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Acts 17:22-31

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22 So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of 1Athens, I observe that you are very 2religious in all respects.
23 "For while I was passing through and examining the 3objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what 4you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
24 "5The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is 6Lord of heaven and earth, does not 7dwell in temples made with hands;
25 nor is He served by human hands, 8as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
26 and 9He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having 10determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, 11though * He is not far from each one of us;
28 for 12in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'
29 "Being then the children of God, we 13ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.
30 "Therefore having 14overlooked 15the times of ignorance, God is 16now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
31 because He has fixed 17a day in which 18He will judge 19the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has 20appointed, having furnished proof to all men by 21raising Him from the dead."

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The Gospel Part 2b
The Gospel Part 2b
Pastor Mike Fabarez

Have you ever read or heard something out of the proper context, and so you arrived at the wrong conclusion? Many people do that with the Gospel, as they don’t really understand its context. That can lead to real problems. Today on Focal Point, Pastor Mike Fabarez returns to his series on the Gospel, and continues to point us to the character of God. We saw last time that God is our creator and so we are accountable to Him. Now we must acknowledge that God is holy and requires holiness of us. Not only that, He’s just and loving too. That’s the important prelude to the Gospel that we’ve got to come to grips with, even before we talk about the Gospel.

Cross References 21

  • 1. Acts 17:15
  • 2. Acts 25:19
  • 3. 2 Thessalonians 2:4
  • 4. John 4:22
  • 5. Isaiah 42:5; Acts 14:15
  • 6. Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 115:16; Matthew 11:25
  • 7. 1 Kings 8:27; Acts 7:48
  • 8. Job 22:2; Psalms 50:10-12
  • 9. Malachi 2:10
  • 10. Deuteronomy 32:8; Job 12:23
  • 11. Deuteronomy 4:7; Jeremiah 23:23; Acts 14:17
  • 12. Job 12:10; Daniel 5:23
  • 13. Isaiah 40:18f; Romans 1:23
  • 14. Acts 14:16; Romans 3:25
  • 15. Acts 17:23
  • 16. Luke 24:47; Acts 26:20; Titus 2:11
  • 17. Matthew 10:15
  • 18. Psalms 9:8; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; John 5:22, 27; Acts 10:42
  • 19. Matthew 24:14; Acts 17:6
  • 20. Luke 22:22
  • 21. Acts 2:24

Footnotes 5

  • [a] Or "the Council of the Areopagus"
  • [b] Lit "are"
  • [c] Lit "the inhabited earth"
  • [d] Lit "by" or "in"
  • [e] Or "when He raised"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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