Pause for thought
The Athenian philosophers spent most days debating the newest ideas. When they discovered Paul they quickly brought him to the Areopagus (the Greek name given to a large space on Mars Hill) where debates took place, and civil and criminal courts also met.
The Epicureans philosopher believed that everything happened by chance. That death was followed by oblivion, that there were gods but they had no interest in or cared about humankind. That the chief aim of man was to live for pleasure. The Stoics believed that everything was God, that everything that happened was gods will, and must be accepted so we’re very disciplined.
Paul made their alter to the unknown God his starting point, he was reaching out to where they were! True they were religious but ignorant of the One True God. The beliefs of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers is not so different from the beliefs of many today, sadly dare I say both inside and outside some churches!
God does not live in a building made with hands. The church is not a building its people are! 17:24. God created everything and needs nothing, He sustains us we need Him, we don’t do good things to earn or keep our salvation 17:25. Every nationality shares the same blood, Every Christian is redeemed by the very same blood of Christ 17:26. It is only by the grace of God that we find Him, or rather are found by Him 17:27. Idols of gold or silver can never represent Gods divine nature. Repentance from wrong ideas about God is essential for salvation 17:30.
The day of judgement is coming. It is guaranteed by the raising of Jesus Christ from the dead 17:31.
Memory verse
For He has set a day for judging the world with justice by the Man He has appointed, and He proved to everyone who this is by raising Him from the dead. Acts 17:31 N.L.T.
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End Times Bible Truth with Robert Spiller 