Standing forgiving as Christ

“Let us hear from you”

PRAYER - "Employed To Minister And Lead Worship"

While the Jews were in captivity, the names of the chiefs of the fathers, the priests and Levites were recorded. 
Their descendants then entered the ministry by pedigree. "At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought 

the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps." From Moses' day, God has ordained for full-time ministers to be paid.


Nehemiah 12:47 - "All Israel ...gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion."

STANDING FORGIVING 

AS CHRIST

PRINCIPALS - "Nehemiah Sets The People In Order"

Nehemiah made an exemplary stand for righteousness. As he read the book of Moses aloud to the people, he saw things they were doing wrong, and immediately acted to correct them. He ran off the Ammonites and Moabites who lived among them. He cast out Tobiah who was staying with Eliashib the high priest. He sanctified the Sabbath and disciplined the unclean priests. Nothing substitutes for obedience. Just do it.

Nehemiah 13:14 - "Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God."

PRINCIPLES - "God Can Remove Anyone Who Is In His Way"

God prepared the way for Esther to save Israel from genocide long before her time. Ahasuerus was king over a vast empire in the Middle East, extending from India to Ethiopia. Queen Vashti scandalously refused the king's request to appear at a state dinner at Shushan the palace. The king's wise men urged him to banish her. He did. Esther soon became the queen. God can remove anyone who hinders you from doing His will.

Esther 1:20 - "When the king's decree which he shall make shall be published, ...all the wives shall give to their husbands honour."

PROPHECIES - "Esther Chosen Above All The Women"

After king Ahasuerus ridded himself of queen Vashti, the search was on for a new queen. Inside the palace, a captive Jew named Mordecai heard the news and brought his uncle's daughter Hadassah (Esther) to the keeper of the women. Mordecai warned her to keep her Jewish identity secret. He knew there was a plot in the palace to exterminate all Jews. But God had already arranged to promote Esther.

Esther 2:17 - "The king loved Esther above all the women, ...so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti."