Acts 12:20-24
20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country. 21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
People such as those in Tyre and Sidon make political alliances and lift up leaders like Herod, but here the adulation of the ruler became worship as a god. The living God sent an angel to cut him down to prove otherwise. But God's word of life grew even more and more as the truth and true worship spread to many. So now people put trust in political chariots and horses, even angrily defending the ones they worship, but God's people trust Him above all others. We obey the rulers, but trust and worship God alone.
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