PROCLAIM HIS WORD!

When Paul and his companions… came to Thessalonica… on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women. —Acts 17:1-4

Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men. —Acts 17:10-13

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus…  I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.  “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’  “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”  When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” At that, Paul left the Council. Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others. —Acts 17:16-33

             When Paul spoke to various groups of people, he included—

• Explanation about the messiah
• Proof that the Messiah had to suffer
• Proof that the Messiah had to rise from the dead
• Proclamation that Jesus was the Messiah
• The God who made the world and everything in it
• The God who is the Lord of heaven and earth
• The God who does not live in temples made by human hands
• The God who is not served by human hands
• The God who does not need anything
• The God who gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
• The God who, from one man, made all nations
• The God who made nations to inhabit the whole earth
• The God who appointed the times in history nations would exist
• The God who appointed the boundaries of the nations
• The God who desires people to seek Him
• The God who desires people to reach out to Him
• The God who desires people to find Him
• The God who is not far from any one of us
• The God in which we live
• The God in which we move
• The God in which we have our being
• The God whose offspring we are
• The God who is not like gold, silver or stone
• The God who is not an image made by human design and skill.
• The God who once overlooked such ignorance
• The God who now commands all people to repent
• The God who has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed.
• The God who has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.

What was the result when Paul brought this message to them?

• Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
• As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
• Others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
• Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

May we, brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, be faithful in bringing the Message to others as Paul was.  Yes, Dear Father, may this be so by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Son Jesus for Your honor and glory and for the benefit of others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdaEPkdNDyg&list=RDLdaEPkdNDyg&start_radio=1