The One True God
Series: Acts - The Unstoppable Church
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Speaker: Jason Williams
In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Paul
’
s response to the idol
worship going on in Athens. Upon entering the city, Paul w
as very disturbed by what he
saw. Instead of seeing a beautiful city that was full of
knowledge and culture, he saw a
city that was steeped in idolatry and evil. The people of At
hens had manufactured an
entire religious system that allowed them to control and
manipulate the gods in order to
feed their desires for pleasure. Dissatisfied with thei
r religious system and their manmade
gods, the Greeks took it one step further by creating an addit
ional altar: the altar
“
To The
Unknown God.
”
In a similar way, modern American culture has become skept
ical of absolute truth and we
see a shift away from Truth-driven living and toward pleasure-
driven living. Our culture
is
recirculating the Greek philosophy,
“
If it feels good, it must be right.
”
Even in
Christianity, there is a shift away from a Bible-based vi
ew of God to a modified version
of God that can be controlled and manipulated. Like the peo
ple of Athens, we need to
return to the one true God. The God of the Bible is not sa
fe but He is always good. He is
a God who wages war against the injustices of this world and br
ings to nothing the pride
of His enemies. The God of the Bible is a God who displays
wrath towards His enemies
and unending love towards those who trust in Him.