Acts 17:16-34
Paul Preaches in Athens
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
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.”
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” 33 At that, Paul left the Council. 34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
John 1:12-13
Children of God
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 4:24-26
Jesus Says that He is the Messiah
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
John 8:31-32
Follow Jesus Teachings and these Truths Will Set Us Free
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 10:10
Jesus Came to Earth to Give Us Life More Abundantly
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 14:6-7
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Galatians 5:22-23
The Fruit of the Holy Spirit
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
God created the heavens and the earth...He is control of all things...So God has made the world and everything in it...He has made all things through His Son, Jesus...God is the LORD of heaven and the earth and He does not live in houses or temples built by human hands...And to further that thought, He is not served by man...Since God is the Creator of all things, He is self existent...So God is self-existent, while man is not...We depend on God...Although we do not always realize this...But God is the One who gives us life and breath and everything else we have in our lives...He created food, the sun, the rain and all the things we need to live...From one man named Adam, God has populated the earth and all the nations...God gives us our assigned times when we will live on earth, so that we are on earth at a particular time of His choosing...God does these things so that we might seek Him and reach out to Him in both prayer and a have a relationship with Him...He wants this, He wants us to reach out to Him...
God is not far from many of us, for in God we live and move and have our being and our lives...He has given us a soul, and so we are Spiritual...And those who believe in Him are His offspring, His children...And being His children, He wants us to have an abundant life, as all fathers want their children to lead their lives to the fullest...And to lead our life to the fullest He sent His Son to us to teach us more about Him...His Son is the Messiah, the One Moses and the prophets wrote about in the Old Testament...God sent His Son to teach us to lead a God living life...His Son came to earth to testify to the Truth and to do God's Will...And when one follows the Truth, the Truth will set you free...
His Son teaches us to be guided by the Holy Spirit that leads us to the Truth...And when we know Him, we know God...And to follow the Holy Spirit, we will lead our lives in such a way that when we follow this fruit of the Holy Spirit -life is different...And the fruit of the Holy Spirit are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control...These things help us throughout our lives lead a full and happy life...And we are assured who the Son of God is, because He has given us proof who His Son is by raising Him from the dead...
His Son teaches us that He is the Ultimate Truth, the Ultimate Reality...He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life...He is the Only Way to the One True God...