c><00:30:43.819><c> that,</c><00:30:44.099><c> we</c><00:30:44.140><c> need</c><00:30:44.339><c> to</c><00:30:44.579><c> excuse</c>

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.900
ourselves<00:30:45.380><c> from</c><00:30:45.559><c> the</c><00:30:45.720><c> situation,</c><00:30:46.660><c> or</c>

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.519
we<00:30:47.019><c> need</c><00:30:47.220><c> to</c><00:30:47.319><c> invite</c><00:30:47.599><c> other</c><00:30:47.960><c> brethren</c><00:30:48.200><c> in,</c><00:30:48.460><c> as</c><00:30:48.660><c> Paul</c><00:30:48.859><c> talks</c><00:30:49.180><c> about</c><00:30:49.380><c> in</c>

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.839
1<00:30:49.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:50.079><c> 6,</c><00:30:51.220><c> who</c><00:30:51.400><c> can</c><00:30:51.619><c> give</c>

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.099
sound<00:30:52.119><c> counsel.</c>

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But<00:30:53.880><c> thirdly,</c><00:30:54.240><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:54.619><c> tells</c><00:30:54.900><c> Esther</c><00:30:55.180><c> that</c><00:30:55.339><c> you</c><00:30:55.519><c> have</c><00:30:55.700><c> put</c>

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.240
your<00:30:56.140><c> faith</c><00:30:56.319><c> in</c><00:30:56.480><c> the</c><00:30:56.619><c> wrong</c><00:30:56.859><c> place.</c>

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:59.980
You<00:30:57.519><c> think</c><00:30:57.720><c> the</c><00:30:58.019><c> walls</c><00:30:58.380><c> of</c><00:30:58.579><c> the</c><00:30:58.740><c> king's</c><00:30:59.119><c> palace</c><00:30:59.339><c> are</c><00:30:59.579><c> going</c><00:30:59.720><c> to</c>

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.440
save<00:31:00.119><c> you?</c>

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:02.240
They're<00:31:00.680><c> not</c><00:31:00.819><c> going</c><00:31:00.960><c> to</c><00:31:01.099><c> save</c><00:31:01.259><c> you.</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:05.099
You<00:31:02.819><c> need</c><00:31:03.019><c> to</c><00:31:03.200><c> put</c><00:31:03.319><c> your</c><00:31:03.599><c> faith</c><00:31:03.960><c> in</c><00:31:04.240><c> God.</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:08.059
Don't<00:31:05.839><c> trust</c><00:31:06.160><c> in</c><00:31:06.299><c> your</c><00:31:06.440><c> position</c><00:31:06.859><c> in</c><00:31:07.059><c> the</c><00:31:07.240><c> palace.</c>

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:11.460
You<00:31:08.900><c> notice</c><00:31:09.380><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:09.880><c> is</c><00:31:10.119><c> not</c><00:31:10.299><c> assuring</c><00:31:10.660><c> her</c><00:31:10.920><c> that</c><00:31:11.160><c> the</c><00:31:11.319><c> king</c>

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:13.420
would<00:31:11.700><c> spare</c><00:31:11.880><c> her</c><00:31:12.119><c> life.</c>

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:19.859
He's<00:31:15.279><c> not</c><00:31:15.480><c> even</c><00:31:15.720><c> assuring</c><00:31:16.079><c> her</c><00:31:16.400><c> that</c><00:31:16.519><c> if</c><00:31:16.640><c> she</c><00:31:16.859><c> risks</c><00:31:17.099><c> her</c><00:31:17.359><c> life,</c><00:31:18.319><c> it's</c>

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.579
going<00:31:20.000><c> to</c><00:31:20.160><c> be</c><00:31:20.299><c> successful.</c>

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:25.140
Because<00:31:22.359><c> when</c><00:31:22.619><c> you</c><00:31:22.759><c> walk</c><00:31:22.980><c> by</c><00:31:23.359><c> faith,</c><00:31:23.640><c> you</c><00:31:23.779><c> don't</c><00:31:24.039><c> know</c><00:31:24.259><c> the</c><00:31:24.500><c> outcomes,</c><00:31:24.960><c> as</c>

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:26.660
we've<00:31:25.380><c> seen</c><00:31:25.539><c> this</c><00:31:25.819><c> week.</c>

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.279
We<00:31:27.079><c> leave</c><00:31:27.359><c> the</c><00:31:27.660><c> outcomes</c><00:31:28.059><c> to</c><00:31:28.259><c> God,</c><00:31:28.599><c> but</c><00:31:28.759><c> we</c><00:31:28.940><c> do</c><00:31:29.140><c> our</c><00:31:29.440><c> part.</c>

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.500
We<00:31:30.460><c> do</c><00:31:30.599><c> what</c><00:31:30.759><c> we</c><00:31:30.980><c> can,</c><00:31:31.240><c> consistent</c><00:31:31.720><c> with</c><00:31:31.900><c> his</c><00:31:32.039><c> principles.</c>

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:36.579
The<00:31:33.079><c> compelling</c><00:31:33.579><c> question</c><00:31:34.420><c> that</c><00:31:34.940><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:35.440><c> asked</c><00:31:35.980><c> Esther</c><00:31:36.339><c> in</c>

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:40.420
this<00:31:36.799><c> exchange</c><00:31:37.539><c> is,</c><00:31:39.259><c> do</c><00:31:39.420><c> you</c><00:31:39.779><c> want</c><00:31:40.079><c> to</c>

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:48.140
be<00:31:41.599><c> a</c><00:31:42.039><c> part</c><00:31:42.500><c> of</c><00:31:43.099><c> God's</c><00:31:43.519><c> plan,</c><00:31:44.980><c> or</c><00:31:45.640><c> must</c><00:31:46.279><c> he</c><00:31:46.519><c> work</c><00:31:47.000><c> through</c><00:31:47.299><c> another?</c>

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.759
He<00:31:49.359><c> has</c><00:31:49.599><c> reminded</c><00:31:50.019><c> her</c><00:31:50.319><c> that</c><00:31:50.559><c> God's</c><00:31:51.019><c> purpose</c><00:31:51.319><c> is</c><00:31:51.579><c> a</c><00:31:51.759><c> certainty.</c>

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:56.779
The<00:31:54.440><c> Jews</c><00:31:54.660><c> are</c><00:31:54.980><c> going</c><00:31:55.220><c> to</c><00:31:55.440><c> be</c><00:31:55.660><c> saved.</c>

00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:01.180
What's<00:31:57.960><c> not</c><00:31:58.339><c> a</c><00:31:58.539><c> certainty</c><00:31:58.980><c> is</c><00:31:59.660><c> whether</c><00:31:59.920><c> or</c><00:32:00.200><c> not</c><00:32:00.480><c> she</c><00:32:00.700><c> will</c><00:32:00.900><c> be</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:04.119
part<00:32:01.740><c> of</c><00:32:02.240><c> that</c><00:32:02.519><c> salvation</c><00:32:02.980><c> process.</c>

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:08.099
Your<00:32:05.019><c> remaining</c><00:32:05.440><c> silent,</c><00:32:06.259><c> Esther,</c><00:32:06.299><c> will</c><00:32:06.559><c> not</c><00:32:06.920><c> thwart</c><00:32:07.259><c> the</c><00:32:07.559><c> relief</c><00:32:07.839><c> or</c>

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.420
the<00:32:08.339><c> deliverance</c><00:32:08.700><c> of</c><00:32:08.819><c> God's</c><00:32:09.220><c> people.</c>

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:12.220
He<00:32:09.599><c> will</c><00:32:09.819><c> simply</c><00:32:10.220><c> have</c><00:32:10.440><c> to</c><00:32:10.579><c> work</c><00:32:10.799><c> through</c><00:32:11.000><c> someone</c><00:32:11.279><c> else.</c>

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:15.759
Your<00:32:12.700><c> failure</c><00:32:13.039><c> to</c><00:32:13.359><c> act</c><00:32:13.700><c> won't</c><00:32:14.039><c> keep</c><00:32:14.299><c> God</c><00:32:14.619><c> from</c><00:32:15.000><c> saving</c><00:32:15.200><c> the</c><00:32:15.460><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:18.140
It<00:32:16.140><c> will</c><00:32:16.359><c> only</c><00:32:16.680><c> keep</c><00:32:16.859><c> God</c><00:32:17.180><c> from</c><00:32:17.500><c> saving</c><00:32:17.700><c> you.</c>

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:23.000
And<00:32:18.940><c> God</c><00:32:19.200><c> asks</c><00:32:19.579><c> us</c><00:32:20.220><c> the</c><00:32:20.720><c> same</c><00:32:21.180><c> compelling</c><00:32:21.920><c> question.</c>

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:25.640
We<00:32:23.599><c> know</c><00:32:23.799><c> what</c><00:32:23.960><c> his</c><00:32:24.220><c> plan</c><00:32:24.440><c> is.</c>

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:28.519
We<00:32:25.720><c> know</c><00:32:25.900><c> it's</c><00:32:26.200><c> going</c><00:32:26.339><c> to</c><00:32:26.539><c> be</c><00:32:26.799><c> fulfilled,</c><00:32:27.359><c> and</c><00:32:27.720><c> no</c><00:32:27.980><c> one</c><00:32:28.140><c> can</c>

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.880
thwart<00:32:28.720><c> it.</c>

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.559
But<00:32:30.859><c> the</c><00:32:30.980><c> question</c><00:32:31.299><c> we</c><00:32:31.440><c> need</c><00:32:31.619><c> to</c><00:32:31.819><c> ask</c><00:32:32.039><c> ourselves</c><00:32:32.740><c> is,</c><00:32:33.240><c> are</c><00:32:33.259><c> we</c>

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:35.380
prepared<00:32:34.059><c> to</c><00:32:34.259><c> live</c><00:32:34.619><c> by</c><00:32:34.839><c> the</c><00:32:35.079><c> faithful</c>

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:41.039
obedience<00:32:36.079><c> that</c><00:32:36.440><c> shows</c><00:32:36.779><c> we</c><00:32:37.119><c> want</c><00:32:37.420><c> to</c><00:32:37.720><c> be</c><00:32:38.900><c> part</c><00:32:39.299><c> of</c><00:32:39.700><c> that</c><00:32:39.940><c> plan?</c>

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:45.380
Mordecai's<00:32:43.099><c> faith</c><00:32:43.359><c> in</c><00:32:43.599><c> God</c><00:32:43.839><c> is</c><00:32:44.259><c> absolute.</c>

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:47.920
Deliverance,<00:32:46.440><c> Esther,</c><00:32:46.440><c> will</c><00:32:46.779><c> arise.</c>

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.339
He<00:32:48.740><c> knew</c><00:32:49.000><c> that.</c>

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.200
He<00:32:49.640><c> believed</c><00:32:49.980><c> it.</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.960
He<00:32:50.400><c> lived</c><00:32:50.640><c> by</c><00:32:50.880><c> it.</c>

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.519
There<00:32:51.059><c> was</c><00:32:51.240><c> no</c><00:32:51.460><c> doubt</c><00:32:51.579><c> in</c><00:32:51.740><c> Mordecai's</c><00:32:52.400><c> mind.</c>

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.440
There<00:32:52.700><c> are</c><00:32:52.960><c> promises</c><00:32:53.279><c> to</c><00:32:53.599><c> Abraham</c><00:32:54.079><c> that</c><00:32:54.420><c> have</c><00:32:54.579><c> to</c><00:32:54.740><c> be</c><00:32:54.940><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:58.000
God<00:32:55.980><c> has</c><00:32:56.220><c> a</c><00:32:56.359><c> whole</c><00:32:56.579><c> purpose</c><00:32:56.960><c> that</c><00:32:57.160><c> he</c><00:32:57.259><c> is</c><00:32:57.359><c> working</c><00:32:57.619><c> out</c><00:32:57.779><c> with</c>

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.039
the<00:32:58.140><c> earth.</c>

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:03.319
Stephen's<00:32:59.920><c> decree</c><00:33:00.200><c> is</c><00:33:00.500><c> not</c><00:33:00.779><c> going</c><00:33:01.119><c> to</c><00:33:01.460><c> thwart</c><00:33:01.740><c> God's</c><00:33:02.279><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:08.160
He<00:33:04.480><c> is</c><00:33:04.839><c> absolutely</c><00:33:05.440><c> certain</c><00:33:06.000><c> that</c><00:33:06.279><c> the</c><00:33:06.480><c> decree</c><00:33:06.740><c> will</c><00:33:06.980><c> not</c><00:33:07.200><c> prevail.</c>

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:11.019
He<00:33:08.319><c> didn't</c><00:33:08.539><c> know</c><00:33:08.839><c> how</c><00:33:09.519><c> God</c><00:33:09.799><c> would</c><00:33:10.140><c> overcome</c><00:33:10.460><c> it.</c>

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.539
And<00:33:11.619><c> you</c><00:33:11.720><c> notice,</c><00:33:11.980><c> too,</c><00:33:12.079><c> he's</c><00:33:12.200><c> not</c><00:33:12.400><c> in</c><00:33:12.500><c> a</c><00:33:12.720><c> panic.</c>

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:16.799
This<00:33:13.720><c> is</c><00:33:13.940><c> not</c><00:33:14.559><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:15.140><c> sending</c><00:33:15.500><c> word</c><00:33:15.779><c> in</c><00:33:15.960><c> a</c><00:33:16.180><c> panic</c><00:33:16.380><c> to</c><00:33:16.680><c> Esther.</c>

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:18.359
We<00:33:16.980><c> have</c><00:33:17.180><c> to</c><00:33:17.319><c> do</c><00:33:17.559><c> something.</c>

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:22.920
This<00:33:18.900><c> is</c><00:33:19.240><c> a</c><00:33:19.640><c> calm</c><00:33:20.039><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:20.740><c> who</c><00:33:21.000><c> is</c><00:33:21.400><c> trusting</c><00:33:21.819><c> God.</c>

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:25.859
He<00:33:23.180><c> is</c><00:33:23.420><c> not</c><00:33:23.660><c> trying</c><00:33:23.839><c> to</c><00:33:24.220><c> pressure</c><00:33:24.559><c> Esther</c><00:33:24.900><c> into</c><00:33:25.259><c> doing</c><00:33:25.559><c> anything.</c>

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.359
He's<00:33:26.160><c> trying</c><00:33:26.380><c> to</c><00:33:26.539><c> get</c><00:33:26.779><c> her</c><00:33:27.680><c> to</c><00:33:28.099><c> take</c><00:33:28.420><c> another</c><00:33:28.799><c> look</c><00:33:29.039><c> at</c><00:33:29.200><c> the</c>

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.839
situation<00:33:29.920><c> and</c><00:33:30.220><c> recognize</c><00:33:30.799><c> the</c><00:33:31.039><c> godly</c><00:33:31.359><c> principles</c>

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.039
that<00:33:32.220><c> apply.</c>

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:36.359
His<00:33:33.779><c> faith</c><00:33:34.359><c> was</c><00:33:34.640><c> the</c><00:33:34.799><c> foundation</c><00:33:35.319><c> of</c><00:33:35.460><c> his</c><00:33:35.599><c> own</c><00:33:35.819><c> actions</c><00:33:36.180><c> and</c>

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:38.579
his<00:33:36.559><c> counsel</c><00:33:36.900><c> to</c><00:33:37.619><c> Esther.</c>

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:42.900
The<00:33:39.220><c> concept</c><00:33:39.640><c> of</c><00:33:39.839><c> Romans</c><00:33:40.079><c> 8</c><00:33:40.299><c> and</c><00:33:40.440><c> 28</c><00:33:41.000><c> was</c><00:33:41.579><c> a</c><00:33:41.819><c> living</c><00:33:42.220><c> principle</c>

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:45.019
in<00:33:43.400><c> Mordecai's</c><00:33:44.180><c> life.</c>

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:50.880
And<00:33:45.900><c> he</c><00:33:46.099><c> wants</c><00:33:46.380><c> her</c><00:33:46.579><c> to</c><00:33:46.720><c> act</c><00:33:47.119><c> not</c><00:33:47.380><c> out</c><00:33:47.759><c> of</c><00:33:47.940><c> fear</c><00:33:48.220><c> of</c><00:33:48.440><c> being</c><00:33:48.759><c> destroyed,</c><00:33:50.700><c> but</c>

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.059
by<00:33:51.259><c> faith</c><00:33:51.619><c> in</c><00:33:51.819><c> being</c><00:33:52.039><c> delivered.</c>

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.799
He's<00:33:53.839><c> not</c><00:33:54.079><c> presumptuous.</c>

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:57.259
He<00:33:55.099><c> doesn't</c><00:33:55.380><c> tell</c><00:33:55.619><c> her,</c><00:33:55.839><c> I</c><00:33:55.859><c> can</c><00:33:56.140><c> guarantee</c><00:33:56.599><c> you</c><00:33:56.799><c> if</c><00:33:56.940><c> you</c><00:33:57.079><c> do</c>

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.859
this,<00:33:57.519><c> God</c><00:33:57.720><c> will</c><00:33:57.920><c> bless</c><00:33:58.180><c> you.</c>

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Who<00:33:59.420><c> knows?</c>

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God<00:34:00.900><c> may</c><00:34:01.180><c> work</c><00:34:01.500><c> through</c><00:34:01.799><c> you</c><00:34:02.079><c> and</c><00:34:02.180><c> he</c><00:34:02.299><c> may</c><00:34:02.500><c> not.</c>

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:07.740
Your<00:34:04.079><c> purpose</c><00:34:04.400><c> here</c><00:34:04.680><c> may</c><00:34:04.960><c> be</c><00:34:05.279><c> to</c><00:34:05.579><c> offer</c><00:34:05.799><c> up</c><00:34:06.059><c> your</c><00:34:06.299><c> life</c><00:34:06.640><c> and</c><00:34:06.839><c> your</c><00:34:07.059><c> life</c><00:34:07.240><c> may</c><00:34:07.440><c> need</c><00:34:07.599><c> to</c>

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be<00:34:07.920><c> taken.</c>

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But<00:34:09.659><c> we</c><00:34:09.860><c> trust</c><00:34:10.159><c> God</c><00:34:10.400><c> in</c><00:34:10.579><c> those</c><00:34:10.739><c> situations,</c><00:34:12.880><c> knowing</c><00:34:13.280><c> that</c><00:34:13.579><c> he</c>

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:16.679
will<00:34:14.179><c> deliver</c><00:34:14.539><c> us</c><00:34:15.059><c> at</c><00:34:15.280><c> some</c><00:34:15.579><c> point.</c>

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:19.579
So<00:34:17.179><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:17.559><c> looked</c><00:34:17.820><c> for</c><00:34:18.000><c> God's</c><00:34:18.320><c> hand</c><00:34:18.480><c> at</c><00:34:18.699><c> work</c><00:34:18.920><c> in</c><00:34:19.059><c> his</c><00:34:19.300><c> life.</c>

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:21.360
He<00:34:19.860><c> anticipated</c><00:34:20.559><c> it.</c>

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:24.920
He<00:34:21.940><c> lived</c><00:34:22.219><c> in</c><00:34:22.539><c> expectation</c><00:34:23.260><c> of</c><00:34:23.599><c> it.</c>

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:27.719
And<00:34:25.360><c> that</c><00:34:25.500><c> is</c><00:34:25.659><c> what</c><00:34:25.760><c> he</c><00:34:25.940><c> is</c><00:34:26.119><c> conveying</c><00:34:26.659><c> to</c><00:34:27.019><c> Esther.</c>

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:35.340
You<00:34:30.340><c> see</c><00:34:31.199><c> where</c><00:34:31.579><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:32.300><c> brings</c><00:34:32.780><c> Esther</c><00:34:33.239><c> to</c><00:34:33.659><c> in</c><00:34:33.920><c> their</c><00:34:34.159><c> exchange.</c>

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:42.340
He<00:34:37.519><c> brings</c><00:34:38.000><c> her</c><00:34:38.440><c> to</c><00:34:38.760><c> the</c><00:34:38.920><c> cross</c><00:34:39.619><c> because</c><00:34:40.679><c> that</c><00:34:41.039><c> was</c><00:34:41.559><c> the</c><00:34:41.880><c> issue</c>

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:44.840
that<00:34:42.699><c> Esther</c><00:34:42.920><c> was</c><00:34:43.219><c> facing</c><00:34:43.559><c> in</c><00:34:43.860><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.179><c> 4.</c>

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:51.199
The<00:34:45.440><c> way</c><00:34:45.679><c> to</c><00:34:45.960><c> life,</c><00:34:46.500><c> the</c><00:34:46.619><c> way</c><00:34:46.800><c> to</c><00:34:47.000><c> salvation</c><00:34:47.679><c> is</c><00:34:48.159><c> through</c><00:34:48.519><c> death,</c><00:34:50.679><c> putting</c><00:34:50.940><c> our</c>

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:53.440
own<00:34:51.480><c> self</c><00:34:51.679><c>-interest,</c><00:34:52.260><c> our</c><00:34:52.420><c> own</c><00:34:52.639><c> desires</c><00:34:53.000><c> to</c><00:34:53.300><c> death.</c>

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:59.019
This<00:34:53.800><c> is</c><00:34:54.099><c> the</c><00:34:54.239><c> love</c><00:34:54.380><c> of</c><00:34:54.579><c> God,</c><00:34:55.559><c> that</c><00:34:55.820><c> Christ</c><00:34:56.360><c> laid</c><00:34:56.739><c> down</c><00:34:57.099><c> his</c><00:34:57.340><c> life</c><00:34:57.800><c> for</c><00:34:58.039><c> us</c>

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:02.159
and<00:34:59.480><c> that</c><00:34:59.679><c> we</c><00:34:59.900><c> ought</c><00:35:00.079><c> to</c><00:35:00.340><c> also</c><00:35:00.599><c> lay</c><00:35:00.840><c> down</c><00:35:01.039><c> our</c><00:35:01.260><c> lives</c><00:35:01.559><c> for</c><00:35:01.739><c> the</c><00:35:01.940><c> brethren,</c>

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:05.519
for<00:35:02.460><c> those</c><00:35:02.460><c> who</c><00:35:02.619><c> seek</c><00:35:02.840><c> to</c><00:35:03.099><c> save</c><00:35:03.320><c> their</c><00:35:03.599><c> life,</c><00:35:04.699><c> they</c><00:35:04.940><c> will</c><00:35:05.139><c> lose</c><00:35:05.360><c> it.</c>

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:08.300
But<00:35:05.719><c> those</c><00:35:05.980><c> who</c><00:35:06.119><c> are</c><00:35:06.340><c> willing</c><00:35:06.559><c> to</c><00:35:06.880><c> lose</c><00:35:07.179><c> their</c><00:35:07.519><c> life</c><00:35:07.880><c> for</c><00:35:08.059><c> the</c>

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:11.360
sake<00:35:08.480><c> of</c><00:35:08.739><c> others</c><00:35:09.139><c> and</c><00:35:09.980><c> for</c><00:35:10.219><c> Christ's</c><00:35:10.780><c> sake,</c><00:35:10.820><c> those</c><00:35:11.099><c> are</c><00:35:11.260><c> the</c>

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.559
ones<00:35:11.559><c> that</c><00:35:11.719><c> will</c><00:35:11.920><c> find</c><00:35:12.179><c> it.</c>

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:20.760
This<00:35:13.059><c> is</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:13.599><c> simple</c><00:35:13.900><c> yet</c><00:35:14.219><c> powerful</c><00:35:15.139><c> and</c><00:35:16.139><c> life</c><00:35:16.679><c>-altering</c><00:35:17.539><c> lesson</c><00:35:18.239><c> that</c><00:35:19.159><c> Christ</c><00:35:19.539><c> declared</c><00:35:20.079><c> from</c><00:35:20.300><c> the</c><00:35:20.500><c> cross.</c>

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:25.579
And<00:35:21.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:35:21.699><c> is</c><00:35:22.239><c> explaining</c><00:35:23.119><c> that</c><00:35:24.179><c> principle</c><00:35:24.840><c> to</c><00:35:25.340><c> Esther</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:30.260
in<00:35:25.840><c> his</c><00:35:26.159><c> conversation</c><00:35:26.940><c> through</c><00:35:27.800><c> the</c><00:35:28.079><c> messenger</c><00:35:28.480><c> in</c><00:35:28.920><c> unmistakable</c><00:35:29.780><c> terms.</c>

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:34.199
See,<00:35:31.059><c> it</c><00:35:31.079><c> wasn't</c><00:35:31.360><c> just</c><00:35:31.699><c> a</c><00:35:31.960><c> doctrine</c><00:35:32.260><c> that</c><00:35:32.420><c> he</c><00:35:32.679><c> explained</c><00:35:33.059><c> to</c><00:35:33.280><c> her.</c>

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:38.679
Go<00:35:34.619><c> back</c><00:35:34.900><c> and</c><00:35:35.099><c> tell</c><00:35:35.260><c> Esther,</c><00:35:35.739><c> remind</c><00:35:36.139><c> her</c><00:35:36.360><c> about</c><00:35:36.579><c> the</c><00:35:36.840><c> doctrine</c><00:35:37.199><c> of</c><00:35:37.519><c> the</c><00:35:37.739><c> atonement.</c>

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.880
That<00:35:39.699><c> was</c><00:35:39.900><c> not</c><00:35:40.099><c> the</c><00:35:40.239><c> message</c><00:35:40.440><c> he</c><00:35:40.739><c> sent,</c><00:35:41.119><c> even</c><00:35:41.340><c> though</c><00:35:41.519><c> that</c><00:35:41.659><c> is</c>

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.599
the<00:35:42.079><c> doctrine</c><00:35:42.320><c> he's</c><00:35:42.800><c> explaining.</c>

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:47.260
What<00:35:43.800><c> he's</c><00:35:44.039><c> saying</c><00:35:44.340><c> is,</c><00:35:44.679><c> Esther,</c><00:35:44.860><c> this</c><00:35:45.039><c> has</c><00:35:45.340><c> to</c><00:35:45.519><c> be</c><00:35:45.719><c> a</c><00:35:45.880><c> way</c><00:35:46.019><c> of</c><00:35:46.300><c> life.</c>

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:52.059
We<00:35:48.219><c> have</c><00:35:48.440><c> to</c><00:35:48.539><c> be</c><00:35:48.739><c> ready</c><00:35:48.920><c> to</c><00:35:49.360><c> live</c><00:35:49.840><c> this</c><00:35:50.440><c> divine</c><00:35:50.940><c> principle.</c>

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:55.420
This<00:35:52.920><c> is</c><00:35:53.079><c> what</c><00:35:53.260><c> the</c><00:35:53.460><c> doctrine</c><00:35:53.760><c> of</c><00:35:53.980><c> the</c><00:35:54.199><c> atonement</c><00:35:54.619><c> looks</c><00:35:55.000><c> like</c>

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:57.059
when<00:35:55.639><c> we</c><00:35:55.860><c> live</c><00:35:56.000><c> it.</c>

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:03.059
It's<00:35:59.940><c> the</c><00:36:00.000><c> power</c><00:36:00.340><c> of</c><00:36:00.519><c> the</c><00:36:00.719><c> cross</c><00:36:01.059><c> to</c><00:36:01.340><c> change</c><00:36:01.699><c> us</c><00:36:02.059><c> from</c><00:36:02.239><c> being</c><00:36:02.679><c> a</c>

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:06.380
self<00:36:03.619><c>-centered,</c><00:36:05.219><c> natural</c><00:36:05.860><c> thinking,</c>

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:12.440
what's<00:36:06.820><c> best</c><00:36:07.119><c> for</c><00:36:07.340><c> me,</c><00:36:07.920><c> disciple,</c><00:36:09.780><c> to</c><00:36:10.219><c> a</c><00:36:10.860><c> community</c><00:36:11.380><c>-centered,</c><00:36:12.099><c> what's</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.539
best<00:36:12.699><c> for</c><00:36:12.900><c> the</c><00:36:13.099><c> community,</c>

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:18.440
what<00:36:13.800><c> can</c><00:36:14.000><c> I</c><00:36:14.159><c> do</c><00:36:14.300><c> for</c><00:36:14.619><c> others,</c><00:36:15.239><c> disciple,</c><00:36:17.440><c> a</c><00:36:17.519><c> life</c><00:36:17.719><c> devoted</c><00:36:18.239><c> to</c>

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.900
the<00:36:18.659><c> salvation</c><00:36:19.179><c> of</c><00:36:19.480><c> others.</c>

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:25.019
And<00:36:20.760><c> the</c><00:36:21.119><c> proof</c><00:36:21.519><c> that</c><00:36:21.860><c> this</c><00:36:22.239><c> doctrine</c><00:36:22.880><c> is</c><00:36:23.440><c> intended</c><00:36:24.019><c> to</c><00:36:24.420><c> be</c><00:36:24.639><c> a</c>

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:27.679
powerful<00:36:25.559><c> force</c><00:36:26.099><c> in</c><00:36:26.380><c> our</c><00:36:26.599><c> life,</c>

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.260
the<00:36:28.480><c> proof</c><00:36:28.780><c> is</c><00:36:29.079><c> that</c><00:36:29.280><c> it</c><00:36:29.739><c> changed</c><00:36:30.480><c> Esther</c><00:36:30.860><c> that</c><00:36:31.260><c> day.</c>

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:37.119
The<00:36:33.659><c> doctrine</c><00:36:33.900><c> of</c><00:36:34.099><c> the</c><00:36:34.260><c> atonement</c><00:36:34.840><c> changed</c><00:36:35.940><c> Esther's</c><00:36:36.699><c> life</c>

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.579
that<00:36:37.619><c> day.</c>

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:42.679
She<00:36:39.219><c> went</c><00:36:39.440><c> from</c><00:36:39.719><c> serving</c><00:36:39.980><c> her</c><00:36:40.260><c> own</c><00:36:40.500><c> interests</c><00:36:40.920><c> to</c><00:36:41.119><c> serving</c><00:36:41.420><c> the</c><00:36:41.739><c> interests</c><00:36:42.000><c> of</c><00:36:42.300><c> others.</c>

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:48.019
Her<00:36:43.539><c> response</c><00:36:44.079><c> to</c><00:36:44.300><c> Mordecai's</c><00:36:45.019><c> counsel</c><00:36:45.599><c> is</c><00:36:46.480><c> not</c><00:36:46.739><c> unlike</c><00:36:47.219><c> the</c>

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:50.139
thoughts<00:36:48.260><c> of</c><00:36:48.420><c> Christ</c><00:36:48.760><c> in</c><00:36:48.960><c> the</c><00:36:49.139><c> garden,</c>

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:54.840
not<00:36:50.739><c> my</c><00:36:51.420><c> will,</c><00:36:52.800><c> but</c><00:36:53.019><c> thine,</c><00:36:53.519><c> O</c><00:36:53.760><c> Lord,</c><00:36:54.260><c> be</c><00:36:54.440><c> done.</c>

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:59.380
She<00:36:55.539><c> goes</c><00:36:55.980><c> from</c><00:36:57.019><c> dwelling</c><00:36:57.500><c> and</c><00:36:57.739><c> focusing</c><00:36:58.159><c> on</c><00:36:58.380><c> her</c><00:36:58.599><c> own</c><00:36:58.840><c> will</c>

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:02.539
to<00:37:00.119><c> recognizing</c><00:37:00.659><c> she</c><00:37:00.980><c> needed</c><00:37:01.219><c> to</c><00:37:01.500><c> do</c><00:37:01.739><c> the</c><00:37:01.980><c> will</c><00:37:02.119><c> of</c><00:37:02.260><c> God.</c>

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:06.119
And<00:37:02.719><c> as</c><00:37:02.880><c> a</c><00:37:03.039><c> result,</c><00:37:03.440><c> her</c><00:37:03.539><c> character</c><00:37:03.980><c> was</c><00:37:04.460><c> transformed</c><00:37:05.320><c> that</c>

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:08.500
day<00:37:06.679><c> by</c><00:37:07.320><c> the</c><00:37:07.559><c> power</c><00:37:07.820><c> of</c><00:37:08.039><c> the</c><00:37:08.239><c> cross.</c>

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:12.179
In<00:37:08.739><c> verse</c><00:37:08.980><c> 11,</c><00:37:09.340><c> she</c><00:37:09.599><c> isn't</c><00:37:09.980><c> ready</c><00:37:10.480><c> to</c><00:37:10.980><c> offer</c><00:37:11.260><c> herself</c><00:37:11.760><c> and</c><00:37:12.019><c> to</c>

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.599
lay<00:37:12.300><c> down</c><00:37:12.519><c> her</c><00:37:12.739><c> life</c><00:37:12.920><c> for</c><00:37:13.079><c> her</c><00:37:13.320><c> people.</c>

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:17.059
And<00:37:13.800><c> in</c><00:37:13.940><c> verse</c><00:37:14.539><c> 16,</c><00:37:15.280><c> she</c><00:37:15.559><c> is</c><00:37:16.059><c> ready.</c>

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:23.519
Nothing<00:37:18.420><c> changes</c><00:37:19.059><c> between</c><00:37:19.500><c> verse</c><00:37:19.800><c> 11</c><00:37:20.119><c> and</c><00:37:20.260><c> verse</c><00:37:20.539><c> 16</c><00:37:21.699><c> except</c>

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her<00:37:23.980><c> faith.</c>

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.000
And<00:37:26.179><c> what</c><00:37:26.380><c> changed</c><00:37:26.739><c> her</c><00:37:27.059><c> faith?</c>

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:32.599
Her<00:37:29.099><c> understanding</c><00:37:29.760><c> of</c><00:37:30.099><c> the</c><00:37:30.280><c> cross</c><00:37:30.820><c> is</c><00:37:31.420><c> what</c><00:37:31.639><c> changed</c><00:37:31.940><c> her</c><00:37:32.239><c> faith.</c>

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:36.340
And<00:37:33.539><c> when</c><00:37:34.000><c> we</c><00:37:34.219><c> use</c><00:37:34.460><c> the</c><00:37:34.639><c> term</c><00:37:34.820><c> the</c><00:37:35.059><c> cross,</c><00:37:35.500><c> what</c><00:37:35.539><c> we're</c><00:37:35.719><c> talking</c><00:37:36.079><c> about</c>

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:38.840
is<00:37:36.559><c> the</c><00:37:36.800><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:37.320><c> of</c><00:37:37.519><c> our</c><00:37:37.659><c> Lord</c><00:37:37.820><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.159><c> Christ</c>

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.659
and<00:37:39.260><c> all</c><00:37:39.619><c> that's</c><00:37:39.960><c> involved</c><00:37:40.280><c> in</c><00:37:40.480><c> it.</c>

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:45.599
But<00:37:40.820><c> it</c><00:37:40.940><c> can</c><00:37:41.300><c> simply</c><00:37:41.679><c> be</c><00:37:41.980><c> brought</c><00:37:42.260><c> down</c><00:37:42.760><c> to</c><00:37:43.420><c> an</c><00:37:43.739><c> acknowledgement</c><00:37:44.300><c> and</c><00:37:44.860><c> a</c><00:37:45.139><c> recognition</c>

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:49.920
that<00:37:45.820><c> I</c><00:37:45.940><c> need</c><00:37:46.079><c> to</c><00:37:46.380><c> stop</c><00:37:46.579><c> living</c><00:37:46.920><c> for</c><00:37:47.179><c> myself</c><00:37:47.920><c> and</c><00:37:48.800><c> I</c><00:37:49.579><c> need</c><00:37:49.639><c> to</c>

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.840
start<00:37:50.079><c> living</c><00:37:50.420><c> for</c><00:37:50.780><c> others</c><00:37:51.300><c> and</c><00:37:51.840><c> for</c><00:37:52.039><c> their</c><00:37:52.280><c> salvation.</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.500
It's<00:37:53.360><c> intended</c><00:37:53.760><c> to</c><00:37:54.079><c> be</c><00:37:54.380><c> a</c><00:37:54.579><c> powerful</c><00:37:55.039><c> doctrine.</c>

00:37:55.500 --> 00:38:04.000
It's<00:37:55.960><c> why</c><00:37:56.139><c> Paul</c><00:37:56.519><c> says</c><00:37:57.619><c> that</c><00:37:58.880><c> those</c><00:37:59.199><c> who</c><00:37:59.460><c> are</c><00:37:59.639><c> being</c><00:38:00.059><c> saved</c><00:38:00.880><c> have</c><00:38:01.679><c> aligned</c><00:38:02.079><c> themselves</c><00:38:02.760><c> with</c><00:38:03.179><c> it.</c>

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:08.599
The<00:38:04.579><c> cross</c><00:38:04.860><c> is</c><00:38:05.380><c> the</c><00:38:05.619><c> power</c><00:38:06.099><c> of</c><00:38:06.480><c> God</c><00:38:06.820><c> unto</c><00:38:07.179><c> salvation.</c>

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:11.539
Not<00:38:08.900><c> because</c><00:38:09.260><c> there's</c><00:38:09.539><c> some</c><00:38:09.840><c> mystical</c><00:38:10.380><c> force</c><00:38:10.900><c> at</c><00:38:11.179><c> work</c><00:38:11.340><c> in</c>

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.159
our<00:38:11.719><c> life.</c>

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:16.079
It's<00:38:12.840><c> because</c><00:38:13.139><c> we</c><00:38:13.440><c> learn</c><00:38:13.639><c> to</c><00:38:14.039><c> live</c><00:38:14.300><c> as</c><00:38:14.619><c> different</c><00:38:15.000><c> people.</c>

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:22.940
It's<00:38:16.699><c> how</c><00:38:16.960><c> God</c><00:38:17.300><c> saves</c><00:38:17.599><c> us</c><00:38:17.820><c> because</c><00:38:18.119><c> it's</c><00:38:18.440><c> how</c><00:38:18.920><c> God</c><00:38:19.500><c> breaks</c><00:38:20.139><c> Haman's</c><00:38:21.179><c> hold</c><00:38:21.420><c> over</c><00:38:21.900><c> us.</c>

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:26.619
It's<00:38:24.179><c> foolishness</c><00:38:24.699><c> in</c><00:38:24.800><c> the</c><00:38:24.920><c> eyes</c><00:38:25.119><c> of</c><00:38:25.280><c> the</c><00:38:25.460><c> world</c><00:38:25.940><c> to</c><00:38:26.420><c> think</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:31.940
that<00:38:26.920><c> one</c><00:38:27.440><c> Jewish</c><00:38:28.019><c> woman</c><00:38:28.780><c> can</c><00:38:29.840><c> defeat</c><00:38:30.320><c> this</c><00:38:30.719><c> mighty</c><00:38:31.159><c> Haman.</c>

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:40.119
It's<00:38:33.699><c> foolishness</c><00:38:34.440><c> to</c><00:38:34.639><c> think</c><00:38:34.840><c> that</c><00:38:35.059><c> the</c><00:38:35.219><c> death</c><00:38:35.480><c> of</c><00:38:35.800><c> one</c><00:38:36.019><c> man</c><00:38:36.340><c> on</c><00:38:36.619><c> the</c><00:38:36.860><c> cross</c><00:38:37.360><c> can</c><00:38:37.739><c> lead</c><00:38:37.900><c> to</c><00:38:38.159><c> salvation,</c><00:38:39.300><c> Paul</c><00:38:39.420><c> says</c><00:38:39.800><c> in</c><00:38:39.900><c> 1</c>

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.860
Corinthians<00:38:40.539><c> 1.</c>

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It's<00:38:42.019><c> foolishness</c><00:38:42.639><c> in</c><00:38:42.800><c> the</c><00:38:43.000><c> world's</c><00:38:43.420><c> eyes,</c><00:38:43.659><c> but</c><00:38:43.820><c> it's</c><00:38:44.039><c> not</c><00:38:44.300><c> foolishness</c><00:38:44.920><c> in</c>

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:46.360
God's<00:38:45.360><c> eyes.</c>

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:49.139
It's<00:38:46.780><c> foolishness</c><00:38:47.360><c> to</c><00:38:47.519><c> think</c><00:38:47.659><c> that</c><00:38:47.860><c> one</c><00:38:48.139><c> boy</c><00:38:48.380><c> and</c><00:38:48.599><c> one</c><00:38:48.900><c> stone</c>

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.639
can<00:38:49.380><c> bring</c><00:38:49.579><c> down</c><00:38:49.820><c> a</c><00:38:49.920><c> mighty</c><00:38:50.139><c> giant.</c>

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:57.820
It's<00:38:51.460><c> foolishness</c><00:38:52.079><c> in</c><00:38:52.159><c> the</c><00:38:52.320><c> eyes</c><00:38:52.460><c> of</c><00:38:52.599><c> the</c><00:38:52.719><c> world</c><00:38:52.920><c> to</c><00:38:53.920><c> think</c><00:38:54.239><c> that</c><00:38:54.519><c> one</c><00:38:54.800><c> young</c><00:38:55.340><c> sucking</c><00:38:55.679><c> lamb</c><00:38:56.340><c> can</c><00:38:57.019><c> defeat</c><00:38:57.500><c> an</c>

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:59.639
invading<00:38:58.400><c> Philistine</c><00:38:59.159><c> army</c>

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when<00:38:59.880><c> the</c><00:39:00.199><c> Israelites</c><00:39:00.559><c> are</c><00:39:00.960><c> not</c><00:39:01.300><c> armed</c><00:39:01.639><c> in</c><00:39:01.880><c> 1</c><00:39:02.159><c> Samuel</c><00:39:02.559><c> 7.</c>

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:07.519
But<00:39:04.980><c> it's</c><00:39:05.159><c> not</c><00:39:05.420><c> foolishness</c><00:39:05.960><c> in</c><00:39:06.059><c> God's</c><00:39:06.480><c> eyes</c><00:39:06.780><c> because</c><00:39:07.099><c> that's</c>

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:10.679
how<00:39:08.039><c> he</c><00:39:08.280><c> defeats</c><00:39:08.760><c> the</c><00:39:09.039><c> enemy</c><00:39:09.300><c> in</c><00:39:09.579><c> our</c><00:39:09.760><c> life.</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:16.239
Esther<00:39:12.019><c> chapter</c><00:39:12.460><c> 4</c><00:39:13.039><c> defines</c><00:39:14.199><c> the</c><00:39:14.619><c> doctrine</c><00:39:14.980><c> of</c><00:39:15.239><c> the</c><00:39:15.440><c> atonement</c><00:39:15.780><c> for</c><00:39:16.099><c> us.</c>

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.119
This<00:39:16.460><c> is</c><00:39:16.599><c> what</c><00:39:16.760><c> it</c><00:39:17.000><c> is.</c>

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.880
This<00:39:18.760><c> is</c><00:39:19.019><c> why</c><00:39:19.199><c> it</c><00:39:19.400><c> is.</c>

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:24.380
And<00:39:20.340><c> most</c><00:39:20.639><c> importantly,</c><00:39:21.280><c> it's</c><00:39:21.400><c> the</c><00:39:21.559><c> way</c><00:39:21.719><c> of</c><00:39:21.960><c> life</c><00:39:22.179><c> it's</c><00:39:22.519><c> intended</c><00:39:22.820><c> to</c><00:39:23.139><c> lead</c><00:39:23.239><c> us</c><00:39:23.559><c> to.</c>

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:27.500
Brethren<00:39:25.119><c> and</c><00:39:25.320><c> sisters,</c><00:39:25.599><c> this</c><00:39:25.820><c> is</c><00:39:26.039><c> the</c><00:39:26.300><c> same</c><00:39:26.619><c> path</c><00:39:27.059><c> we</c><00:39:27.260><c> ought</c>

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:30.539
to<00:39:27.679><c> be</c><00:39:27.940><c> encouraging</c><00:39:28.500><c> each</c><00:39:28.980><c> other</c><00:39:29.280><c> to</c><00:39:29.599><c> follow.</c>

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:37.179
When<00:39:32.440><c> each</c><00:39:32.719><c> of</c><00:39:32.880><c> us</c><00:39:33.320><c> comes</c><00:39:33.599><c> across</c><00:39:34.059><c> trials</c><00:39:34.480><c> in</c><00:39:34.679><c> our</c><00:39:34.880><c> life</c><00:39:35.380><c> and</c><00:39:36.340><c> we</c><00:39:36.480><c> may</c><00:39:36.659><c> be</c><00:39:36.900><c> in</c><00:39:37.000><c> a</c>

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:38.820
position<00:39:37.460><c> to</c><00:39:37.639><c> be</c><00:39:37.840><c> counseled</c><00:39:38.260><c> by</c><00:39:38.559><c> others,</c>

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:42.000
the<00:39:39.119><c> counsel</c><00:39:39.420><c> that</c><00:39:39.619><c> we</c><00:39:39.840><c> give</c><00:39:40.019><c> to</c><00:39:40.239><c> one</c><00:39:40.400><c> another</c><00:39:40.960><c> needs</c><00:39:41.579><c> to</c><00:39:41.840><c> be</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.679
the<00:39:42.219><c> counsel</c><00:39:42.639><c> of</c><00:39:42.860><c> the</c><00:39:43.099><c> cross</c><00:39:43.659><c> to</c><00:39:44.440><c> do</c><00:39:44.760><c> what's</c><00:39:45.260><c> right,</c>

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:49.440
to<00:39:46.719><c> bring</c><00:39:47.199><c> them,</c><00:39:47.780><c> those</c><00:39:48.059><c> whom</c><00:39:48.219><c> we're</c><00:39:48.460><c> counseling,</c><00:39:49.000><c> to</c><00:39:49.239><c> the</c>

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:53.179
cross<00:39:49.900><c> and</c><00:39:50.440><c> remind</c><00:39:50.880><c> them</c><00:39:51.159><c> whatever</c><00:39:51.539><c> you</c><00:39:51.840><c> do.</c>

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:56.760
Do<00:39:53.980><c> it</c><00:39:54.320><c> consistent</c><00:39:55.119><c> with</c><00:39:55.539><c> what</c><00:39:55.719><c> we</c><00:39:55.980><c> learned</c><00:39:56.179><c> from</c><00:39:56.400><c> the</c><00:39:56.559><c> life</c>

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.659
of<00:39:57.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:01.539
Not<00:39:58.300><c> to</c><00:39:58.579><c> avoid</c><00:39:59.039><c> the</c><00:39:59.420><c> cross,</c><00:40:00.179><c> not</c><00:40:00.360><c> to</c><00:40:00.579><c> take</c><00:40:00.719><c> the</c><00:40:00.900><c> path</c><00:40:01.119><c> of</c><00:40:01.340><c> least</c>

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:05.059
resistance,<00:40:02.820><c> not</c><00:40:03.000><c> to</c><00:40:03.219><c> take</c><00:40:03.360><c> the</c><00:40:03.599><c> path</c><00:40:03.800><c> that</c><00:40:03.940><c> is</c><00:40:04.119><c> best</c><00:40:04.320><c> for</c><00:40:04.480><c> them,</c>

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:08.579
but<00:40:05.659><c> take</c><00:40:06.019><c> the</c><00:40:06.340><c> path</c><00:40:06.679><c> that</c><00:40:06.860><c> will</c><00:40:07.139><c> reflect</c><00:40:07.539><c> the</c><00:40:07.840><c> principle</c><00:40:08.280><c> of</c>

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:12.139
Christ,<00:40:09.719><c> willingly</c><00:40:10.039><c> offering</c><00:40:10.619><c> himself</c><00:40:11.119><c> to</c><00:40:11.400><c> redeem</c><00:40:11.659><c> others.</c>

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:16.159
Take<00:40:12.820><c> that</c><00:40:13.159><c> path,</c><00:40:14.079><c> painful</c><00:40:14.420><c> as</c><00:40:14.679><c> it</c><00:40:14.760><c> may</c><00:40:14.980><c> be.</c>

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:20.239
The<00:40:17.000><c> result</c><00:40:17.280><c> of</c><00:40:17.480><c> Mordecai's</c><00:40:18.159><c> counsel</c><00:40:18.559><c> is</c><00:40:18.900><c> that</c><00:40:19.179><c> Esther</c><00:40:19.440><c> changes</c><00:40:19.940><c> her</c>

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:23.760
mind<00:40:20.880><c> and</c><00:40:22.099><c> it</c><00:40:22.300><c> changes</c><00:40:22.579><c> her</c><00:40:22.840><c> life.</c>

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:28.639
She<00:40:24.980><c> is</c><00:40:25.199><c> now</c><00:40:25.400><c> ready</c><00:40:25.619><c> to</c><00:40:25.920><c> perish,</c><00:40:26.340><c> to</c><00:40:26.559><c> keep</c><00:40:26.760><c> others</c><00:40:27.280><c> from</c><00:40:27.780><c> perishing.</c>

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:31.400
It's<00:40:29.260><c> exactly</c><00:40:29.639><c> opposite</c><00:40:30.079><c> to</c><00:40:30.300><c> where</c><00:40:30.420><c> she</c><00:40:30.679><c> started</c><00:40:30.920><c> out.</c>

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:36.360
Her<00:40:32.119><c> final</c><00:40:32.460><c> reply</c><00:40:32.900><c> to</c><00:40:33.079><c> Mordecai</c><00:40:33.659><c> in</c><00:40:33.840><c> this</c><00:40:34.039><c> chapter</c><00:40:34.559><c> is</c><00:40:35.900><c> likely</c>

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:38.119
not<00:40:36.780><c> an</c><00:40:37.039><c> immediate</c><00:40:37.440><c> response.</c>

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It<00:40:38.880><c> reads</c><00:40:39.219><c> as</c><00:40:39.380><c> if</c><00:40:39.460><c> it</c><00:40:39.619><c> just</c><00:40:39.760><c> goes</c><00:40:39.940><c> back</c><00:40:40.219><c> and</c><00:40:40.440><c> forth.</c>

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:45.739
She<00:40:42.840><c> likely</c><00:40:43.179><c> has</c><00:40:43.460><c> thought</c><00:40:43.579><c> this</c><00:40:43.880><c> through</c><00:40:44.380><c> and</c><00:40:44.739><c> the</c><00:40:44.860><c> reason</c><00:40:45.119><c> for</c><00:40:45.360><c> that</c><00:40:45.559><c> is</c>

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:50.619
she<00:40:45.860><c> has</c><00:40:46.119><c> a</c><00:40:46.420><c> plan</c><00:40:46.800><c> that</c><00:40:47.840><c> she</c><00:40:48.019><c> will</c><00:40:48.219><c> pursue</c><00:40:48.719><c> in</c><00:40:49.000><c> chapter</c><00:40:49.280><c> 5.</c>

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:55.920
You<00:40:51.460><c> see,</c><00:40:51.659><c> the</c><00:40:51.860><c> cross</c><00:40:52.159><c> is</c><00:40:52.539><c> not</c><00:40:52.860><c> something</c><00:40:53.260><c> we</c><00:40:53.780><c> embrace</c><00:40:54.519><c> out</c><00:40:54.840><c> of</c><00:40:54.980><c> emotion.</c>

00:40:57.179 --> 00:41:01.280
The<00:40:57.360><c> principle</c><00:40:57.719><c> of</c><00:40:57.920><c> the</c><00:40:58.119><c> cross</c><00:40:58.360><c> is</c><00:40:58.599><c> not</c><00:40:58.860><c> something</c><00:40:59.179><c> that</c><00:40:59.320><c> we</c><00:40:59.500><c> just</c><00:40:59.800><c> snap</c><00:40:59.940><c> our</c><00:41:00.199><c> fingers</c><00:41:00.480><c> and</c><00:41:00.659><c> say,</c><00:41:01.000><c> okay,</c><00:41:01.099><c> I</c>

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.739
can<00:41:01.480><c> do</c><00:41:01.739><c> that.</c>

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:07.500
The<00:41:03.920><c> principle</c><00:41:04.420><c> of</c><00:41:04.679><c> being</c><00:41:04.900><c> willing</c><00:41:05.159><c> to</c><00:41:05.420><c> lay</c><00:41:05.639><c> down</c><00:41:05.980><c> our</c><00:41:06.360><c> life,</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:11.920
to<00:41:08.500><c> first</c><00:41:08.780><c> identify</c><00:41:09.360><c> what's</c><00:41:09.719><c> best</c><00:41:10.019><c> for</c><00:41:10.280><c> others,</c><00:41:10.639><c> not</c><00:41:10.820><c> best</c><00:41:11.059><c> for</c><00:41:11.260><c> myself,</c><00:41:11.739><c> in</c>

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:13.199
a<00:41:12.119><c> situation,</c>

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:17.000
that<00:41:13.900><c> is</c><00:41:14.159><c> something</c><00:41:14.539><c> that</c><00:41:14.739><c> needs</c><00:41:15.019><c> to</c><00:41:15.280><c> be</c><00:41:15.639><c> mulled</c><00:41:15.980><c> over.</c>

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:20.800
It<00:41:17.460><c> needs</c><00:41:17.739><c> to</c><00:41:17.920><c> be</c><00:41:18.059><c> something</c><00:41:18.400><c> that</c><00:41:18.679><c> we</c><00:41:19.179><c> meditate</c><00:41:19.679><c> upon</c>

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:24.800
because<00:41:22.059><c> we</c><00:41:22.320><c> need</c><00:41:22.639><c> the</c><00:41:23.000><c> strength</c><00:41:23.280><c> of</c><00:41:23.559><c> God</c><00:41:23.800><c> to</c><00:41:24.000><c> be</c><00:41:24.179><c> able</c><00:41:24.320><c> to</c><00:41:24.480><c> go</c>

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.960
forward<00:41:25.440><c> in</c><00:41:26.639><c> that</c><00:41:26.900><c> type</c><00:41:27.099><c> of</c><00:41:27.380><c> situation.</c>

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.739
Living<00:41:28.920><c> the</c><00:41:29.199><c> cross</c><00:41:29.420><c> is</c><00:41:29.659><c> not</c><00:41:29.920><c> something</c><00:41:30.300><c> we</c><00:41:30.480><c> rush</c><00:41:30.739><c> into.</c>

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:35.860
It's<00:41:32.300><c> something</c><00:41:32.579><c> that's</c><00:41:32.860><c> done</c><00:41:33.079><c> willingly</c><00:41:33.639><c> and</c><00:41:34.260><c> it's</c><00:41:34.480><c> done</c><00:41:34.579><c> by</c><00:41:34.920><c> faith.</c>

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:42.760
When<00:41:36.159><c> she</c><00:41:36.400><c> says,</c><00:41:37.039><c> if</c><00:41:37.039><c> I</c><00:41:37.360><c> perish,</c><00:41:37.840><c> I</c><00:41:38.119><c> perish,</c><00:41:39.739><c> that</c><00:41:39.940><c> is</c><00:41:40.400><c> not</c><00:41:41.320><c> Esther</c><00:41:41.840><c> in</c><00:41:42.239><c> despair.</c>

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:44.340
She<00:41:43.099><c> doesn't</c><00:41:43.440><c> know</c><00:41:43.719><c> the</c><00:41:43.920><c> outcome.</c>

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:48.539
If<00:41:44.679><c> I</c><00:41:44.860><c> go</c><00:41:45.039><c> before</c><00:41:45.340><c> the</c><00:41:45.579><c> king</c><00:41:46.159><c> and</c><00:41:46.960><c> I</c><00:41:47.219><c> perish,</c><00:41:47.820><c> I</c><00:41:48.079><c> perish.</c>

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:50.360
There's<00:41:49.079><c> no</c><00:41:49.260><c> guarantee.</c>

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:54.860
Daniel<00:41:52.099><c> 3,</c><00:41:52.659><c> we</c><00:41:52.900><c> won't</c><00:41:53.059><c> look</c><00:41:53.260><c> it</c><00:41:53.420><c> up,</c><00:41:53.960><c> says</c><00:41:54.139><c> that</c><00:41:54.360><c> she</c><00:41:54.460><c> had</c><00:41:54.599><c> the</c>

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:57.480
same<00:41:55.099><c> frame</c><00:41:55.340><c> of</c><00:41:55.619><c> mind</c><00:41:55.920><c> as</c><00:41:56.159><c> Shadrach,</c><00:41:56.599><c> Meshach</c><00:41:56.980><c> and</c><00:41:57.059><c> Abednego.</c>

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.719
When<00:41:57.619><c> they</c><00:41:57.840><c> faced</c><00:41:58.300><c> the</c><00:41:58.699><c> fiery</c><00:41:58.940><c> furnace,</c><00:41:59.340><c> they</c><00:41:59.519><c> told</c><00:41:59.739><c> the</c><00:41:59.940><c> king,</c>

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:02.579
we're<00:42:01.139><c> going</c><00:42:01.239><c> to</c><00:42:01.300><c> go</c><00:42:01.480><c> in</c><00:42:01.659><c> there</c><00:42:01.860><c> and</c><00:42:02.039><c> we</c><00:42:02.139><c> don't</c><00:42:02.320><c> know</c><00:42:02.440><c> what</c>

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.079
will<00:42:02.780><c> happen.</c>

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:07.039
We<00:42:03.460><c> may</c><00:42:03.679><c> die,</c><00:42:04.659><c> but</c><00:42:04.920><c> we're</c><00:42:05.159><c> going</c><00:42:05.360><c> in</c><00:42:05.599><c> there</c><00:42:05.760><c> because</c><00:42:06.159><c> we</c><00:42:06.599><c> trust</c>

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.780
our<00:42:07.420><c> God</c>

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:11.280
and<00:42:08.320><c> we're</c><00:42:08.699><c> certainly</c><00:42:09.019><c> not</c><00:42:09.260><c> going</c><00:42:09.460><c> to</c><00:42:09.699><c> compromise</c><00:42:10.099><c> our</c><00:42:10.320><c> beliefs.</c>

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:14.880
She<00:42:12.400><c> is</c><00:42:12.619><c> not</c><00:42:12.860><c> being</c><00:42:13.260><c> fatalistic</c><00:42:13.800><c> in</c><00:42:13.980><c> her</c><00:42:14.159><c> statement</c><00:42:14.440><c> when</c><00:42:14.679><c> she</c>

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:16.920
says,<00:42:15.300><c> if</c><00:42:15.300><c> I</c><00:42:15.500><c> perish,</c><00:42:15.900><c> I</c><00:42:16.039><c> perish.</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.420
Fatalism<00:42:18.239><c> has</c><00:42:18.719><c> to</c><00:42:18.860><c> do</c><00:42:18.940><c> with</c><00:42:19.099><c> a</c><00:42:19.320><c> belief</c><00:42:19.460><c> in</c><00:42:19.639><c> all</c><00:42:19.820><c> things</c><00:42:20.039><c> being</c>

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:22.099
predetermined<00:42:21.199><c> by</c><00:42:21.699><c> faith.</c>

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:23.619
There's<00:42:22.659><c> no</c><00:42:22.880><c> control</c><00:42:23.239><c> over</c><00:42:23.500><c> them.</c>

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:27.760
This<00:42:23.800><c> is</c><00:42:24.000><c> a</c><00:42:24.099><c> declaration</c><00:42:24.639><c> of</c><00:42:24.900><c> her</c><00:42:25.199><c> faith,</c><00:42:26.300><c> not</c><00:42:26.500><c> her</c><00:42:26.739><c> despair.</c>

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:32.840
This<00:42:28.440><c> is</c><00:42:28.659><c> not</c><00:42:28.840><c> a</c><00:42:29.099><c> sister</c><00:42:29.719><c> facing</c><00:42:30.860><c> a</c><00:42:31.179><c> severe</c><00:42:31.500><c> trial</c><00:42:31.980><c> in</c><00:42:32.199><c> her</c><00:42:32.440><c> life,</c>

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:38.659
including,<00:42:35.280><c> well,</c><00:42:36.659><c> whatever</c><00:42:36.920><c> happens,</c><00:42:37.619><c> happens.</c>

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:43.800
This<00:42:39.179><c> is</c><00:42:39.619><c> a</c><00:42:40.019><c> sister</c><00:42:41.000><c> facing</c><00:42:42.119><c> a</c><00:42:42.539><c> crisis</c><00:42:42.940><c> by</c><00:42:43.460><c> faith.</c>

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:45.699
Where<00:42:44.380><c> does</c><00:42:44.519><c> she</c><00:42:44.739><c> turn?</c>

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:48.019
She<00:42:46.320><c> turns</c><00:42:46.719><c> to</c><00:42:46.920><c> the</c><00:42:47.079><c> Word.</c>

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.699
That's<00:42:48.940><c> where</c><00:42:49.039><c> she</c><00:42:49.219><c> turns.</c>

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:52.760
In<00:42:50.619><c> her</c><00:42:50.820><c> moment</c><00:42:51.079><c> of</c><00:42:51.360><c> crisis,</c><00:42:51.639><c> she</c><00:42:51.860><c> turns</c><00:42:52.239><c> to</c><00:42:52.440><c> the</c><00:42:52.599><c> Word</c>

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:56.739
and<00:42:53.000><c> she</c><00:42:53.340><c> encourages</c><00:42:53.800><c> her</c><00:42:54.139><c> people</c><00:42:54.639><c> to</c><00:42:55.199><c> turn</c><00:42:55.440><c> to</c><00:42:55.619><c> the</c><00:42:55.780><c> Word.</c>

00:42:56.960 --> 00:43:00.940
A<00:42:57.099><c> person</c><00:42:57.380><c> in</c><00:42:57.559><c> despair</c><00:42:58.139><c> would</c><00:42:58.539><c> not</c><00:42:58.760><c> turn</c><00:42:59.039><c> to</c><00:42:59.199><c> God</c><00:42:59.460><c> as</c><00:42:59.679><c> she</c><00:42:59.880><c> does,</c>

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:06.179
but<00:43:02.099><c> she</c><00:43:02.300><c> turns</c><00:43:02.539><c> to</c><00:43:02.699><c> her</c><00:43:02.940><c> people</c><00:43:03.380><c> and</c><00:43:03.579><c> says,</c><00:43:03.780><c> I</c><00:43:04.059><c> need</c><00:43:04.539><c> your</c><00:43:04.800><c> help.</c>

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:11.940
Pray<00:43:07.659><c> for</c><00:43:08.039><c> me.</c><00:43:09.559><c> Fast</c><00:43:09.960><c> for</c><00:43:10.420><c> me.</c>

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:15.000
Over<00:43:12.280><c> the</c><00:43:12.460><c> next</c><00:43:12.659><c> three</c><00:43:12.900><c> days,</c><00:43:14.019><c> please,</c>

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:18.300
because<00:43:16.000><c> at</c><00:43:16.400><c> the</c><00:43:16.559><c> end</c><00:43:16.760><c> of</c><00:43:16.920><c> this</c><00:43:17.159><c> time,</c><00:43:17.739><c> I'm</c><00:43:17.880><c> going</c><00:43:17.920><c> to</c><00:43:17.980><c> go</c><00:43:18.139><c> into</c>

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:19.380
the<00:43:18.519><c> kingdom</c>

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:22.719
and<00:43:20.920><c> it</c><00:43:21.039><c> may</c><00:43:21.239><c> cost</c><00:43:21.480><c> me</c><00:43:21.679><c> my</c><00:43:21.880><c> life.</c>

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:26.119
Do<00:43:22.860><c> you</c><00:43:23.059><c> think</c><00:43:23.219><c> for</c><00:43:23.559><c> a</c><00:43:23.900><c> moment,</c><00:43:24.679><c> brethren</c><00:43:24.820><c> and</c><00:43:25.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:29.500
that<00:43:26.780><c> the</c><00:43:26.980><c> rest</c><00:43:27.179><c> of</c><00:43:27.380><c> the</c><00:43:27.579><c> community</c><00:43:28.079><c> in</c><00:43:28.380><c> Shushan,</c>

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:35.219
when<00:43:30.280><c> they</c><00:43:30.619><c> find</c><00:43:30.960><c> out</c><00:43:31.519><c> what</c><00:43:31.780><c> that</c><00:43:32.219><c> young</c><00:43:32.900><c> maiden</c><00:43:33.239><c> has</c><00:43:33.780><c> committed</c><00:43:34.219><c> herself</c><00:43:34.880><c> to</c>

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:41.739
in<00:43:36.360><c> the</c><00:43:36.579><c> king's</c><00:43:37.099><c> palace</c><00:43:37.699><c> to</c><00:43:39.099><c> risk</c><00:43:39.460><c> her</c><00:43:39.780><c> life</c><00:43:40.199><c> for</c><00:43:40.679><c> our</c><00:43:41.099><c> sake,</c>

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:45.920
that<00:43:43.119><c> young</c><00:43:43.420><c> Jewish</c><00:43:43.840><c> maiden</c><00:43:44.159><c> who</c><00:43:44.400><c> may</c><00:43:44.719><c> die</c><00:43:45.039><c> in</c><00:43:45.280><c> three</c><00:43:45.539><c> days,</c>

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:51.199
do<00:43:46.119><c> you</c><00:43:46.300><c> think</c><00:43:46.480><c> for</c><00:43:46.820><c> a</c><00:43:47.099><c> moment</c><00:43:47.719><c> the</c><00:43:48.800><c> community</c><00:43:49.360><c> in</c><00:43:49.739><c> Shushan</c>

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:56.420
wouldn't<00:43:51.639><c> have</c><00:43:52.019><c> united</c><00:43:52.440><c> as</c><00:43:52.940><c> one</c><00:43:53.599><c> in</c><00:43:54.860><c> prayer</c><00:43:55.360><c> and</c><00:43:55.900><c> fasting,</c>

00:43:56.619 --> 00:44:01.039
pleading<00:43:57.219><c> for</c><00:43:57.539><c> God</c><00:43:57.840><c> to</c><00:43:58.199><c> intervene</c><00:43:58.739><c> in</c><00:43:59.019><c> the</c><00:43:59.340><c> situation</c><00:43:59.980><c> to</c>

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:03.039
save<00:44:01.440><c> her?</c>

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.619
Prayer<00:44:04.019><c> isn't</c><00:44:04.420><c> mentioned</c><00:44:04.880><c> in</c><00:44:05.139><c> the</c><00:44:05.260><c> book</c><00:44:05.440><c> of</c><00:44:05.719><c> Esther,</c>

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:13.119
but<00:44:07.500><c> let</c><00:44:07.820><c> us</c><00:44:08.139><c> not</c><00:44:08.460><c> fail</c><00:44:08.760><c> to</c><00:44:09.179><c> see</c><00:44:09.719><c> the</c><00:44:10.500><c> power</c><00:44:10.920><c> of</c><00:44:11.460><c> prayer</c><00:44:11.860><c> at</c><00:44:12.579><c> work</c><00:44:12.880><c> in</c>

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:14.420
these<00:44:13.300><c> events,</c>

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:20.679
because<00:44:15.659><c> within</c><00:44:16.199><c> four</c><00:44:16.679><c> days</c><00:44:17.559><c> of</c><00:44:18.599><c> Esther</c><00:44:18.880><c> making</c><00:44:19.340><c> this</c><00:44:19.780><c> decision</c>

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:25.039
to<00:44:21.460><c> commit</c><00:44:21.800><c> her</c><00:44:22.300><c> life</c><00:44:22.599><c> to</c><00:44:22.840><c> save</c><00:44:23.079><c> her</c><00:44:23.400><c> people,</c>

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:27.800
Haman<00:44:26.099><c> will</c><00:44:26.539><c> be</c><00:44:26.820><c> dead,</c>

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and<00:44:29.699><c> the</c><00:44:30.019><c> beginning</c><00:44:30.500><c> of</c><00:44:31.219><c> the</c><00:44:31.400><c> redemption</c><00:44:32.039><c> of</c><00:44:32.639><c> the</c><00:44:32.840><c> Jewish</c>

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