10/04/2023
Acts 17:22-31
So Paul stood in the midst of the [a]Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and [b]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought. So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, because He has set a day on which He will judge [c]the world in righteousness [d]through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people [e]by raising Him from the dead.”
When Paul Entered Mars Hill and gazed upon the statues of mythical gods, he was given the opportunity to speak of Christ. In this, Paul was speaking of many idol gods and how they like to talk about them along with new things.
Today we unknowingly serve idol gods in the form of man when we put more thought on a specific person (preacher, prophet, angels, principalities and so on) and not on Christ and God the Father, we have created our personal Mars Hill and God fades off into the form of "THE UNKNOWN GOD" understanding the times is important but knowing understanding and our relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ is paramount. Stay focused on Christ and have a blessed day!!!