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Athens. Acts 17:16-34 Athens. The world we all know v16-21 a city full of idols. Acts 17:16-34 Athens. The world we all know v16-21 a city full of idols
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Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 a city full of idols
Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 a city full of idols Tim Keller: Idolatry is anything I look at and say, "If I have that, my life has value." Anything that is so central to your life that you feel you can't live without it is an idol. Idolatry is making a good thing an ultimate thing.
Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 The Gospel we all believe v22-31 God is Creator, Jesus is risen and returning Wrong about God
Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 The Gospel we all believe v22-31 God is Creator, Jesus is risen and returning • Wrong about God The Creator God provides for us & our needs, we depend on Him, He does not depend on us • Wrong about humanity
Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 The Gospel we all believe v22-31 God is Creator, Jesus is risen and returning • Wrong about God • Wrong about humanity So: 1. We’ll engage with idolatry today 2. We’ll speak about Jesus - risen
Acts 17:16-34 Athens The world we all know v16-21 The Gospel we all believe v22-31 The responses we all get v32-34 • some mocked • others wanted to hear Paul again • some joined & believed The Gospel divides and saves – in Athens