THE UNKNOWN GOD

THE UNKNOWN GOD. 

“For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Yes 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; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 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; 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: 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. Forasmuch then as we are the offspringof God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:” Acts‬ ‭17:23-30‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul could have been preaching to most Christians today, for most who worship Him - do not know Him. 

Oh, they’ve heard of Him and they know of Him, but most do not have a relationship with Him. How can I say that, because most people I know who go to church do not daily read their Bible and many have never read it all of the way through. The way you get to KNOW Him is by reading His Word. The reason I know this is, I also was one who went to church, but did not have a relationship with Him; for the majority of my life!

“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.” Many in church today do not believe Him to be The Creator. Many have succumbed to the lie of evolution, because of “higher education!” “For we are also his offspring!” They doubt not the secular theories taught throughout their schooling, but doubt The Word Of God! Science prevails in most cases to those who just “go to church!” Those who “are the church” know The Truth!

“For in him we live, and move, and have our being;” yet many have never surrendered to His authority; determined to do it their way; rebellious in their daily lives!

“For we are also his offspring” made in His image, we are all the same; “hath made of one blood all nations of men” no differences; it doesn’t matter the skin color - cut we all bleed red! 

Made in His image “we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.” Though many still worship images made by men’s hands most just worship what they build themselves! Most of our idols are our careers, education, sports, or family.  One of my favorite quotes is by Joyce Green: “You will find your idol at the center of your storm!” (My paraphrase) 

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at;” God has been patient for so long but as we can see by the current events, He’s stepping up the crises around the world; in everyone’s lives! I know no family that is not affected by disease or tragedy! These storms in our lives have purpose; either to turn you away from God or to turn you to Him! What the enemy means for evil, God means for good! (Genesis 50:20) You will try to solve your problems the “worldly” way until you have exhausted all means THEN you will cry out to God! Will you seek Him or just a solution to your problem? He IS the solution to every problem!

He wants more than a bit of your time on Sundays! He wants more than just a passing interest! He wants all of you; at all times, not just when all other means fail! He wants more than just a song!

“Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent”

Again, it all comes down to repentance! I’ve heard it called The “R” Word!! 

The word that changes lives!

The word the devil doesn’t want in your vocabulary! He’s done his best to eradicate it; casting doubt and twisting the Word Of God, so that it is hardly if ever mentioned in most ministries/denominations! 

Start listening; see if you hear it in the sermons or messages you hear! I guarantee you won’t because it’s a hard message and hard messages people do not want to hear. They want to feel good! Repentance of sins hurts, for our flesh does not like pain. 

Yet, to be free of pain, repentance of sins is vital! It removes the hold the enemy has in our lives! Sin gives the devil the right to torment us! Remove the hidden sins and he must leave! Hidden sins being: unforgiveness, judgments, bitterness, resentments, anger, hatred, pride, jealousy, unbelief, and the like.

Walking in repentance is freedom and feels wonderful! It brings peace; something I had only read about, but never knew! I now have peace and I guard it! If I do sin - I am painfully aware of its absence and I go to God to show me what I’ve done and repent to get it back! It is precious to me!

The time for repentance has come, for our time is running out! You can no longer say, you haven’t been told!

Jesus speaking: “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation‬ ‭3:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Repent while you still can! 

Even so - MARANATHA 

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