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4:24.
Leaving the uobIe-hcarteG TeCile of
Berea, Paul and Silas departed for
Athens. the most wonderful city OF the
ancient world. with perhaps the az
ception of Jerusalem. 1t was the
home of the highest development of
art and literature that the world has
ever seen. Here was the meeting of
the greatest champion h q God ever
= sent out and the wiSeSl minds of hea-
thenism. On Mars hill the Gospel
message met the proudest Of the hea-
then world. Here Christianity and
heathenism had their first pitched bat.
tie. Paul walked through the city and
was stirred by the idolatry. just as
every Christian is to-day walking
through the modern cities. His
, heart burned within him and he
preached Jesus.
Verse lG. Ills spirit va stirred
in him" n literal translation is His
spirit was sharuened or whelted.' His
soul MAS sharpened UP like the whet-
ting Of a sword, 1t aroused his cour-
age for battle against sin. Opposition
never inundated him.
L. therefore uISI'",T!' ne NJ
rev. NeI' SAYS 'eaSoll'". l""' "e>'!
plta'''u '"' SoSpei III d ''H''''9' S'''
spirit.
TO- Hpi'u,V'IlS anu "a .''' 0,p'y7
lir9e N''T t"' t"o na'"' .'"' NV
vi N'eeh p"'lo9o!hE' l Nv '''' "'ls
materialist in the strictesr sense Of
me "or4u' lHFN o'i'eN'" II" when
d MAJ oIeo "o'n soul ana 'o"> us
S'I'e" IN 'ie Hi"'e' ne ''""' NV'e
p"l'iIe'9'9' DeI'eNIis man 10 u'Pe"0''1'
OH no one eA'ePl h'Hi9sIi' i"'H VOC
dIrectN opposed 10 the SoHpeI OF
CHRIST.
Is. "A setter ioFth or StraH2" goes
Socrates was put TO death IN inns city
on the charge OF setting forth strange
gods.
=. Mars flIl. II was on TINS
NIL that the u OF the Athenlahs
held Its sessions. Paul speaks before
the judges. TOO superStltlonS. ~me
think 1t should be translated some
what superstitious. Others THINK
1t should he too religious.
There is auch a thlnS as belllS 100 re-
hgious when our religion is OF the
wrong kind. They were a religious
people; but it was the wrong KIND OF
religion.
81. ITO the unknown God. IL IS
evident that they had many gods, and
that they feared that perhaps they had
sighted some Of them. SO they pat
up this altar that none might be over
looked. There was indeed an I'M
known God whom they had sighted,
but He is not pleased with the kinds
OF worship which they oieTeo'
"a. God That maze the "oiio
here tells them OF d O'e"''1' iNeS
"er~ not agreed dhlohs .HeIi'97i'es "9
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thcm their norton and disDensed TO
+hem their habitations and the var
ions blessings Of His providence to
tha nnd that thov shon1d seek Him in
oil HE vorkso (Clarka)
% "Ac cartain also of vo,1r own
noe+s have said" This shows that
Pau1 was we'll read in the literature Of
+bo dow oo5 know, tho classic u,riters
of antiquity. He quotes here from the
heathen poets, ana Aratus.
20. We are His offspring Pauls
argument is that. we. are the offspring
Of God and He is our Father. He GER
tainly cannot be made of wood and
stone, for We are His children an. We
are not so made, II We HIS children,
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