Esther 9:7-10 “They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.”
Major Ian Thomas, in his book ‘If I Perish, I Perish’ has something to say about Haman’s 10 sons and what it means for us. Here you go:
“I wonder if, as you have been reading these pages, some such thoughts as these have been passing through your mind -“I understand the picture quite clearly. Just as Haman was hanged upon the gallows, so in the purpose of God my old sinful nature was nailed to the cross with the Lord Jesus Christ -executed and buried. Now that Haman is hanged, however, is that the last that will ever be heard of him? “Does this mean that my old, sinful nature is wholly eradicated the moment I claim by faith my identity with Christ in death? Is the new Israel that Christ creates in me, never to be troubled again by the old Jacob; and is Peter never again to be confronted by Simon?” If this is what you have been thinking, then these are good questions, and I believe the answer is to be found quite easily… That’s the answer! Haman had ten sons!
You may die today to your own ability to put Haman into the place of death, thus allowing the Holy Spirit to celebrate in you the victory of the Lord Jesus, putting Haman on the cross – but this will not do for tomorrow! You will discover that Haman has ten sons. That is not all, for the Haman of your own heart not only has ten sons, but everyone of these ten sons has ten sons more! There is no climactic experience by which the evil influence of the flesh may be eradicated once and for all, though the flesh itself in its subtlety would like you to believe it – in the interests of its own self-preservation! Only be persuaded that the flesh no longer exists, and you are not likely to cause it any further inconvenience as it perpetuates its wicked activities in your soul. Nothing could please the devil more than that! Appropriation of the victory of Christ demands more than just one act of faith -it requires an attitude of faith. It is a moment-by- moment reckoning, and your reckoning for this moment is never adequate for the next. “Walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh” (Galatians 5: 16,17). Walking in the Spirit is a continuous process, one step at a time. It means that for every new situation into which every new step brings you, you must reckon positively with the Holy Spirit, to keep the flesh in the place of death. I want to emphasize the need to reckon positively, for we are not only to reckon ourselves “to be dead indeed unto sin,” but we are to reckon ourselves “alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6: 11). It is our enjoyment of the resurrection life of the Lord Jesus Christ, through reckoning positively with His presence, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. The surest way of reckoning yourself to be dead to sin (that old Adamic nature), is to reckon yourself alive in Jesus Christ and be utterly dependent upon Him. He then will take care of the consequences.”
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