Too Many Worship "Unknown" God - Part 767

Praying to an unknown God -- does that sound familiar? Because some today have not searched the scriptures daily, these prefer to worship an unknown god, similar to Paul's encounter when he stood in the midst of Mars hill. Reading from Acts 17:17: 

"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him, and some said, "What will this babbler say?" Other some, "He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection." 

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean."

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD ... whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. 

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands; neither is [He]worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, 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 offspring of 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 commands all men every where to repent: because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, "We will hear thee again of this matter."

So Paul departed from among them. The Bible prophesies that in the last times, deceivers would come into the world, seeking to devour who they can. Just like Paul, we need to be able to discern teachings to ensure they align with the Word. If they do not, we need to do the same as Paul did. That is, to depart from among them.

This is certainly the case when leaders -- both religious and otherwise -- try to tell us that God did not become our Saviour on the cross. Why? Because like the "certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks who worshipped an unknown god, "they do not know in whom they worship."

Let him who hath ears to hear, hear. Stand in the offering plate.