1. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Areopagus Address
Know that God is
Know who God is
Know what God said

2. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know that God is - Acts 17:22,23
A matter of revelation and faith
Hebrews 11:6 ; John 1:18, 20:29
Biblical Evidence
External - Psalm19:1
Internal - Romans 1:19
Principle of cause and effect
Hebrews 3:4

3. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know that God is – (continued)
Disbelief in God is not intellectual and rational but moral and spiritual
Psalm 14:1
Romans 1:18-23
God not only exists but He can be known
Deut. 4:35 ; I Kings 8:41-43 ; Ps. 9:10 ; I Chron. 28:9 ; Jer. 9:24, 24:7, 31:34

4. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know who God is - Acts 17:24-29
Creator – (17:24a)
Paul’s upsetting truth
Epicureans – matter eternal/no creator
Stoics – all a part of God/ no creator
O.T. proof – Gen. 1:1 ; Ps. 146:5,6 ; Is. 40:28,45:18 ; Jer. 10:12, 32:17 ; Zech. 12:1
N.T. proof – Eph. 3:9 ; Col. 1:16 ; Rev. 4:11

5. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know who God is – (continued)
Ruler (17:24b)
“Lord of heaven and earth” - Psalm 24:1, Psalm 103:19
“temples made with hands” – Chron. 2:6, 6:18 ; Psalm 139:1-12
Giver (17:25)
“served by human hands” – Ps. 50:9-12
“ to all” – Ps. 104:14,15 ; Rom. 11:36

6. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know who God is – (continued)
Controller - (17:26)
“from one” - Adam
“appointed times” – Luke 21:24
“boundaries” – Deuteronomy 32:8

7. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know who God is – (continued)
Revealer – (17:27-29)
From greatest effect (universe) Back to first cause ( God )
“seek God”
“grope and find Him” conscience – Romans 2:14, physical world – Romans 1:18
“not far from us”
Evangelism starts & ends with Jesus

8. Knowing the Unknown Acts 17:16-33
Know what God said - Acts 17:30-31
A call to repentance
God has been patient
God commands repentance
God has appointed a day of reckoning
Proof to all men - The Resurrection!
Sneering
Politeness
Some believed