No King but God!

We live in a world that seems in many ways to be out of control.
There is a lot of frightening stuff happening in our personal lives, and all around us. We just need to watch the daily news, read our newspapers, or become aware of confusing circumstances in our own lives and the lives of those we love.
Sunday we will look at a story that happened in the early New Testament church. This Biblical account has a wonderful teaching for us that reminds us that God is still in control in our world and that He will workout His plan and His will even if it does not align with our thoughts.
One family stands out in the New Testament as a particularly cruel, and representative of the powers of darkness. It is the family of Herod. It was one of the Herod’s who had the children of Bethlehem murdered while trying to kill Jesus who had been born, he was called Herod the Great. What a misnomer that is! He was so cruel that he not only murdered the children of Bethlehem but he also executed one of his wives, and three of his sons. Now Herod Agrippa in Acts 12 is the grandson of that Herod the Great (Terrible).
Though Herod attended the Passover – he celebrated by executing James and imprisoning Peter – hardly a festival in the Jewish sense.
Sunday we will see how God’s strength is exercised – we will also be reminded that there is no King but God and no god but God!