Homilist Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Observe here three things concerning God's true servants. I. THEIR ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 1. A practical consciousness of God's absolute claim to our being. "Whose I am." I am not the proprietor, but the trustee of myself. 2. A constant working out of God's will in our being. "Whom I serve." II. THEIR HIGH PRIVILEGE. What is that? Communication from the heavenly Father. "There stood by me this night the angel of God." III. THEIR SOCIAL VALUE. "God hath given thee all them that sail with thee." Paul was the temporal saviour of all on board. The world is preserved for the sake of the good. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,WEB: For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve, |
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