Acts 17:24-31
God Has Been Appointed Jesus Our Judge
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
John 17:3
Now this is Eternal Life
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
God created the world and everything in it...He is the Lord of heaven and earth and He does not live in temples built by human hands...And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything...Rather, He is the One who gives everyone life and breath to everyone...From one man God made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and God marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of where each of us would live and when we would live here on earth...God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us...For in God we live and move and have our being...Some of the poets have written that we are His offspring, His children...Since we are God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill...In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent...For God now has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed...He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead...
The One He raised from the dead is the promise that our death on earth is not final...Death does not prevail...That death is not the final word...God has promised through His Son that death will be overcome with life...We can believe this because God has raised His Son up on the third day and He is alive...He is still alive...And because He rose again and lives, we may have eternal life...