Approval Appeal
And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Acts 12:3 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/act.12.3.NKJV Most times, the unruly exercise of authority and the misuse of positions represents an indirect expression of the problem of approval syndrome. Like the appeal for political approval led Herod into an aggressive persecution of Christians or the Apostles of Christ, many are often ignorant of their loss of pride in self-identity. Every action and inaction of man that is motivated by a misplacement of pleasing someone else, at the expense of the will of God, is a loss of proper identity and the purpose for living. If Herod had understood the divine purpose for occupying the political office, he would have disregarded the search for approval appeal from the Jews. No one can overspend in a search for the security in divine approval, especially when the penalty for the approval appeal from man leave...