Apostolic Pastor., K. Gerok Acts 7:30-34 And when forty years were expired… I. ITS NATURE. 1. It was not slavish fear. 2. But pious humility. How good is it for a teacher, who must so often stand upon holy ground, to experience this trembling, not only at the commencement, but during the continuance of his ministry. II. ITS EFFECTS. This filial fear and reverence will be — 1. A barrier by which useless words, vain gestures, and other sinful things will be prevented. 2. An incentive to speak and act as before God, in God, and from God. (Apostolic Pastor.) Put off thy shoes. — An exhortation to put off earthly stains and conceited pride in the presence of God. 1. For ministers, in the study and in the pulpit. 2. For hearers in their church-going and at worship. (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. |
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