Love Your Neighbor

Love Your Neighbor

Esther 8:3-17

August 17, 2025

Esther’s love for her people drove her to seek the help of the king.

• Esther would have been safe if she had not gotten any further.
• Like before, approaching the king unannounced involved a great .
  • Esther didn’t ask anything for but for her people to be saved, v. 6.
• The king gave Esther and Mordecai power to write a new law, v. 8.
  • The attack could not be stopped but the Jews were allowed to themselves.
  • Mordecai acted with the same authority that Haman had been given, v. 10-11.

God commands us to love others.

• Our two greatest priorities in life are to love God and love others, Mark 12:28-31.
  • Everything in life should revolve around our love for .
  • If we love God in the right way, we will love (whom God has made).
• Love is the foundation of the , Ephesians 5:25.
  • Husbands are to lead the family by loving their wives.
  • Godly love is and sacrificial.
  • The family is the foundation of healthy .
• Love builds in the church, Philippians 2:1-4.
  • God’s kind of love grows in us as we draw closer to the Holy Spirit.
  • The grows stronger as each believer humbly considers the needs of others.
  • As unity grows, the church becomes more effective at reaching out to the .

Action Points

• Ask God to reveal areas of pride in your life.
• Is there someone you need to reconcile with?
• Seek to renew your love of God.

Do you know God in a personal relationship?

(Answers: involved, risk, herself, defend, God, others, family, unconditional, society, unity, church, lost)