THE SECOND ACROSTIC (5:4)

The Man The King Delights To Honor

The Man The King Delights To Honor

(Esther 3:1-6; 6:1-10)

PRIDE TEST .

1

Do you Long for Attention?

Do you become jealous or critical of people who succeed

2

Do you always have to win?

3

Do you have a pattern of lying ?

4

Do you have a hard time acknowledging that you are wrong?

5

Do you have allot of conflicts with other people ?

6

Do you cut in line in the store, or the junction?

Do you double park?

7

Do you get upset when people don’t honor your achievements ?

8

Do you have a sense of entitlement ?

9

Do you honestly feel you do not need a bible study or an accountability group ?

10

1-10 = You are Proud

Scoring system

0 = You are very Proud

1. Mordecai saves the King2. Haman gets promoted3. Mordecai refuses to bow4. Haman Gets angry and wants to

kill all the Jews

The Character of Pride •Pride concentrates on self (3:5)•Pride Coupled with power bring oppression and injustice (3:6)•Pride robs Joy (5:9)•Pride makes everything a means to an end (5:13)

The Character of Pride

•Superiority vs Inferiority

The Deadliness of pride

The Deadliness of pride

The Deadliness of pride

Pride is hidden

3 major sins Lust - Materialism -Pride

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life —is not from the Father but is from the world. 1John 2:16

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Gen 3:6

The Deadliness of pride

Pride is hidden

Pride keeps us from repentance

The Deadliness of pride

Pride is hidden Pride keeps us from repentance

The Cure for pride

1. Haman plots against Mordecai and tells the King that there are people that disobey Him

2. Haman plans to Hang Mordecai 3. The king can’t sleeps and remembers what

Mordecai had done for him4. The king asks Haman what should be done to the

man the King delights to honor.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11

The Cure for pride

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11

Let us be Men and Woman The King Delights To Honor