TEACHING TRANSFORMATION MINISTRY

Book: Esther 2:2,4,10,15-18 What is a substitute? Who is a substitute? A substitute is something that can stand-in place of another and probably be better. In persona, a substitute is someone who can fill your shoes; can take your place and in the spiritual sense, the second choice is better than the first. Let’s take a look at the verses below: Esther 2:2 New King James Version (NKJV) 2  Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; Esther 2:4 New King James Version (NKJV) 4  Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king, and he did so. Esther 2:10 New King James Version (NKJV) 10  Esther had not  [ a ] revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal  it. Esther 2:15-18 New King James Version (NKJV) 15  Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to g

2 Samuel 9 New King James Version (NKJV) David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth 9  Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him  [ a ] kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2  And  there was  a servant of the house of Saul whose name  was  Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “ Are  you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!” 3  Then the king said, “ Is  there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan  who is  lame in  his  feet.” 4  So the king said to him, “Where  is  he?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he  is  in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.” 5  Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 6  Now when Mephibosheth [ b ]  the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then D