Sermon audio: Esther 9:20–10:3
“[T]hat these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.”
Sermon audio: Esther 8:1-17
“And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday.”
Sermon audio: Esther 7:1-10
“Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, ‘Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?’ And Esther said, ‘A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!’ Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.”
Sermon audio: Esther 6:1-5
“On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.”
Sermon audio: Esther 5:9–6:14
“Then his [Haman’s] wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, ‘If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.'”
Sermon audio: Esther 4:15–5:8
“If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”
Sermon audio: Esther 4:1-17
“For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Sermon audio: Esther 2:19–3:15
“The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree [to destroy the Jews] was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.”
Sermon audio: Esther 2:1-18
“So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.”
Sermon audio: Esther 1:1-22
“And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.”
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