ACT ON THE OBVIOUS EVIDENCE!
ACT ON THE OBVIOUS EVIDENCE!
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. And he 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, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ 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, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” —Acts 17:24-31
Here are a few things we learn from this passage—
- God made the world
- God made everything in it
- God is Lord of heaven and earth
- God does not live in temples made by man
- God is not served by human hands
- God does not need anything
- God gives mankind life
- God gives breath to mankind
- God gives mankind everything
- God made every nation from one man
- God determines the times when man/nations will exist
- God determines the boundaries of where man/nations will exist
- God does these things so man should seek Him
- God desires man move toward Him
- God desires that man find Him
- God is not far from any of us
- God give life
- God gives us movement
- God enables our very being
- God is quoted by a Greek poet as he understood “we are indeed his offspring
- God is not like gold
- God is not like silver
- God is not like stone
- God is not an image of art
- God is not an image of man’s imagination
- God will not overlook the times of ignorance
- God commands people everywhere to repent
- God has fixed a day He will judge the world in righteousness
- God’s judge is His Son who rose from the dead
There is no excuse not to believe (Romans 1:18-20). Dear Father, if any are reading this that do not know Jesus, may they call on His Name today by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Yes, may it be so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWYSyDZYIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD6khv6pGkw&t=17s