October 24, 2025
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Reading along with us in 1 Kings and Acts? Here’s today’s reading:
Acts 17 (NIV)
In Thessalonica
1 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,……Continue Reading
Wherever the gospel is preached, opposition is sure to follow, but Paul is undaunted in continuing on and presenting the truth of Jesus wherever he can gain an audience. May we do the same and recognize that to some we will be the fragrance of life and to others, the fragrance of death. May we also be like the Bereans who search the Scriptures to learn the truth of God ourselves rather than just depending on what is taught. And I just love how Paul caters his message to his audience. He speaks to the Greeks and points to God as creator and the God they worship without realizing it. And to the Jews, he reasons from the Scriptures and their history to make his point. To me we should also be attempting to start where people are and then bring them to where they need to be. A good example of this is Paul calling them religious, but then showing that there religion is misplaced.
Acts 17
Powerful words from Paul in Athens.
This line “so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city” struck me so funny and so sadly true as I read this. How easy it is for people to get others riled up against something. Man is eager to follow and be accepted by people and so too often we see people jump on board with something they would never otherwise do or believe to become a part of the crowd. After Charlie Kirk’s assasination you watched video of people cheering for murder and death! No one in any normal, moral thought process would jeer for murder and yet that herd mentality gave them cause to do just that. We should expect to see opposition whenever we are sharing the truth of the gospel. Satan loves to “round up the troops” and try to stop us so we must be bold and we must be courageous like the men we read about in Acts!
Acts 17
“I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So, you are ignorant of the very thing you worship.” I know many people who say their life is guided by the “god of the universe”. And who is this unknown god? I have no clue! I wonder why they believe in something that has no record of its history, no proof of its validity, and no witness to its existence. But the God I know absolutely does!
Couldn’t agree more, Shelly!
Acts 17
Acts 17
Paul “reads the room” quite effectively, relaying the gospel in a manner geared to those present.