"In Him We Live, Move and Have Our Being"
“In Him We Live, Move and Have Our Being”
Blessings folk!
We learn more about idols and the true breath of life.
Paul was awaiting his associates.
He was in Athens.
He walked through the city giving attention to their idols.
He interacted with folk and was invited to speak to certain philosophers (Epicureans and Stoics) at the Areopagus.
Note what we learn about God.
Note what we learn about man.
Note what we learn about idols.
Acts 17
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
God:
- made the world
- Lord of heaven and earth
- does not dwell in temples made with hands
- not worshipped with man’s hands
- does not need anything
- gives breath and life to all things
- made of one blood all nations of men
- has determined appointed times
- determined the bounds of habitation…where man lives!
- Godhead
- not gold, silver, stone graven art, man’s device
Man:
- superstitious/religious
- ignorantly worship unknown gods
- should seek the Lord
- live, move and have our being in the Lord
- offspring of God
Idols:
- not God
- gold, silver, stone, graven art, man’s device
Reflect on this.
Does what we do as an individual Believer and as the Body of Christ reflect worship of God or worship of idols?
One wonders.
With the attention, time and resources that we give to…
- “the temples of god”
- to gold/silver, etc.
- to “helping God”
A strong case could be made that much of what we as Believers do in the “name of the Lord” is nothing but religious idolatry.
… to be continued