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

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

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

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

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” – 2 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

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

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 2:14,15 physical world – Romans 1:18 “not far from us” Evangelism starts & ends with Jesus

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