JESUS IN A TOLERANT CULTURE (2 OF 2)
by Doug Tegner
Scripture: ACTS 17:24-34
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Jesus in a Tolerant Culture (2 of 2)
Doug Tegner
Acts 17:24-34
World is talking about Jesus…everyone has an opinion!
1 Passion of Christ
2 Newsweek
3 Time
LAST WEEK
Realities of a "Tolerant" Culture - 17:16-21
Prepare Yourself – vs. 16
- Take Notice
- Understand the Climate
- Stir to Action
Engage Personally – vs. 17
- Reason with the Spiritually Sensitive
- Dialogue with the “Intellectuals”
- Anticipate Personal Attacks
Expect Resistance – vs. 18-19
- Epicureans – atheists; deny supernatural
- Stoics – fatalists; mind, not emotions
- The Gospel of will be Resisted
- The Resurrection is Strange to most Hearers
Window of Opportunity – vs. 20-21
- When someone asks, “what do you mean?”
Challenging a “Tolerant” Culture – 17:22-28
Build a Bridge – vs. 22-23
- Identify Spiritual Interest
- Point Out Spiritual Confusion – “unknown god”
- Speak with Courage and Confidence
Continue the story of Paul challenging people in secular society
Introduce the One True God – vs. 24-28
People today have the strangest ideas about God!
The gospel makes no sense to many who are ignorant of God
We want to jump too fast to asking people to respond to the gospel
But the gospel of Christ is rooted in the NATURE and WILL of GOD.
Paul takes a proactive approach to introduce the true God
- Clarify God’s Nature
He knew what their misunderstanding of God was
Paul brought out specific traits of God that countered their error
- Correct Misconceptions
God is the Creator – vs. 24
God is the MAKER (not the made; not CARVED)
He does not live in temples made with hands.
Common to hear: Yeah…I should go to church to figure this out
God is before Time
BEFORE time – Eternal; precedes people, animals
OUTSIDE of matter – Not part of the creation
God is Spirit
SPIRIT and INFINITE – does not live in temples
GOD is not PROJECTION of man…made in his image.
God is Self Sufficient – vs. 25
GOD IS THE GIVER (NOT THE TAKER, RECEIVER ...
Doug Tegner
Acts 17:24-34
World is talking about Jesus…everyone has an opinion!
1 Passion of Christ
2 Newsweek
3 Time
LAST WEEK
Realities of a "Tolerant" Culture - 17:16-21
Prepare Yourself – vs. 16
- Take Notice
- Understand the Climate
- Stir to Action
Engage Personally – vs. 17
- Reason with the Spiritually Sensitive
- Dialogue with the “Intellectuals”
- Anticipate Personal Attacks
Expect Resistance – vs. 18-19
- Epicureans – atheists; deny supernatural
- Stoics – fatalists; mind, not emotions
- The Gospel of will be Resisted
- The Resurrection is Strange to most Hearers
Window of Opportunity – vs. 20-21
- When someone asks, “what do you mean?”
Challenging a “Tolerant” Culture – 17:22-28
Build a Bridge – vs. 22-23
- Identify Spiritual Interest
- Point Out Spiritual Confusion – “unknown god”
- Speak with Courage and Confidence
Continue the story of Paul challenging people in secular society
Introduce the One True God – vs. 24-28
People today have the strangest ideas about God!
The gospel makes no sense to many who are ignorant of God
We want to jump too fast to asking people to respond to the gospel
But the gospel of Christ is rooted in the NATURE and WILL of GOD.
Paul takes a proactive approach to introduce the true God
- Clarify God’s Nature
He knew what their misunderstanding of God was
Paul brought out specific traits of God that countered their error
- Correct Misconceptions
God is the Creator – vs. 24
God is the MAKER (not the made; not CARVED)
He does not live in temples made with hands.
Common to hear: Yeah…I should go to church to figure this out
God is before Time
BEFORE time – Eternal; precedes people, animals
OUTSIDE of matter – Not part of the creation
God is Spirit
SPIRIT and INFINITE – does not live in temples
GOD is not PROJECTION of man…made in his image.
God is Self Sufficient – vs. 25
GOD IS THE GIVER (NOT THE TAKER, RECEIVER ...
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