Christ Jesus, who was preached…

(Just how exactly was this done?)

Preachers preach everything…

• Politics• Church creeds• Personal agendas• Positive thinking• Health and wealth• Etc., etc., etc.

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion

Religion is usually tied to ones comfort, hope guidance, and faith in a superior ability. It could be…

• Humanism• Science• The occult• Self• A false gospel• Paganism• Power• Wealth• Suffering• Pleasure

But most all men are

worshippers of

something.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart,

yet so that man will not find out the work which God has

done from the beginning even to the end.

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

Psalm 19:1-4

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is

declaring the work of His hands. 2. Day to day pours forth speech,

And night to night reveals knowledge. 3. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is

not heard. 4. Their line has gone out through all the earth…

Romans 1:18-20For the wrath of God is revealed from

heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who

suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19. because that

which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His

eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood

through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

Creation

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

CreationPurpose

In All His Works God has Desired …

• To be sought

• To be served

• To be glorified

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear

God and keep His commandments,

because this applies to every person.

Isaiah 43:7

Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed,

even whom I have made."

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

CreationPurposeHe Quickly Proclaimed God…

• A personal God

Matthew 7:7-11"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8. "For everyone who

asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be

opened. 9. "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for

a loaf, will give him a stone? 10. "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him

a snake, will he? 11. "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give

what is good to those who ask Him!

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

CreationPurposeHe Quickly Proclaimed God…

• A personal God

• An unlimited God

Isaiah 55:8-9

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My

ways," declares the LORD. 9. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than

your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

What did Paul Preach in Athens?

• He started with their religion• Then he appealed to their open mind• He proclaimed God a God of… Power

CreationPurposeHe Quickly Proclaimed God…

• A personal God

• An unlimited God• A holy God

Concluded with Evidence that This God was Different

• Raised his Son from the dead• Gave evidence in the prophecies• In nature• In archaeology Only 3 Responses

• Some sneered

• Some wanted to hear more

• Some believed and joined…

What will be your response?