Knowing God | Acts 17:17-23 | 08-17-2025 | Pastor Joe
Jesus is Coming Back to Rule & Reign on Mt. Zion | Until Then We Must Occupy | Harvest is Plentiful & the Workers Are Few | God Wants a Personal Relationship With Us | Not Checking the Boxes Being Focused on Works | But To Spend Time with Him & Know Him Better | Pray | Come Before the Throne of Grace to Obtain Mercy | Paul in Athens was Stirred Up Seeing All the Pagan gods & goddesses & their Statues | It Grieved Paul So Much He Couldn't Wait for His Brothers in Christ but Had to Speak | Paul Reasoned in Synagogue & Market Place | God Put People in Our Lives on Purpose | Be Open to His Call | Not to Be BUSY - Be Under Satan's Yoke | Walk in Wisdom Toward the Ones Outside the Church | Redeem the Time | Epicurean & Stoic Philosophers Thought Paul Speaking Empty Words without Substance | Epicureans Lived for Pleasure Seeking New Experiences = Enjoyed Life | Stoics Believed Everything Happens by Faith & Emotionlessly Endured Life | The Philosophers Wanted to Understand Paul's New Doctrine Invited Him to Aeropagus | Hill of Ares - the god of War & Courage - or Known as Mars Hill | Where Advisory Council of Athens Met | Athenians Spent Their Time Discussing Various Matters | Empty Intellectual Stimulation | Paul Addressed Them "I Perceive You Are Very Religious People" | He Had Wisdom of God Using the Situation in Positive Way Connecting with Them | Don't Tell People What They Are Not Doing Well or Be Confrontational Beating Them Over Their Heads | Jesus Was Relating with the Woman at the Well Finding Common Ground | Find Something You Agree On | Ask God to Open the Door | Religion = To Bind | Meet People Right Where They Are At | Many Know of God but Don't Have Relationship with Him | Poll in UK Shows Increase in Belief in God in Young People Ages 18-24 | From 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 | Be Aware Young People Today are Seeking God | Uneasiness of AI Development & Coming Control of Digital Currency | Be Ready to Step in & Witness to Them Jesus | Paul Brought Up Seeing an Altar to an Unknown God Among the 30,000 gods They Worshipped | "Him I Proclaim to You" | Agnostos = to Not Know or Ignorant | Paul Knew This Unknown God Personally - His Name is Jesus Who Rose from the Dead | Lovingly Introduce People to Jesus Who Loves Them & Died for Them | Who Changed Our Life | Your Sin Separates You from Holy God | Jesus Transforms Us & Connects Us with God | Old Things Passed Away Everything Becomes New | God Spoke Stars to Existence & Named Each of Them | He is on the Throne & in Control | That I May Know Him & Fellowship in His Suffering | Spend Time with Him in His Word to Know Him Personally | Ginosko = Know by Experience | Eido = Know by Seeing | Those Born of Holy Spirit Should Be Different for Others to See | What Fruit Are You Bearing | Don't Be Comfortable in Your Sin Not to Hear One Day: Depart from Me for I Never Knew You | God Loves You | Cross of Calvary Bridged the Gap Separating Us from God | Don't Carry the Burden Alone | Be Filled with Holy Spirit | Paul Found a Way to Communicate on Common Ground with Those in Athens | May We Be Used for His Glory | We Must Decrease He Must Increase |
Acts 17:17-23 | Psalm 14 | Colossians 4:5 | Philippians 3:10 |
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