133 Exposing Impostors

Acts 12:19-25; 13:1-12, TBC Book Two, Chapter 133
Already the famine was having an impact, and the people of Tyre and Sidon realized they needed a strategy for dealing with King Herod Agrippa. The coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon depended on grain from Galilee—located in Herod’s domain of Judea. Previously their leaders had quarreled with Herod. But now, to avoid having their food supply cut off, they knew they must make peace with him, and they knew who could assist them.

Blastus, a trusted attendant to the king, agreed to help them obtain a hearing for their appeal. Perhaps the meeting could take place during the festival in honor of Claudius Caesar.

On that day, Herod was sitting on his throne, wearing a silver robe that dazzled in the sunlight. So when he began his speech, the people seized their opportunity and played to his ego.

“This is the voice of a god, not a man!” one man called out. Others shouted in agreement. Soon many lauded Herod, as if he were a god.

Herod loved it. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 133, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: The devil’s agenda calls for deceit, masked in spiritual counterfeits—the blind leading the blind, both destined to fall.
     A promise to cling to: “Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.” 1 John 3:7-10 NIV
     A praise to fill you: You Are God Alone  Phillips, Craig, and Dean     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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