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<title>Blue Letter Bible - Commentaries - Bill Acton</title>
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The Witness in Thessalonica – <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Act',17,9);">Act 17:9</a>
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The city
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The capital of Macedonia
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A busy commercial metropolis
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The content of the witness – <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Act',17,3);">Act 17:3</a>
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The deity of Christ
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The death of Christ
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The resurrection of Christ
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The result of the witness
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Many believed – <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Act',17,4);">Act 17:4</a>
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Many opposed – <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'5-9');">Act 17:5-9</a>
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Paul and Silas leave
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The Witness in Berea – <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'10-13');">Act 17:10-13</a>
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The immediate response – <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Act',17,11);">Act 17:11</a>
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The reception of the Word
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The readiness of the mind
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The research of the people
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Examining Scripture daily
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To find the truth
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The result – <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Act',17,13,14);">Act 17:13-14</a>
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Many believed
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Many opposed
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The Witness in Athens – <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'14-34');">Act 17:14-34</a>
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The city - famous for art, philosophy, and religions
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The home of the Stoics and the Epicureans, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
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The Stoics - Pantheists - followers of Zeno, believing that everything is God
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The Epicureans - Atheists - denied God’s existence and anything after death
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Paul’s message on Mars Hill – <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'16-34');">Act 17:16-34</a>
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The background
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The philosophical debates
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The pagan city
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The stirring of Paul’s spirit to teach
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The content – <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'22-31');">Act 17:22-31</a>
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The introduction
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He commends their religious pursuit
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He observes their altar
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He identifies their “unknown god” (daimon)
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The thesis – <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Act',17,'22-29');">Act 17:22-29</a>
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The nature of God
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God is Creator – <a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('Act',17,24,25);">Act 17:24-25</a>
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God is universally sovereign – <a id="si_14" onclick="return mV('Act',17,26);">Act 17:26</a>
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Does not dwell in buildings
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Man cannot worship what man can make
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God directs the destiny of men and nations
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The application
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An appeal to forsake idolatry – <a id="si_15" onclick="return mV('Act',17,29);">Act 17:29</a>
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A plea to repent – <a id="si_16" onclick="return mV('Act',17,30,31);">Act 17:30-31</a>
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The urgency – now
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The imperative – God commands it
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The universality – men everywhere
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The reality
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God has appointed a day of judgment
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The standard of God’s judgment is righteousness
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The righteousness demanded is the righteousness of Christ
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The assurance is the fact of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
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The result
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Some mocked
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Some wavered
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Some believed
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Paul departed
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