Esther 4:1-3 • When Crisis Reveals If Your Faith Is Real

🗡️ This expository sermon was delivered at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Cookeville, TN on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 6:00 pm. 🗡️

🔥 ATTENTION: Are you going through the motions of faith without genuine relationship with God? This powerful Bible study on Esther 4 will shake you awake!

Discover the shocking truth about Mordecai's response to crisis and what it reveals about authentic faith versus empty religious ritual. In this verse-by-verse exposition of Esther chapter 4, Pastor Fortunato unveils three powerful pictures of mourning that will transform how you understand biblical grief, repentance, and genuine spiritual relationship.

What You'll Learn in This Bible Study:

• The deep spiritual symbolism behind Mordecai tearing his clothes and its connection to Christ's torn flesh

• Why sackcloth and ashes represent a "living funeral" and what this means for believers today

• The critical difference between religious performance and authentic prayer life

• How God uses anticipated judgment as a warning system to call us to repentance

• Why these unfaithful Jews failed to pray despite their desperate situation

This expository preaching dives deep into Old Testament wisdom while connecting powerful New Testament truths. You'll understand how federal headship works through both Adam's fall and Christ's redemption, and why genuine Bible-based faith must go beyond external religious activities.

Perfect for:

• Christians seeking deeper Bible study and spiritual growth

• Anyone struggling with authentic faith versus going through religious motions

• Students of biblical prophecy and Old Testament exposition

• Believers wanting to understand God's warning systems and conviction

Pastor Fortunato's teaching style combines careful verse-by-verse analysis with practical application, helping you move from ritual to genuine relationship with Jesus Christ. This sermon will challenge you to examine whether your faith has real spiritual substance or if you're simply performing Christian activities.

Don't miss this life-changing message about the poverty of spiritual condition when prayer is absent, and how God remains faithful despite our incomplete seeking of Him. Your salvation security doesn't depend on your completeness - you are complete in Christ!

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