His message also made a brilliant application, for he pointed directly to the problem. The word translated “unknown” is the root from which we get agnosticism, which means “without knowledge.” The Athenians were supposed to know everything, and they did, almost. But on the most important truth, they came up short; they did not know God. Paul did not say this; they did (“TO AN UNKNOWN GOD”). Many of them probably grasped the apostle’s irony.
Having established the bridge, Paul now began giving the Athenians doses of spiritual truth, first about God and then about themselves. The truth about God always helps us understand ourselves.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.” (Acts 17:24-25)
From KGD-37b – Athens, Mars Hill and Seekers (021117PM)
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