GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES (5 OF 5)
Scripture: Esther 8:1-17, Esther 9:1-2
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God Keeps His Promises (5 of 5)
Series: Turning the Tables
Jonathan McLeod
Esther 8:1-17; 9:1-2, 20-22
On the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred (Esth. 9:1).
BUT YOU PROMISED!
We've all experienced the disappointment of someone breaking a promise they had made to us. [Share a story about how someone broke a promise to me.] Thankfully, God doesn't break his promises.
In the book of Esther, Haman plots to destroy the Jews. But God had promised their patriarch Abraham that his descendants would not be destroyed. The book of Esther tells us how God kept that promise.
[Read Esther 8:1-17; 9:1-2, 20-22.]
PEOPLE BREAK THEIR PROMISES, BUT GOD DOESN'T
Why do people break their promises?
1. Sometimes people don't intend to keep their promises. (They're dishonest.)
2. Sometimes people make promises they can't keep. (''But, Dad, you promised!'')
3. Sometimes people forget about their promises. (''I'll come over sometime and help you with that.'')
But God is different. When God makes a promise, he'll keep it.
The God who doesn't LIE, doesn't FAIL, and doesn't FORGET will keep his promises.
Many years before the story of Esther took place, God promised an elderly man named Abraham that he and his barren wife Sarah would have a son-an outrageous promise! God also promised that Abraham's descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky (Gen. 15:5) and that God would bless them and that they would be a blessing to the nations (Gen. 12:2-3).
God wasn't lying ...
Series: Turning the Tables
Jonathan McLeod
Esther 8:1-17; 9:1-2, 20-22
On the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred (Esth. 9:1).
BUT YOU PROMISED!
We've all experienced the disappointment of someone breaking a promise they had made to us. [Share a story about how someone broke a promise to me.] Thankfully, God doesn't break his promises.
In the book of Esther, Haman plots to destroy the Jews. But God had promised their patriarch Abraham that his descendants would not be destroyed. The book of Esther tells us how God kept that promise.
[Read Esther 8:1-17; 9:1-2, 20-22.]
PEOPLE BREAK THEIR PROMISES, BUT GOD DOESN'T
Why do people break their promises?
1. Sometimes people don't intend to keep their promises. (They're dishonest.)
2. Sometimes people make promises they can't keep. (''But, Dad, you promised!'')
3. Sometimes people forget about their promises. (''I'll come over sometime and help you with that.'')
But God is different. When God makes a promise, he'll keep it.
The God who doesn't LIE, doesn't FAIL, and doesn't FORGET will keep his promises.
Many years before the story of Esther took place, God promised an elderly man named Abraham that he and his barren wife Sarah would have a son-an outrageous promise! God also promised that Abraham's descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky (Gen. 15:5) and that God would bless them and that they would be a blessing to the nations (Gen. 12:2-3).
God wasn't lying ...
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