TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN GOD (10 OF 12)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Acts 17:16-34
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Tomb of the Unknown God (10 of 12)
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 17:16-34
This week I received a link to an interview on the Voice of the Martyr radio w/ a missionary to Iran who shared an amazing story of the power/presence of God. B/c this missionary has a target on his back; they obscured his voice and changed his name to protect him. (play audio file)
We're in a series in Acts about the Unstoppable power of the H.S. in the life of the church and in every believer. In this study, we've again witnessed that the Christian life has never been nor will ever be a work of the human ability and ingenuity, but solely the work of the H.S. This truth was never more obvious than in the missionary journeys of Paul. As Paul made himself available to God, God worked thru him and his mates to see the church explode throughout the world. In every city they visited, just like in Iran today, the truth of Jesus was shared, the H.S. moved, and the church exploded. And as we've just heard, the same God who was moving in Acts then is still on the move today.
But are we experiencing Him or settling for some manmade religious experience that's safe, comfortable, and tame? I fear in the modern U.S. church, we've settled for the latter.
While we can stop in any of the cities where Paul stopped on His journeys, I want to take a few min. to revisit Athens.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue w/ both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, and in the marketplace day by day w/ those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate w/ him. Some of them asked, ''What is this babbler trying to say?'' Others remarked, ''He seems to be advocating foreign gods.'' They said this b/c Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, ''M ...
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 17:16-34
This week I received a link to an interview on the Voice of the Martyr radio w/ a missionary to Iran who shared an amazing story of the power/presence of God. B/c this missionary has a target on his back; they obscured his voice and changed his name to protect him. (play audio file)
We're in a series in Acts about the Unstoppable power of the H.S. in the life of the church and in every believer. In this study, we've again witnessed that the Christian life has never been nor will ever be a work of the human ability and ingenuity, but solely the work of the H.S. This truth was never more obvious than in the missionary journeys of Paul. As Paul made himself available to God, God worked thru him and his mates to see the church explode throughout the world. In every city they visited, just like in Iran today, the truth of Jesus was shared, the H.S. moved, and the church exploded. And as we've just heard, the same God who was moving in Acts then is still on the move today.
But are we experiencing Him or settling for some manmade religious experience that's safe, comfortable, and tame? I fear in the modern U.S. church, we've settled for the latter.
While we can stop in any of the cities where Paul stopped on His journeys, I want to take a few min. to revisit Athens.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue w/ both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, and in the marketplace day by day w/ those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate w/ him. Some of them asked, ''What is this babbler trying to say?'' Others remarked, ''He seems to be advocating foreign gods.'' They said this b/c Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, ''M ...
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