[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1744|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark15-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Esther 9 is a passage that might first strike us as violent and hateful. It is interesting as we dig deeper into it that it actually portrays God’s justice and his hate for sin. It was a holy, or just, war. Jesus fought the ultimate war for us but in a whole different fashion. He defeated Satan and evil but through non-violence. He didn’t fight back, but rather 1 Peter 2 says “When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.” Jesus has won the ultimate war for us, and even though we are still engaged in spiritual warfare, the war has been won.[/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”0″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_color=”rgba(0,26,51,0)” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_html]PGlmcmFtZSB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0NTAiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSJubyIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3cuc291bmRjbG91ZC5jb20vcGxheWVyLz91cmw9aHR0cHMlM0EvL2FwaS5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS90cmFja3MvMzM4ODU5NjE1JmFtcDtjb2xvcj1mZjU1MDAmYW1wO2F1dG9fcGxheT1mYWxzZSZhbXA7aGlkZV9yZWxhdGVkPWZhbHNlJmFtcDtzaG93X2NvbW1lbnRzPXRydWUmYW1wO3Nob3dfdXNlcj10cnVlJmFtcDtzaG93X3JlcG9zdHM9ZmFsc2UmYW1wO3Zpc3VhbD10cnVlIj48L2lmcmFtZT4=[/cmsmasters_html][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row]
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