THE ONE WHOM THE KING DELIGHTS TO HONOR (3 OF 5)
Scripture: Esther 2:19-23, Esther 5:9-14, Esther 6:1-14
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The One Whom the King Delights to Honor (3 of 5)
Series: Turning the Tables
Jonathan McLeod
Esther 2:19-23; 5:9-6:14
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, ''What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?'' (Esth. 6:6).
DO I MATTER?
One of our basic human needs is to have a sense of self-worth. The dictionary defines ''self-worth'' as ''the sense of one's own value or worth as a person.'' When people lack a sense of self-worthy, depression and even suicide can be the result. Without a sense of self-worthy, life doesn't seem worth living. How can we gain a sense of self-worth without inflating our egos?
Today, we will focus our attention on Haman, whom Debra Reid describes as ''an egocentric megalomaniac bent on retaliation and destruction if his fragile ego is subject to the slightest provocation.'' In other words, he was self-obsessed.
[Read Esther 2:19-23; 5:9-6:14.]
THE GREAT SIN
When Mordecai refused to bow down and pay homage to Haman (Esth. 3:2), Haman devised a plot to kill not only Mordecai but also ''all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus'' (Esth. 3:6). What caused Haman to want to commit genocide? Pride. Pride has been described as ''the ruthless, sleepless, unsmiling concentration upon self.'' The person filled with pride will always be looking for ways to get back at people who offend him or don't give him the recognition he thinks he deserves.
When I mention pride, do you think, ''That sounds just like so and so''? Pride is like carbon monoxide (the ''silent killer''). It's deadly, but we often don't see it in our own lives-though pride is every easy to see in other people's lives.
In Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, there is a chapter on pride entitled ''The Great Sin.'' In the chapter, Lewis writes,
We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looki ...
Series: Turning the Tables
Jonathan McLeod
Esther 2:19-23; 5:9-6:14
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, ''What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?'' (Esth. 6:6).
DO I MATTER?
One of our basic human needs is to have a sense of self-worth. The dictionary defines ''self-worth'' as ''the sense of one's own value or worth as a person.'' When people lack a sense of self-worthy, depression and even suicide can be the result. Without a sense of self-worthy, life doesn't seem worth living. How can we gain a sense of self-worth without inflating our egos?
Today, we will focus our attention on Haman, whom Debra Reid describes as ''an egocentric megalomaniac bent on retaliation and destruction if his fragile ego is subject to the slightest provocation.'' In other words, he was self-obsessed.
[Read Esther 2:19-23; 5:9-6:14.]
THE GREAT SIN
When Mordecai refused to bow down and pay homage to Haman (Esth. 3:2), Haman devised a plot to kill not only Mordecai but also ''all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus'' (Esth. 3:6). What caused Haman to want to commit genocide? Pride. Pride has been described as ''the ruthless, sleepless, unsmiling concentration upon self.'' The person filled with pride will always be looking for ways to get back at people who offend him or don't give him the recognition he thinks he deserves.
When I mention pride, do you think, ''That sounds just like so and so''? Pride is like carbon monoxide (the ''silent killer''). It's deadly, but we often don't see it in our own lives-though pride is every easy to see in other people's lives.
In Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, there is a chapter on pride entitled ''The Great Sin.'' In the chapter, Lewis writes,
We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looki ...
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