The Gospel is a timeless message that we can share in timely ways. Seeing people with God’s eyes. Acts 17:16 [16] Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. Engaging people in God’s world. Acts 17:17-19 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? Sharing with people God’s message. Find similarities, not differences. Acts 17:22-23 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. Who is God? Acts 17:.24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, Who is Man? Acts 17:25-29 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. What is wrong? Acts 17:30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, What’s the solution? Acts 17:31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” Now Playing Movies: Week 1 - Creed 3 Week 2 - Jesus Revolution Week 3 - Super Mario Brothers Week 4 - Wonka Sign-up for Discovering Life (Membership Class) (2/25): https://lp.life/PlainCityDL2024 Interested in getting Baptized? https://lp.life/LPPCBaptism24 Night of Worship - Feb. 18th Discovering Life - Feb. 25th