DAILY BIBLE LESSON
PRIDE IN POSITION.
Please, share this study with your family, friends co-workers, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so” (Ezekiel 28:14). Some people grow proud of their position at work and in life. It is part of the same myriad of issues the devil struggled with before he had to be cast out of heaven. Haman in the book of Esther provides another prime example of self-destructive pride on display in the Bible.
The mighty Xerxes of Persia learned that a Jew named Mordecai had saved his life from an assassination plot. Xerxes wanted to honor Mordecai, but Haman, who had recently received a promotion of high honor from the king, had become angry with Mordecai because the devout Jew would not bow before the haughty noble. Haman became so angry, in fact, that he wanted to kill all the Jews in the land.
As Haman’s inflated pride continued to fester, he bragged to his friends “of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king” (Esther 5:11).
So when Mordecai continued to refuse to show Haman reverence, the noble flipped his lid. He presumptuously decided to build a gallows from which to hang Mordecai, certain that Xerxes would give him permission because of his own high royal standing. Yet before he could ask the king for permission, Xerxes asks Haman, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?
Pride, a distorted mirror that obstructs clear thinking and reason, allowed Haman to see only himself. Filled with conceit, “Haman thought in his heart, ‘Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?’ ” (Esther 6:6 NKJV). The noble quickly devised the most extravagant procession he could think of for himself — riding on the king’s horse, in the king’s robes, with the king’s crown upon his head, parading up and down the city streets for all to honor. Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks,” and this couldn’t be truer for Haman, who speaks as if he wanted desperately to be the king.
Well, can you imagine Haman’s shock with what followed: “The king said to Haman, Make haste … as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew. … Let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken” (v. 10). Haman was commanded to honor the man his pride so desperately wanted to murder.
The Bible says, “When pride cometh, then cometh shame” (Proverbs 11:2). The story of Haman is a great example of the ultimate payout of pride. He was hung on the gallows he had built for Mordecai.
This pride of position even infected those closest to Jesus. In Mark 9, we find the disciples arguing about which one of them will be greatest in Jesus’ kingdom. It was as if they had never heard one of Jesus’ most powerful lessons to them: “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And who ever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:11, 12 NKJV).
If you exalt yourself, striving for position and honor, you will be humbled by God. If you humble yourself, God will find a way to exalt you, in this life or the one to come in eternity. Do you feel as though you’ve been passed over at your job because of favoritism rather than skill? Don’t let it bother you. Be content to serve where God has put you. Christ in His time will lift you up.
To learn more about our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and the Sabbath, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor; Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
PRIDE IN POSITION.
Please, share this study with your family, friends co-workers, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so” (Ezekiel 28:14). Some people grow proud of their position at work and in life. It is part of the same myriad of issues the devil struggled with before he had to be cast out of heaven. Haman in the book of Esther provides another prime example of self-destructive pride on display in the Bible.
The mighty Xerxes of Persia learned that a Jew named Mordecai had saved his life from an assassination plot. Xerxes wanted to honor Mordecai, but Haman, who had recently received a promotion of high honor from the king, had become angry with Mordecai because the devout Jew would not bow before the haughty noble. Haman became so angry, in fact, that he wanted to kill all the Jews in the land.
As Haman’s inflated pride continued to fester, he bragged to his friends “of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king” (Esther 5:11).
So when Mordecai continued to refuse to show Haman reverence, the noble flipped his lid. He presumptuously decided to build a gallows from which to hang Mordecai, certain that Xerxes would give him permission because of his own high royal standing. Yet before he could ask the king for permission, Xerxes asks Haman, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?
Pride, a distorted mirror that obstructs clear thinking and reason, allowed Haman to see only himself. Filled with conceit, “Haman thought in his heart, ‘Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?’ ” (Esther 6:6 NKJV). The noble quickly devised the most extravagant procession he could think of for himself — riding on the king’s horse, in the king’s robes, with the king’s crown upon his head, parading up and down the city streets for all to honor. Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks,” and this couldn’t be truer for Haman, who speaks as if he wanted desperately to be the king.
Well, can you imagine Haman’s shock with what followed: “The king said to Haman, Make haste … as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew. … Let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken” (v. 10). Haman was commanded to honor the man his pride so desperately wanted to murder.
The Bible says, “When pride cometh, then cometh shame” (Proverbs 11:2). The story of Haman is a great example of the ultimate payout of pride. He was hung on the gallows he had built for Mordecai.
This pride of position even infected those closest to Jesus. In Mark 9, we find the disciples arguing about which one of them will be greatest in Jesus’ kingdom. It was as if they had never heard one of Jesus’ most powerful lessons to them: “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And who ever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:11, 12 NKJV).
If you exalt yourself, striving for position and honor, you will be humbled by God. If you humble yourself, God will find a way to exalt you, in this life or the one to come in eternity. Do you feel as though you’ve been passed over at your job because of favoritism rather than skill? Don’t let it bother you. Be content to serve where God has put you. Christ in His time will lift you up.
To learn more about our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and the Sabbath, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor; Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
DAILY BIBLE LESSON
PRIDE IN POSITION.
Please, share this study with your family, friends co-workers, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so” (Ezekiel 28:14). Some people grow proud of their position at work and in life. It is part of the same myriad of issues the devil struggled with before he had to be cast out of heaven. Haman in the book of Esther provides another prime example of self-destructive pride on display in the Bible.
The mighty Xerxes of Persia learned that a Jew named Mordecai had saved his life from an assassination plot. Xerxes wanted to honor Mordecai, but Haman, who had recently received a promotion of high honor from the king, had become angry with Mordecai because the devout Jew would not bow before the haughty noble. Haman became so angry, in fact, that he wanted to kill all the Jews in the land.
As Haman’s inflated pride continued to fester, he bragged to his friends “of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king” (Esther 5:11).
So when Mordecai continued to refuse to show Haman reverence, the noble flipped his lid. He presumptuously decided to build a gallows from which to hang Mordecai, certain that Xerxes would give him permission because of his own high royal standing. Yet before he could ask the king for permission, Xerxes asks Haman, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?
Pride, a distorted mirror that obstructs clear thinking and reason, allowed Haman to see only himself. Filled with conceit, “Haman thought in his heart, ‘Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?’ ” (Esther 6:6 NKJV). The noble quickly devised the most extravagant procession he could think of for himself — riding on the king’s horse, in the king’s robes, with the king’s crown upon his head, parading up and down the city streets for all to honor. Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks,” and this couldn’t be truer for Haman, who speaks as if he wanted desperately to be the king.
Well, can you imagine Haman’s shock with what followed: “The king said to Haman, Make haste … as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew. … Let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken” (v. 10). Haman was commanded to honor the man his pride so desperately wanted to murder.
The Bible says, “When pride cometh, then cometh shame” (Proverbs 11:2). The story of Haman is a great example of the ultimate payout of pride. He was hung on the gallows he had built for Mordecai.
This pride of position even infected those closest to Jesus. In Mark 9, we find the disciples arguing about which one of them will be greatest in Jesus’ kingdom. It was as if they had never heard one of Jesus’ most powerful lessons to them: “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And who ever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:11, 12 NKJV).
If you exalt yourself, striving for position and honor, you will be humbled by God. If you humble yourself, God will find a way to exalt you, in this life or the one to come in eternity. Do you feel as though you’ve been passed over at your job because of favoritism rather than skill? Don’t let it bother you. Be content to serve where God has put you. Christ in His time will lift you up.
To learn more about our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and the Sabbath, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor; Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
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