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Facing Down Calamity

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Speaker: Andrew Hageman
Scripture: Esther 4
March 6, 2022

Main Points

1. Mordecai's grief: Feeling responsible for the coming calamity
2. Esther's dilemma: Contemplating responsibility to avert calamity
3. Esther's response: Living out faith as a sacrifice for many

Sermon Outline

1. God's silence is not evidence of his absence.

  • God's sovereignty is much bigger than us.

2. The Bible's response to grief and difficulty is to turn our eyes upon God.

  • We can come boldly before the throne of God in our grief.

3. Esther's choice may be upon us.

  • Ask God to prepare us to sacrifice for the sake of Christ.

4. Only by Christ's power can we ever follow in Esther's footsteps

  • Christ is the true and better Esther, making atonement before the throne of God on behalf of all believers.

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