haman is hoisted by his own petard
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A message from Esther 7TRANSCRIPT
Today
‘Haman is hoisted by his own petard’
Esther 7
‘Esther – a beauty that’s more than skin deep’
• Mordecai persuades Esther to go to the king and reveal her Jewish identity - Est 4:14
Recap of events
• 3 days of prayer & fasting
• ‘You can have want you want up to half the kingdom’ - Esther doesn’t reveal request
• Esther invites King & Haman to 2nd banquet
Recap of events
• Haman boasts of his vast wealth - 75ft high gallows built
• Xerxes can’t sleep – annals read – Mordecai unrewarded – Xerxes wants to honour a man
• Esther meets for 2nd time with Xerxes and Haman - king asks her again what she wants
Synopsis of Esther chapter 7
• Esther replies that the Jews have been threatened with annihilation and the perpetrator is Haman
• Haman is terrified - begs Esther for his life
• The king returns to find Haman pleading with Esther - thinks Esther is about to be molested
Synopsis of Esther chapter 7
• Harbona mentions the 75ft high gallows made for Mordecai - the king instructs his officials to hang Haman from these same gallows
A personal story
If I have found favour with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases
you, grant me my life – this is my petition. And spare my people – this is my request. For I and my
people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated
Est 7:3-4a
Don’t panic – keep listening for God’s voice
“How do we live in a fog without panic … especially
during the times when we don’t hear His reassuring voice”
Don’t panic – keep listening for God’s voice
O Lord, how long will you forget me?
Forever? How long will you look the
other way?
Psalm 13:1
Don’t panic – keep listening for God’s voice
But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice
because you have rescued me
Psalm 13:5
So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai.
Then the king’s fury subsided
Est 7:10
Don’t limit God – keep trusting in His sovereignty
Why do the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Our God is in heaven;
He does whatever pleases Him
Psalm 115:3
Don’t limit God – keep trusting in His sovereignty
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails
Prov 19:21
Don’t limit God – keep trusting in His sovereignty
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers
Prov 21:15
Don’t become bitter – keep relying on God’s justice
Do not fret because of those who are evil …
Trust in the Lord and do good …
Take delight in the Lord ...
Commit your way to the Lord …
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him
Refrain from anger
Psalm 37:1-9
Don’t become bitter – keep relying on God’s justice
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the
offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ
2 Cor 5:21 NLT
Don’t panic – keep listening for God’s voice
Don’t limit God – keep trusting in His Sovereignty
Don’t become bitter – keep relying on God’s justice