– – – From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries. Acts 17:26 (ASV) , having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; (BBE) …
Paul's Speech To The Areopagus Gems
Bible Gem 1729 – Playing Touchy-Feely-Hide-and-Seek With God (Acts 17:27)
“His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and exist. (Acts 17:27-28) What interesting words! What does …
Bible Gem 1730 – “In God and In Christ” – God’s Requirements (Acts 17:27-30)
If God is close / or not far from any one of us; every single person on earth – then how is it hard for us to find Him? Isn’t there a touch of irony about this? The “us” that Paul is referring to are …
Bible Gem 1731 – Paul’s Speech to the Areopagus – What was Not Said (Acts 17:27-31)
Paul uses their own Stoic poet as proof that they know something about this Unknown God. That is, this concept is not totally out of the blue to them. However, his prod to the members of the Areopagus who represent their citizens is that they …