The Unknown God

The apostle Paul went to Athens, as recorded in Acts chapter 17, and found a lot of idol worshipping going on.  It is interesting to note how Paul taught these people about the real God.

"Men of Athens I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

                            TO THE UNKNOWN GOD

Therefore, the One whom you worship with out knowing, Him I proclaim to you:  God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.  Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' 

Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising.  Truly, these time of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent...."

Even today, people worship everything but the one true God.  And many of those who claim to be religious do not truly know God.  We also see a large portion of the people of the world, and certainly in our country, not believing that there is a god at all. 

Those of us who are believers must be sure that we are clear as to who God is.  I like the verse in Hebrews 11:6, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is , and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."

Let us diligently seek Him.....and know that He rewards His people.

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