Esther - Lesson Two - Day 1...Continued from page 2

3.  What specific plans did they recommend that Ahasuerus command (v. 3)?

NOTE: Kings would use eunuchs to oversee the women of the household, and those chosen for this job were of outstanding character.  Fittingly, the name Hegai means “venerable.”[iv]  Beauty preparations referred to precious ointments, remedies, detergents, and soaps for bathing and purification.[v]  The nasb calls these cosmetics. 

4.  What was the clincher of their suggestion, and how did Ahasuerus respond (v. 4)?

5.  Sexual purity is truly beautiful in God’s sight.  In fact, there is no more beautiful gift for young people to treasure than their virginity, but how easily people surrender that most precious of gifts that cannot be gained back again!  The nlt states that “this advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect immediately.”  In other words, he couldn’t wait to get at these young women and take away their precious treasure of virginity just to satisfy his own lusts, hopefully finding a wife along the way!  Please read the following passages and record some of the things they exhort us about maintaining our sexual purity so we can shine God’s beautiful light to the world around us.

Romans 13:12–14

1 Corinthians 5:11; 6:13, 18-20

Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3, 4, 8

Colossians 3:5–6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7

Scripture Memory:  This week we will be memorizing Isaiah 43:1, about our being selected by our King.  Review the passage several times throughout the day each day this week, and by the end of the week, you should have it memorized completely.

But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.  Isaiah 43:1 (nkjv)

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