Paul in Athens

1. What fact about the city of Athens upset Paul?

 Athens was full of Idols.
 Paul was very angry because of the existence many altars
 Most of them is worshiping anything and everything except the ONE TRUE GOD.
2. What did Paul do about the situation in Athens?
 Paul held a theological discussions participated by the Jews, Epicurean's and the stoics.
 Paul seizes on a statue he had seen dedicated to an “unknown god”.
They thought Paul was talking about two new Gods
 Jesus and Resurrection
So they took Paul to the city council and asked him to explain what he was preaching.

Paul’s explanation
Notably, Paul takes a positive approach.
Paul seeks common ground.
 He commented on what he had seen in the city.
 He complimented them for being religious.
 He mentioned that one of their altars was dedicated ‘to an unknown God”

3. What was the first thing Paul said the Athenians about God?
God is creator
 He made the world and everything in it.
 He is Lord of heaven and earth. He wasn’t living in any of the temples the people of
Athens had built.
 He doesn’t need offerings and sacrifices because He is the ONE who gives life to
everyone on Earth.
GOD IS Sovereign

4. Where did all the races of men on earth come from?

God created all races from one man- ADAM
 He decided where each race should live.
 God decided what nationality we would be!
 He decided when we should live.
 What family we should be in.
 Because of the SIN of man, we are experiencing wars and famine among nations.
 quarrels and murders among individual
But God has not lost His control.
God had planned in His wisdom how the world will end.

Gods command to all people everywhere?

To turn away from our evil ways
 God has fixed a day when He will judge the whole world with justice.
 God will judge the world through Jesus Christ, whom He has raised from the dead.
 Each of us will stand before Jesus one day and give an account of how we have lived.

5. What was the different response to Paul’s message?

  Some people made fun of Paul.
 They wouldn’t believe that anyone could be raised from the dead.
 They didn’t want to face up to God’s command to repent.
 Others wanted to hear more.
 A few people believed his message, turn their evil ways to God and became Christians.

6. Why did God create men and fix the time and places where they would live?
 God wanted men to look for Him
 God wants men to know Him.
 He continually reveals Himself and His character.
 God doesn’t want men to worship “an unknown GOD”

So the way for us to know God personally is by finding out what he had revealed himself.

THREE THINGS GOD REVEALED ABOUT HIMSELF IN THIS INCEDENT IN ATHENS

 GOD IS OUR CREATOR
 GOD IS Sovereign
 God as our judge.