CrossWay Church
January 8, 2023: Esther 2
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Locations & Times
CrossWay Church Battle Ground
311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Esther 2:1-23 A dark pageant
I) A depressed king.
A) Xerxes seems to _________ his actions towards Vashti.
B) His attendants suggest finding a _______ beautiful queen.
II) God's people struggle with straddling two worlds in exile.
A) Mordecai
1) He part of the exiled Jewish _________.
2) Kish name ties him to King __________.
B) Esther
1) Her mother and father _________.
2) She was very ________________.
C) They were struggling with their fit in both the Persia and Jewish cultures.
1) Esther has Hebrew and Persian names.
2) She kept her nationality ___________.
3) She didn’t follow Jewish eating _________ like Daniel.
III) A dark pageant
A) Beautiful women were brought into Susa and given ____________ for a year.
B) Esther wins favor with ________ by doing what he says.
C) The king is enthralled by Esther and makes her __________.
D) Xerxes throws Esther a _____________ to celebrate!
IV) Mordecai helps stop an assassination attempt.
A) Esther tells the king about the _______ but gives Mordecai credit.
B) The men were ____________ on poles.
C) Mordecai’s actions are recorded in the ___________ of annuals.
V) How does this apply to us today?
A) Our negative reaction to some of these events shows how Christianity’s ________________ has transformed Western civilization.
B It is easy to be _______________ by a culture obsessed with power and appearances.
C) We don’t always know what God is up to.
1) Esther reminds us that God can _______________ evil and use it for his good.
2) God uses ___________ people to accomplish his work.
3) It shows how God can ____________ us
I) A depressed king.
A) Xerxes seems to _________ his actions towards Vashti.
B) His attendants suggest finding a _______ beautiful queen.
II) God's people struggle with straddling two worlds in exile.
A) Mordecai
1) He part of the exiled Jewish _________.
2) Kish name ties him to King __________.
B) Esther
1) Her mother and father _________.
2) She was very ________________.
C) They were struggling with their fit in both the Persia and Jewish cultures.
1) Esther has Hebrew and Persian names.
2) She kept her nationality ___________.
3) She didn’t follow Jewish eating _________ like Daniel.
III) A dark pageant
A) Beautiful women were brought into Susa and given ____________ for a year.
B) Esther wins favor with ________ by doing what he says.
C) The king is enthralled by Esther and makes her __________.
D) Xerxes throws Esther a _____________ to celebrate!
IV) Mordecai helps stop an assassination attempt.
A) Esther tells the king about the _______ but gives Mordecai credit.
B) The men were ____________ on poles.
C) Mordecai’s actions are recorded in the ___________ of annuals.
V) How does this apply to us today?
A) Our negative reaction to some of these events shows how Christianity’s ________________ has transformed Western civilization.
B It is easy to be _______________ by a culture obsessed with power and appearances.
C) We don’t always know what God is up to.
1) Esther reminds us that God can _______________ evil and use it for his good.
2) God uses ___________ people to accomplish his work.
3) It shows how God can ____________ us