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12/29/2015

Daily Devotions: by Christina Farris

Acts 17:22-34
(22) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
(23) For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
(24) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
(25) Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
(26) And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
(27) That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
(28) For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
(29) Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
(30) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
(31) Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
(32) And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
(33) So Paul departed from among them.
(34) Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Today as I started up my computer I got one of those horrible errors and I wonder if I would be typing on time. Yet as I waited I had to wonder also would this be just a simple fix or one that take all day for me. With my patience running thin. God’s patience is running thin, mine might survive a few more weeks. God is not a God to be mocked. God is not a God not to be known. There is a time of accountability if you have heard the word of God and still do not believe. No one wants to hear time of accountability especially when they are still searching to know if God is God or not. As Paul stood on Mars hill I have to wonder if those stones of the unknown God was in plain site or something he passed the day before. Yet a statue to the unknown God stood on Mars Hill, a god that the Greeks did not know but desire to worship. Desire to thank God but knew not his name. There are people today in search of God and want to thank him for just a simple miracle or work in their life, because they know it not the god they have worshipped in the passed that did these wonderful things in their life.

God gives proof of himself to the people of the world, whether it through feeling or sight of his creation, it not a strange idea or thought. In fact people want to know the one true God and who He is. Yet to know God is also the ability to believe what God says unless you believe God to be untruth and then there would be no truth in your world, not even knowledge and evidence of God. God is able to make himself known even to the heathens. Yet to have a person sent to tell the story of the Godhead means you have to take that person at their word. Godly evidence of a greater power existed to the Greeks and Paul recognized what these people he spoke to understood. I think to deny that some people we speak to understand there is a God, but does not understand who he is, is probably more true today’s world then the small number of atheist who deny God. There people Cornelius in scripture that believed in Jehovah and worshipped Jehovah not knowing Christ. There are people who know of God but know not his name. There people like Naaman who believed there was a God but was not sure whether to take the little Jewish word for that fact. He went seeking a prophet of a God he knew not for it was Israel God who did miracles and he needed one. His curiosity was so peeked that he almost refused to obey but after dunking seven times in the Jordan river and finding his leprosy gone, he knew the God of Israel was real. Jesus walked the earth to show the Gentile nation God’s reality. Jesus walked the earth to show the world love and compassion. Jesus walked the earth teaching about his Father in heaven and explaining He was part of him because He was His word or promise. People want to know if Jesus is real. They come seeking and in need of prayer, only to find both willing and unwilling people to pray for them. Just the faith sometimes is enough for God to do more then a person sought for. Yet it takes faith like the woman that touched the hem of Jesus garment and received a miracle. It takes hearing the word of God and know it true based on evidence in our world. Belief is more then a simple understanding that God is real, but that where it starts for some, especially children.

There people in world that know not scripture but know the reality of God. To deny this makes it possible to help these people know who God is. One must start with faith in God. God desire though not just for a person to know of existence and to worship him, but to understand he accountable to know him and to share his love. To tell people judgment will come without faith. Judgment will come with faith. If you have faith and judgment comes you have no fear, because God honors us of faith and belief in his Son. We are to warn the people of the day of judgment without God or the belief and faith in God, what God is going to do for all those that reject him. We are to teach people about the Messiah and about the prophesies surrounding his birth.

It time to grab hold of the God of the Bible and believe unto judgment of faith. To grab hold knowing that God is unchanging and he loves to help his people along life way. He loves communing with His people in their heart, soul and mind. The knowledge of God is not be hide or misused. It should shine forth the praises of the work of God.

Dear Heavenly Father let us share the truth of your word and who you are. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

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