August 19- Review and Reflections
Today’s Bible Reading
Esther 4:1-7:10
1 Corinthians 12:1-26
Proverbs 21:21-22
Review and Reflections
1. Read Esther 4:1-17. Why did Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes?
When Esther was told about Mordecai she sent garments to him. When Mordecai would not accept the clothes, then Esther sent one of the king’s ____________________ to learn what and why this was.
Mordecai …
* told Hathach all that had happened to him, and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries to destroy the _____________.
* gave Hathach a copy of the written _____________ for the Jews destruction.
* instructed Hathach to show the decree to Esther and command her to go in to the __________ to make supplication to him and plead for her people.
Did Esther immediately do what was asked of her?
Mordecai sent word to Esther saying, “Do not think in your heart that you will ____________ in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and __________________ will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the ___________________ for such a time as this?”
2. Read Esther 5:1-14. On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. How did the king respond to seeing Esther?
At the banquet the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” What was Esther’s reply?
Haman went home and he sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh. Why?
What advice did his wife and his friends give him concerning Mordecai?
3. Read Esther 6:1-14. Why did the king have the book of the records of the chronicles read to him?
While listening to the reading, the king discovered that nothing was done to reward _____________________ for his part in saving his (the king’s) life.
What did the king ask Haman when he saw him?
Haman thought the king was talking about him so he said, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, let a ____________ ________ be brought which the king has worn, and a ____________ on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head. Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble _______________, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king ____________ to honor!’”
Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!” How did this make Haman feel?
4. Read Esther 7:1-10. At the banquet the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” What did Esther ask for this time?
Haman was _______________ When Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!”
What happened as Haman stood before Queen Esther pleading for his life?
The king thought Haman was assaulting Esther so they hung him on the gallows that he had prepared for __________________.
5. Read 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.No one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the ______________ _____________.
There are…
* diversities of _____________, but the same Spirit.
* differences of ministries, but the same ________________.
* diversities of activities, but it is the same God who ___________ all in all.
Why is the manifestation of the Spirit given?
List the nine gifts given by the Holy Spirit mentioned in these verses.
The Holy Spirit gives to each one individually as _______ wills.
6. Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-26. Concerning the body of Christ…
* We were all _________________ into one body by one Spirit.
* God has set the __________________, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
* There are many members, yet one __________.
* If one member suffers, all the members ______________.
* If one member is honored, all the members ________________.
7. Read Proverbs 21:21-22. A person who follows righteousness and ____________ finds life, righteousness and honor.
What is righteousness?
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