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Podcast: Bible Study - Sabbath School Podcast
Episode: 1867 Lesson 10 Tuesday Dec 5 - Paul and the unknown God
Description: Notice that Paul did not disparage the false religion or false gods of the Athenians. He gathered whatever points of good he could find, few as they were, and capitalized on them.Read Acts 17:22, 23. What was Paul doing here in his attempt to reach these people with the gospel?β βPeople of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religiousβ β (Acts 17:22, NIV). Paul was complimenting pagans! Their religion was misguided in every way, and yet, Paul complimented their devotion.Paul continued, β βAs I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship . . .β β (Acts 17:23, NIV). By describing his own study of the...