• The Witness in Thessalonica – Act 17:9
  • The city
    • The capital of Macedonia
    • A busy commercial metropolis
  • The content of the witness – Act 17:3
    • The deity of Christ
    • The death of Christ
    • The resurrection of Christ
  • The result of the witness
    • Many believed – Act 17:4
    • Many opposed – Act 17:5-9
    • Paul and Silas leave
• The Witness in Berea – Act 17:10-13
  • The immediate response – Act 17:11
    • The reception of the Word
    • The readiness of the mind
    • The research of the people
      • Examining Scripture daily
      • To find the truth
  • The result – Act 17:13-14
    • Many believed
    • Many opposed
• The Witness in Athens – Act 17:14-34
  • The city - famous for art, philosophy, and religions
  • The home of the Stoics and the Epicureans, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
    • The Stoics - Pantheists - followers of Zeno, believing that everything is God
    • The Epicureans - Atheists - denied God’s existence and anything after death
  • Paul’s message on Mars Hill – Act 17:16-34
    • The background
      • The philosophical debates
      • The pagan city
      • The stirring of Paul’s spirit to teach
    • The content – Act 17:22-31
      • The introduction
        • He commends their religious pursuit
        • He observes their altar
        • He identifies their “unknown god” (daimon)
      • The thesis – Act 17:22-29
        • The nature of God
        • God is Creator – Act 17:24-25
        • God is universally sovereign – Act 17:26
          • Does not dwell in buildings
          • Man cannot worship what man can make
          • God directs the destiny of men and nations
      • The application
        • An appeal to forsake idolatry – Act 17:29
        • A plea to repent – Act 17:30-31
          • The urgency – now
          • The imperative – God commands it
          • The universality – men everywhere
          • The reality
            • God has appointed a day of judgment
            • The standard of God’s judgment is righteousness
            • The righteousness demanded is the righteousness of Christ
            • The assurance is the fact of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
    • The result
      • Some mocked
      • Some wavered
      • Some believed
      • Paul departed

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