ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE GOD

 

ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE GOD

Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage. NLT

Haman was the prime minister in King Xerxes’ kingdom. It was a vast kingdom and the most powerful one on earth at the time. Haman was highly feared and respected throughout the land and people were expected to bow before him wherever he went.

Mordecai was a Jew and would not bow before him. He was devoted to God and bowed only to Him. Mordecai did not fear Haman or any other man. He only feared God. This did not sit well with Haman. He let his position go to his head and believed that he deserved to be treated as someone special. When someone did not treat him as special, he went into a rage.

No one deserves to be put on a pedestal or treated better than others. No one. We are all created equal by God. In Christ, no one has any better standing before God than anyone else. No one has any right to lord it over another.

We are to treat one another with love and respect. We have no right to look down on anyone or think we are better than anyone. It is sin to put ourselves above another and God holds us accountable for it.