Sermon preview, week of October 21, 2026
Come To Jesus: On Jealousy
This Sunday’s order
- Sunday
- Reading
- Esther 5:9-14
- Preaching
- Kendall Ellis
This is a sermon preview for Sunday, October 25, 2026.
Preaching: Rev. Kendall Ellis.
The readingEsther 5:9-14
“But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.” — Esther 5:9-14
Read Esther 5:9-14
9That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai. 10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh, 11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants. 12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king. 13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” 14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.”
The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain
Jealousy. Envy. You can be standing blessed and steaming because all you can see is what someone else has. The Old Testament book of Esther tells of a man named Haman who leaves a banquet “happy and in high spirits.” That is, until he passes Mordecai at the king’s gate, and suddenly his mood comes crashing down. Paul gives us a cure to jealousy in one of his letters in the New Testament. His message is that, in the body of Christ, the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you.” Each of us is fearfully and wonderfully made, and serve with unique gifts for God’s good purpose. This week, Jesus’ invitation to life looks like contentment. Our time of practical application and prayer will focus on celebrating one another’s gifts and confessing our habit of comparison.
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