Acts 12:20-23 - Homilies By R.a. Redford

Judgment on the royal persecutor.

I. THE WORLDLY POLICY , AND WHAT IT LEADS TO . Idolatry. Blasphemy. The atmosphere of corruption attacks the vitals. The man lives in a moral pest-house. He himself is at last devoured by the filth of his own sins. Examples in all history. The French king in eighteenth century. Napoleon III .

II. THE CERTAINTY OF DIVINE PROTECTION . He takes away the evil man. He disperses the dark cloud. Blessed are those that wait on his will.—R.