Genesis 13; Matthew 12; Nehemiah 2; Acts 12 IT IS WORTH COMPARING THE TWO italicized passages (Neh. 2; Acts 12:1–19). The same God is behind both situations, of course. In both situations, a lone servant of God faces the challenge of building up and strengthening God’s people in the teeth of opposition from some pretty hostile customers. Both men are in danger, in part for political reasons, though Peter’s danger is the more immediate. Both are unflinching in their loyalty to the living
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