Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Reflection - Dennis DeHaan - 'To The Unknown God'

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 46, "'To The Unknown God'", Page 54.
By Dennis DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Author


 The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you. - Acts 17:23 (NKJV) Read: Acts 17:22-34
PHOTO: The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you. - Acts 17:23 (NKJV)
Read: Acts 17:22-34

It is said that in ancient Greece, a plague once swept through Athens. Believing that gods were responsible, the people erected altars to every god known to the Greeks, in a bid to pacify them. But the scourge (thing that causes great trouble or suffering) continued. Finally, in desperation, they built another altar bearing these words: "To the Unknown God."

Soon afterward, the plague subsided.

Many years later, when Paul visited Athens on his second missionary journey, he walked about the city and saw that inscription. Seizing the opportunity, he proclaimed to his listeners, "The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:23 NKJV). That one God, of whom they knew nothing, Paul knew personally. He presented Him as the "Lord of heaven and earth" (Acts 17:24). But the apostle didn't stop there. He also called for repentance, for the world would someday be judged in righteousness by Jesus Christ.

We don't need to go through life searching for an unknown god, for the one true God has already revealed Himself to us through His Son. The moment we turn from our sin and accept Jesus as our personal Savior, we come to know the Creator Himself.

Do you know Him, or is He still unknown to you?

In creation, God shows us His hand;
in redemption, He shows us His heart.
PHOTO: The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you. - Acts 17:23 (NKJV)
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It is said that in ancient Greece, a plague once swept through Athens. Believing that gods were responsible, the people erected altars to every god known to the Greeks, in a bid to pacify them. But the scourge (thing that causes great trouble or suffering) continued. Finally, in desperation, they built another altar bearing these words: "To the Unknown God."

Soon afterward, the plague subsided.


 It is said that in ancient Greece, a plague once swept through Athens.
PHOTO: It is said that in ancient Greece, a plague once swept through Athens. Believing that gods were responsible, the people erected altars to every god known to the Greeks, in a bid to pacify them. But the scourge (thing that causes great trouble or suffering) continued. Finally, in desperation, they built another altar bearing these words: "To the Unknown God."
Soon afterward, the plague subsided.
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Many years later, when Paul visited Athens on his second missionary journey, he walked about the city and saw that inscription. Seizing the opportunity, he proclaimed to his listeners, "The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:23 NKJV). That one God, of whom they knew nothing, Paul knew personally. He presented Him as the "Lord of heaven and earth" (Acts 17:24). But the apostle didn't stop there. He also called for repentance, for the world would someday be judged in righteousness by Jesus Christ.


 Many years later, when Paul visited Athens on his second missionary journey, he walked about the city and saw that inscription.
PHOTO: Many years later, when Paul visited Athens on his second missionary journey, he walked about the city and saw that inscription. Seizing the opportunity, he proclaimed to his listeners, "The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:23 NKJV). That one God, of whom they knew nothing, Paul knew personally. He presented Him as the "Lord of heaven and earth" (Acts 17:24). But the apostle didn't stop there. He also called for repentance, for the world would someday be judged in righteousness by Jesus Christ.
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We don't need to go through life searching for an unknown god, for the one true God has already revealed Himself to us through His Son. The moment we turn from our sin and accept Jesus as our personal Savior, we come to know the Creator Himself.


 We don't need to go through life searching for an unknown god, for the one true God has already revealed Himself to us through His Son.
PHOTO: We don't need to go through life searching for an unknown god, for the one true God has already revealed Himself to us through His Son. The moment we turn from our sin and accept Jesus as our personal Savior, we come to know the Creator Himself.
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Do you know Him, or is He still unknown to you?

In creation, God shows us His hand;
in redemption, He shows us His heart.


 In creation, God shows us His hand;
Reflection - Dennis DeHaan - 'To The Unknown God'
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 46, "'To The Unknown God'", Page 54.
By Dennis DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Author


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Reference
[1] From "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Chapter 46, "'To The Unknown God'", Page 54.


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