“‘. . . because he (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man (Jesus) whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead’” (Acts 17:31 ESV). Father, as Scripture teaches, You gave up Your only begotten Son […]
View More“Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent . . .’” (Acts 17:29, 30 ESV) Father, help us to […]
View More“‘In him [God] we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your [Athens] own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring’” (Acts 17:28 ESV). Holy Lord, You are Father of the creation of heaven and earth. We long to bow before You in humble service. Please help us in our […]
View More“And he [God] made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of […]
View More“‘The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything’” (Acts 17:24, 25 ESV). Father in heaven, Paul speaks […]
View More“So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim […]
View More“And they [philosophers] took him [Paul] and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, ‘May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean’” (Acts 17:19, 20 ESV). Father, this is such a wonderful example of people seeking […]
View More“Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him [Paul]. And some said, ‘What does this babbler wish to say?’ Others said, ‘He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities’—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection” (Acts 17:18 ESV). Father, making fun of Paul is suffering for righteous sake. How often are […]
View More“Now while Paul was waiting for them [Timothy & Silas] at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there” (Acts 17:16, […]
View More“The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, with not […]
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