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God’s Word for You – Acts 17:29-31 The Athenian Catechism (part 4)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:29-31 With these three verses, Paul completes his “Athenian Catechism.” In the fourth part (verse 29) he draws a conclusion, what he has proved about God and God’s nature. In the fifth part (verses 30-31) he proclaims what God wants and what God offers. 29 Since we are God’s offspring, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:26-28 The Athenian Catechism (part 3)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:26-28 The third part of Paul’s “Athenian Catechism” is: What God has done. 26 He made every nation of mankind from one man. This first act of God, a thought so despised by the ignorance of modern man, is a key teaching, not only of the creative act of God, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:24-25 The Athenian Catechism (part 2)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:24-25 Paul is preaching a sermon I like to call “The Athenian Catechism.” He has begun with a natural first part, “Who God Is.” The third point under this part is a simple statement about God the Father: 24 The God who made the world and everything in it is […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:22-23 The Athenian Catechism (part 1)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:22-23 THE ATHENIAN CATECHISM 22 So Paul stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked along and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:19-21 The door
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:19-21 19 Then they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.” 21 (All the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:17-18 The babbler
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:17-18 17 So he began by reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. The plan, it seems, was for Paul to stay in Athens and wait for the other missionaries to arrive. Paul […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:16 Idols
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:16 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he became very upset when he saw that the city was full of idols. It’s no understatement to say that Athens was “full of idols.” Ancient reports of the city from before and after Paul’s time say that practically every […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:13-15 Athens
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:13-15 13 When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The brothers sent Paul immediately to the seacoast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. Just as had happened in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:10-12 Bereans
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:10-12 10 Right away that night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Bereans were more noble than the Thessalonians. They received the message with great eagerness, and they examined the Scriptures every day to see: […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:5-9 Christ our King
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:5-9 5 But the Jews were jealous. They grabbed some marketplace loafers, wicked men. Having formed a mob, they started a riot in the city. They attacked the house of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. 6 And when they couldn’t […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:3-4 Jesus is the Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:3-4 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead. He said, “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 4 Some of them were persuaded. They joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:1-2 Paul and the Thessalonians
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:1-2 Chapter 17 sees Paul travel south from Macedonia into Achaia or southern Greece. Following persecution in Thessalonica and Berea, Paul arrives in Athens, the center of Greek culture. While there, Paul will preach the second great missionary sermon we have from him (the first was in Pisidian Antioch, Acts […]
