Acts 17:22,23,30
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I
perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and
beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN
GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. And the
times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where
to repent: The men in Athens loved to discuss things. But they also loved
to argue. Some people like to learn things, but some people just like to argue.
They don’t want to find a way to agree with you, they want to find a way to
disagree with you. The men of Athens had many, many gods. They had so many gods
that they even had an idol to the Unknown god, just in case they had left one
god out. But Paul took the opportunity to declare to them about the God whom
they did not know. Paul told them that up until that day, they hadn’t known
about this Unknown God. But now Paul was telling them about God. So now He was
not the Unknown God. Now they knew about Him. Once you know the truth, then you are responsible. You are more
responsible than the boys on your baseball team because you know about God. You
are more responsible than the girls on your gymnastic team because you know
about God. Now you know! So now you
must obey God and be a witness for Him.
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