The Bible is filled with accounts of God delivering his people.

So why didn't God deliver Jesus, His only begotten Son, from the cross? Why

doesn't everyone recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah? Will hear answers

today on Truth for Life. Alistair Begg is teaching from the closing verses of

chapter 9 in the book of Esther.

Obligation is almost a dirty word now, isn't it? You know, we tell people, I don't

want to make you feel obligated in any way. Oh yes, I do. I want my wife to make

me obligated to her entirely. I want my children to be obligated to me in the

jurisdiction of parental authority, not when they're beyond it but when they're

in it. And the obligation that extends throughout interpersonal relationships is

first of all an obligation on the part of the individual to God. And they

recognize God has provided this deliverance. This feast is a celebration of

God's activity. Therefore they said, we will obligate ourselves. You will

notice, verse 27, they obligated themselves and they're offspring. They

obligated themselves. They obligated their children. It was going to take

obligation. You see, that's why in Jutsu, on the 6th, you have that classic

passage that we read at the time of baby dedications. These, you show love the

Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, all your mind and all your

strength. And these things today shall be upon your hearts. And then you will

teach them to your children when you walk along the road, when you lie down and

when you get up. The progression is vital. If it's not on your heart, you will

never obligate yourself to it and you'll never obligate your children to it.

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