Signed, Sealed, And Delivered

Introduction – The Victory Is Not in Doubt

We’ve walked with Esther from fear to favor, from risk to reward, from prayer to power.

We saw a little orphan girl rise to become a queen.

We saw Haman hang on the gallows he built for someone else.

We’ve watched the story turn.

Now, in chapter 8, something remarkable happens—the enemy is dead, but the decree still stands.

Haman’s gone, but the law he wrote remains in effect.

The king’s ring may have changed hands, but the words have not yet been overturned.

You see, victory in the Spirit doesn’t mean the fight is over.

Sometimes the devil is defeated, but his paperwork still clutters the system!

It takes the authority of the King’s ring to reverse what’s been written.

>> The Ring of Reversal

Esther 8:1 says,

“That same day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king.”

Then verse 2 adds,

“The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai.”

Look at that transfer!

The ring that sealed death now seals life.

The authority that once empowered evil now enforces good.

That’s the gospel, church!

At Calvary, Jesus took back the ring.

He stripped hell of its authority and placed the seal of heaven on His people.

Colossians 2:15 says, “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

When Jesus rose, the ring changed hands.

He said, “All authority in heaven and earth is given to Me.”

And then He said, “Go.”

We don’t fight for victory—we fight from victory.

>> The Counter-Decree

Esther fell at the king’s feet, weeping, pleading that the evil decree be reversed.

And the king said,

“Write another decree in the king’s name, in behalf of the Jews, as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s ring.”

What the king was saying was this: You can’t erase the old decree—but you can override it with a greater one.

Oh, hallelujah!

That’s exactly what the cross did.

The wages of sin was death—that decree was sealed.

But Jesus wrote a new decree in His own blood—“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”

Satan’s law said, “You’re guilty.”

Grace’s decree says, “You’re forgiven.”

The enemy’s law said, “You’re bound.”

Heaven’s decree says, “Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.”

You can’t stop the old law from existing—but you can live under a higher one!

>> The Riders Sent Out

Esther 8:14 says,

“So the couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, pressed on by the king’s command.”

When God gives a decree, He doesn’t send it by camel—He sends it by courier of fire!

These riders carried the message of deliverance to every province in the empire.

Church, we are those couriers now!

We ride with the message of the King—deliverance through Jesus Christ!

Everywhere we go, we announce:

“The law of sin and death has been overturned by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus!”

It’s time to saddle up, saints.

The world needs to hear that the decree has changed!

>> From Fear to Joy

Esther 8:16 says,

“The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.”

The same people who once mourned now celebrated.

The same streets that echoed with fear now rang with laughter.

And it wasn’t because their circumstances had vanished—it was because their authority had changed.

When the church understands who she is, joy breaks out again.

The world can’t manufacture that joy; it can’t sell it, can’t fake it, can’t steal it.

It comes from knowing that your name is written under the new decree of grace.

Nehemiah said, “The joy of the Lord is your strength.”

When hell tries to wear you down, remember who signed your papers.

>> The Feast of Victory

Esther 9:22 says,

“As the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy and from mourning into a holiday.”

They called it Purim—the feast of lots.

It was a yearly reminder that God turns the dice of chance into the plan of destiny.

Every year, the people celebrated not just survival but triumph.

God doesn’t want you living in survival mode.

He didn’t bring you this far to barely make it.

He wants you to walk in victory, joy, and celebration.

We don’t just remember the cross—we celebrate the empty tomb!

We don’t just mourn what the enemy tried—we rejoice in what God accomplished!

>> A Call to Courage

Victory didn’t make Esther complacent; it made her courageous.

She and Mordecai continued to write, to proclaim, to establish what God had done.