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(:Let us go to the Scripture to see what 1s meant by the expression "Servant of God." It cannot be given the sole meaning which the Church of Rome attaches to it. In the Scripture we find the words,:)

All things serve God which do His will... God wills it that birds should exist till the end of the world; and so a bird builds a nest, lays eggs ami brings up little birds; in doing this it fulfills the will of God, and the bird is a "servant of God." It is God's will that men multiply by birth; therefore, when a woman bears the children of men, she does the will of God and is His servant. Good men and bad men do the will of God, some better, some worse. But how could that Pagan, the Emperor or Rome, the unfaithful idolater, the murderer and persecutor of the apostles and many faithful Christians, be called a servant of God? (:They who live by faith are the true servants of God. He is the sovereign of the world, ruling over peoples and kings:) The Scripture says: Psa. 119:90f,.

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