The Webster Bible Church Podcast

Deliverance - Esther 8:1-17

Transformative Truth:
You can expectantly trust God's deliverance!

"Old Testament historical narrative is 'a declaration from God about God' (Alec Motyer)..." - Dale Ralph Davis

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Genesis 12:3

Transformative Truth: You can expectantly trust God's deliverance!

I want you to fully believe in God's deliverance, which changes everything Esther 8:1-2

I want you to fully rest in God's deliverance, which is sometimes veiled behind human decisions and actions Esther 8:3-12

People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah! Acts 2:22-23, 36, NLT

I want you to fully delight in God's deliverance, which brings freedom and joy. Esther 8:13-17

The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere. Esther 8:16, NLT

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1

For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. Romans 6:3-5, NLT

The Turning Of The Tables - Part 2 - Esther 7:1-10

Transformative Truth:
God protects his people and punishes those who oppose them.

The Request of the Queen Esther 7:1-4

The Rage of the King Esther 7:4-8

The Retribution on the Condemned Esther 7:9-10

1. Identification: Take your stand with Christ and his people.
2. Indignation: View God’s wrath in relation to his love.
3. Illusion: Beware of the deceitfulness of sin.

The Turning Of The Tables - Part 1 - Esther 6:1-13

Transformative Truth:
The deliverance of God’s people spells doom for their enemies.

A Sleepless Night - Esther 6:1-3

A Surprising Morning - Esther 6:4-12

A Sobering Assertion - Esther 6:13-14

1.  Marvel at God's providence.

2.  Maintain a right perspective.

3.  Make sure that you're prepared.

Humility And Haughtiness - Esther 5:1-14

Speaker: Matthew H. Fletcher, Senior Pastor

Scripture: Esther 5:1-14

Transformative Truth:
God uses the humble and the haughty to achieve his purposes.

The Positive Effects of Humility Esther 5:1-8

1. Courage

2. Faith

3. Wisdom

The Negative Effects of Haughtiness Esther 5:9-14

1. Fragile ego

2. Frequent boasting

3. Foolish Impulse

“If I Perish, I Perish”: The Defining Moments of Our Lives - Esther 4:1-17

Speaker: Matthew H. Fletcher, Senior Pastor

Scripture: Esther 4:1-17

Transformative Truth:
It’s better to risk your life than to waste it.

Devastating Crisis Esther 4:1-3

Deliberate Care Esther 4:4-17

My role: How does this concern me?

My risk: What might this cost me?

My reward: Are the consequences worth it?

"Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.     I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty." - Exodus 34:6-7a NLT

Hateful Haman - Esther 3:1-15

Transformative Truth:
The forces of evil threaten to annihilate God’s covenant people.

1. Haman's Promotion Esther 3:1-2a

"The providences of God are seldom self-interpreting, and it's usually wrong for us to try and understand what's going on in the immediacy of the moment ... the time frame of the here and now." - Alistair Begg

2. Haman's Pride Esther 3:2b-5

3. Haman's Prejudice Esther 3:6

4. Haman's Proposal Esther 3:7-11

5. Haman's Proclamation Esther 3:12-15a

6. Haman's Presumption Esther 3:15b

The Quest For A Queen - Esther 2:1-23

Transformative Truth:
The best and worst of men can’t change the Master’s plan.

Girls Gathered  vv 1-11

Esther Esteemed  vv 12-18

Plot Precluded  vv 19-23

Lessons Learned

 

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Party Hearty - Esther 1:1-22

Transformative Truth:
With the exception of God, might does not make right.

The King's Predominance - Esther 1:1-4

The King's Parties - Esther 1:5-9

The King's Problems - Esther 1:10-12

The Proclamation - Esther 1:13-22

With the exception of God, might does not make right.

Practical Considerations
1. A look at our society
2. A look at our selves
3. A look at our Savior

True Confession - Psalm 51

Speaker: Noble Armstrong, Elder

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19

Transformative Truth:
True confession involves seeing your sin for what it is, seeing God for who He is, and seeing yourself for who you are.

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 1 Samuel 11:1

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Psalm 32:3-4

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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. Romans 5:12

21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. Exodus 12:21-23

29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:29

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15

True confession involves seeing your sin for what it is, seeing God for who He is, and seeing yourself for who you are.

18 And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19 And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. Leviticus 4:17-20

13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Hebrews 9:13-14 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Hebrews 9:13-14 and 22

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 7-9

Grace Alone - Ephesians 2:8-10

Title: Grace Alone

Speaker: Bill & Lori Smith, ABWE Missionaries

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10, Romans 11:5-6, Psalm 130

Transformative Truth:  
Receive Grace... Live by Grace... Share HIS Grace

SOLO GRATIA (GRACE ALONE)
God’s grace is _____________________ favor. (Gen. 6:8)
God’s grace is _______________________ sin debt _________________________________ (Rom. 6:23)
God’s grace is through ____________________ alone. (John 14:6)
God’s grace can’t be _______________________. (Eph. 2:8,9)
God’s grace is ______________________________________. (John 1:29)
We need to _________________________________________ His Grace.
We need to _______________________________________ by His Grace.
We need to _____________________________________ share His Grace