WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:28.199 Do turn to Act 17. Act 17. And it will probably be four weeks. I think sometimes it's easier to get into a chapter than a whole book. And before we kick off, it's prayer meeting on Wednesday. So we're on Zoom still for prayer meeting. It's been great that actually more people have been able to gather with us in prayer meeting in that way. We do come this Wednesday at 8pm. 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:49.200 So what I want to do this morning is I just want to set the scene really. It's not as structured as it normally is. I want to spend most of our time the next couple of weeks looking at the sermon itself perhaps, taking it point by point, going through the great points that Paul makes in this sermon as he speaks to the city of Athens. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:55.840 But really what I want to do this morning is I want to look at what the city of Athens has got to say to Paul, first of all. 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:08.719 Because before Paul even opened his mouth, before Paul said anything to the city of Athens, the city of Athens had got quite a lot to say to Paul and it made quite an impression on him. 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:22.319 We're told there in verse 16 of Acts 17, if we take that as our text, that while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, while he's on his city break in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.319 As he saw that the city was full of idols. 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:34.099 I don't think I've met anyone who would admit to being a philosopher. 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:37.099 People don't admit to that today. 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:40.359 And yet we're all philosophers of some sort. 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:46.560 Anyone who's got a point of view that they want to get across is a philosopher. 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:54.379 Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells is as much of a philosopher as Bertrand Russell or Jean-Paul Sartre. 00:01:55.060 --> 00:02:05.900 Anybody who's been tempted to write in to the editor, to ring up a phone in, or to shout at the radio, is a philosopher of sorts. 00:02:06.740 --> 00:02:10.099 We've all, each one of us, have got an approach to life, from the youngest to the oldest. 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:13.420 All of us have got a point of view. 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:18.739 I think there are even fewer people who like to be thought of as religious. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.219 I ask people, you're Christian, oh I wouldn't call myself religious. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.079 Do you go to church? Oh no, I'm not religious. 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:32.459 But if your view of the world includes God, or for that matter even leaves him out, you are religious. 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:35.939 Atheism is a religion. 00:02:37.119 --> 00:02:42.339 Atheism requires just as much faith to disbelieve in God. 00:02:43.419 --> 00:02:44.339 As to believe in God. 00:02:45.359 --> 00:02:50.219 And so in a sense this morning, we're all philosophers, and we're all religious people, whether we want to admit it or not. 00:02:51.299 --> 00:02:58.979 And there may be differences in how well thought out you are, and thought through you are, how well expressed your views are. 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:02.599 But each one of us will have a view of life, a point of view. 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:04.399 Each one of us will have a philosophy. 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.599 Every one of us has got a religion of some sort. 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.599 And the question is, how do we know who's right, and how do we know who is wrong? 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:16.980 And actually, does it really matter anyway? 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:18.960 As long as you're sincere. 00:03:19.259 --> 00:03:20.099 Isn't that the big thing? 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:24.620 As long as it means something to you, that's the big deal. 00:03:24.980 --> 00:03:26.140 What does it matter what you believe? 00:03:26.139 --> 00:03:31.500 If your religion is a help and a comfort to you, well that's what counts anyway. 00:03:32.779 --> 00:03:34.519 That's the kind of thing I'm told all the time. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:36.159 I hear that a lot. 00:03:38.139 --> 00:03:41.339 Well, Paul, we all worship the same God, really, at the end of the day. 00:03:41.739 --> 00:03:45.879 Allah is just another name for God, isn't it? 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.019 All religions lead along the same path. 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:51.819 All religions lead to the same place in the end. 00:03:52.079 --> 00:03:53.839 That's the air that we breathe. 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:56.700 And very often, we're put in our place. 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:00.800 And when you say, well, hang on a minute, no, that isn't actually true. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:02.640 They say, well, nobody's got a monopoly on the truth. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:08.520 It's sheer arrogance, isn't it, for you to think that you have the truth. 00:04:09.420 --> 00:04:11.439 Every single one of us has got our different insights. 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.560 And what we've got to do is we've got to throw them all into the kind of melting pot. 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:21.800 And that is the kind of new enlightened way of thinking. 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.400 There's nothing new under the sun. 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:28.199 There's nothing new under the sun. 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:33.139 Because that would describe exactly the attitude that the Apostle Paul faced in Acts 17. 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:37.740 20 centuries ago, when he turned up in Athens, 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:41.780 he faced the same attitude that you and I face today. 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:44.339 So look at verse 21. 00:04:45.539 --> 00:04:52.059 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:55.579 It was like stepping into a supermarket. 00:04:56.779 --> 00:04:59.000 You know one of the giant supermarkets? 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:01.599 There's one, isn't there, in Austerle there. 00:05:01.799 --> 00:05:04.539 And you go, it's absolutely massive on two levels. 00:05:05.479 --> 00:05:06.559 A giant supermarket. 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:10.160 And going to Athens was like going to a giant religious supermarket. 00:05:11.579 --> 00:05:16.360 It wasn't kind of a Lidl or an Aldi. 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:18.379 It wasn't a kind of Tesco even. 00:05:18.540 --> 00:05:22.280 It was kind of more upper class philosophical supermarket. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.920 It was more kind of a bit above Waitrose. 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:27.579 Kind of Fortnum or Mason. 00:05:27.579 --> 00:05:34.359 The greatest thinkers in the history of the world used to peddle their philosophy in the marketplace of Athens. 00:05:34.659 --> 00:05:36.139 Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. 00:05:36.379 --> 00:05:37.459 All the great thinkers were there. 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:40.099 But of course that was in the past. 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:41.539 That was long gone. 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:47.199 And so when now Paul turns up in the philosophical supermarket of Athens, 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.479 there's just well-known brand names. 00:05:50.599 --> 00:05:52.959 There's just the Epicureans and the Stoics. 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:57.039 And the Epicurean approach to life was, well, life is to be enjoyed. 00:05:57.919 --> 00:05:58.879 And so enjoy it. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:02.359 And the Stoic approach was quite the opposite. 00:06:02.539 --> 00:06:03.579 Life was to be endured. 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:04.899 So just endure it. 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:05.560 Endure it. 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:08.939 And you pay your money and you take your choice. 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:16.240 And so in Athens, it's estimated there are about 3,000 different shrines when Paul visited it. 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:18.659 It's a little bit like rural Wales. 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:21.099 And when I was growing up, it's not the same yet. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:22.920 But still the same in some parts of Mid Wales. 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.740 You go to the little villages and there are as many chapels as there are pubs. 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:29.140 There's a chapel on every street corner. 00:06:30.340 --> 00:06:32.780 Now there are carpet warehouses or different things. 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.000 But in Athens, there was a shrine on every street corner. 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:37.920 Any amount of choice. 00:06:38.020 --> 00:06:41.000 It was like a supermarket full of philosophy and religion. 00:06:41.340 --> 00:06:44.360 And you paid your money and you got your choice. 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.560 And whatever happened to grab your fancy, 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.699 whatever kind of religion you might like, 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:52.280 whatever suits you, 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.780 whatever kind of God you wanted to believe in, 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:56.819 well, there was plenty of choice in Athens. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:59.120 And that's how it was. 00:06:59.180 --> 00:07:01.860 You could shop around for a God or a religion. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:09.060 And so I think this passage has got a great deal to say to you and I 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:11.520 when we live in a multicultural, multi-faith society. 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.180 This passage has got a great deal to say to us 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:20.000 about what is the place of the gospel of Jesus Christ in society today. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.579 It says a lot to us about how we're to conduct ourselves as Christians 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:28.459 in a multi-faith, multicultural society. 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.420 And so I want to look this morning at Paul 00:07:32.420 --> 00:07:34.139 before we come to what he's got to say. 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.660 And so let's see, how did Paul behave himself 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:40.540 in that kind of society? 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:41.519 Look at verse 16. 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:43.139 First of all, Paul is pained. 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:46.220 He is pained. 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:50.620 Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.900 his spirit was provoked within him 00:07:52.900 --> 00:07:56.260 as he saw that the city was full of idols. 00:07:58.520 --> 00:07:59.700 He's got a few days off. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.700 He's got time to kill. 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:02.960 He does a little bit of tourism. 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:05.900 He's waiting for his friends, Silas and Timothy, 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:07.080 to catch up with him. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.280 And so he goes sightseeing in Athens, like you may have. 00:08:10.260 --> 00:08:12.080 And we're told he waited in Athens 00:08:12.080 --> 00:08:14.160 and his spirit was stirred up within him. 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.980 His spirit was provoked within him. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:17.220 Why? 00:08:17.340 --> 00:08:18.760 It's a really strong expression. 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.160 He was pained and angered 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.040 by what he saw to the very depths of his being. 00:08:26.660 --> 00:08:28.120 Now why was that? 00:08:29.020 --> 00:08:30.480 Why was it when he went around Athens 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:32.120 that there was something within him 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.519 that pained him to the very depths of his being? 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:35.600 I think there's two reasons. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:38.800 First of all, he stirred in his heart 00:08:38.800 --> 00:08:40.300 by the plight of the people. 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:43.299 By the plight of the people 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:44.500 because he could see that 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:46.500 for all their sophistication, 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:47.699 for all their philosophy, 00:08:48.079 --> 00:08:49.000 and for all their religion, 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:51.339 they just didn't know God. 00:08:53.419 --> 00:08:55.399 So just look at verses 22 and 23. 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:57.879 Paul says, 00:08:57.919 --> 00:08:59.339 For as I passed along and observed 00:08:59.339 --> 00:09:01.959 the objects of your worship, 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:06.960 I found there also an altar 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:08.700 with this inscription, 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:09.420 For as I wandered around the city, 00:09:09.420 --> 00:09:14.280 your beautiful city, 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:15.820 I found there also an altar 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:24.620 with this inscription, 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:26.659 to the unknown God. 00:09:27.779 --> 00:09:29.399 As I wandered around the city, 00:09:29.460 --> 00:09:30.360 your beautiful city, 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.539 I found something that sums it up for me. 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.000 As I wandered around the streets of Athens, 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:37.120 I came across an altar 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:38.580 to the unknown God. 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:40.060 And that says it all, 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:40.840 doesn't it, Athenians? 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:43.720 Because here were people 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:45.460 that prided themselves 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:46.560 on their philosophy, 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:48.179 the greatest thinkers 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:49.539 that the world has ever seen 00:09:49.539 --> 00:09:50.340 lived in Athens 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:51.399 through the centuries, 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:52.740 but for all their philosophy 00:09:52.740 --> 00:09:53.600 and all their religion, 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:54.159 these people, 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.600 they were ignorant of God. 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:57.180 They didn't know God. 00:09:59.240 --> 00:09:59.980 And not only were they 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:01.040 ignorant of God, 00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:01.779 but it does seem, 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:02.120 doesn't it, 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:04.200 that there's an uneasy awareness 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:05.320 amongst them 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:06.220 in their hearts 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:08.080 and in their consciences. 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:10.580 They're aware 00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:11.940 that they're not right 00:10:11.940 --> 00:10:13.300 with this God 00:10:13.300 --> 00:10:14.040 that there is. 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.200 And so Paul says, 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:16.540 doesn't he, 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:17.519 I found, 00:10:17.920 --> 00:10:19.019 can you see it in verse 23, 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:19.680 an altar. 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.060 And I think that 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:23.160 must be significant. 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:24.419 He doesn't say, 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:25.699 I saw a plaque on a wall. 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:27.199 He doesn't say, 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:27.959 I saw a statue. 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:28.959 He doesn't say, 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:30.559 I saw a pedestal 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:31.860 or some monument 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:32.740 to the unknown God, 00:10:32.779 --> 00:10:33.559 but I saw an altar. 00:10:33.659 --> 00:10:34.659 What does an altar speak of? 00:10:34.699 --> 00:10:36.000 It speaks of sacrifice. 00:10:36.459 --> 00:10:37.919 An altar speaks of atonement. 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:40.819 And so that is common 00:10:40.819 --> 00:10:42.240 to all the religions 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:42.879 of the world, 00:10:42.959 --> 00:10:44.100 the need to get right 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:44.679 with God 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:45.399 through sacrifice. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:45.919 And Paul says, 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:47.159 as I wandered through 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:48.819 your beautiful city, 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.740 for all your philosophy 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:52.240 and for all your religion, 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.240 you don't know God, 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:55.519 do you? 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:57.480 You don't know God. 00:10:58.680 --> 00:10:59.560 And you're not right 00:10:59.560 --> 00:10:59.960 with God. 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:02.259 And it may be 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:02.860 that you've come here 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.320 this morning 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.220 or you're watching 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:04.700 on the internet 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.620 and you've got 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.360 a point of view 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:06.759 and you've got 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:07.639 an approach to life 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:07.980 and you've got 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:08.940 a philosophy to life 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:10.360 and maybe you're religious, 00:11:10.580 --> 00:11:11.500 you're very religious 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:12.560 and yet God 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:13.440 is not real to you. 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:15.919 He's an idea 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.680 in your head 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.179 but you don't know Him. 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.500 And you know 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:22.519 that you don't know Him. 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:26.519 And you can talk 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:26.979 about Him maybe. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.519 That's perhaps 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:29.079 why you're here. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:30.979 But you don't know Him 00:11:30.979 --> 00:11:32.299 and God is a stranger 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:32.739 to you. 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:39.079 And not only 00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:39.839 are you ignorant 00:11:39.839 --> 00:11:41.839 of His presence 00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:42.659 in your life 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:44.359 and not only 00:11:44.359 --> 00:11:45.319 is He distant 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.220 and vague 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:47.040 and far away 00:11:47.040 --> 00:11:48.060 but also you know 00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:49.220 in your heart of hearts 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:50.340 that things actually 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.180 are not right 00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:52.180 between you and God. 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:54.140 And there's a problem 00:11:54.140 --> 00:11:54.940 between you and God 00:11:54.940 --> 00:11:55.520 and you know 00:11:55.520 --> 00:11:56.460 that that's there. 00:11:56.800 --> 00:11:57.420 And that is how 00:11:57.420 --> 00:11:58.280 it was in Athens. 00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:01.420 And as Paul realized 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:02.040 that he was moved 00:12:02.040 --> 00:12:02.620 to the depth 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.140 of his being 00:12:03.140 --> 00:12:03.640 because of it. 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.260 Because he saw 00:12:04.260 --> 00:12:05.760 people were without God 00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:06.700 and they were without 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:07.960 hope in this world. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.720 And they had religion 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:10.540 up to the eyeballs 00:12:10.540 --> 00:12:11.620 but they didn't have God. 00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:14.560 They were lost. 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.879 That's the Bible word 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:17.439 that sums it up 00:12:17.439 --> 00:12:17.739 of course. 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:18.379 They were lost. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:20.559 And they were lost 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:21.399 in terms of 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.099 a relationship 00:12:22.099 --> 00:12:22.699 with God. 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:25.639 It's like the little boy 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:26.339 in the supermarket. 00:12:28.339 --> 00:12:29.399 The little boy 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.000 in the supermarket 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:30.959 his mother was 00:12:30.959 --> 00:12:31.699 chatting 00:12:31.699 --> 00:12:32.419 or looking at something 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:33.579 and he's wandered off 00:12:33.579 --> 00:12:34.479 and he's lost. 00:12:35.619 --> 00:12:36.399 He's lost touch 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:36.699 with her 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:37.239 and so he 00:12:37.239 --> 00:12:38.519 walks the aisles 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.239 of the supermarket 00:12:39.239 --> 00:12:40.099 and this little boy 00:12:40.099 --> 00:12:40.639 he's lost 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.379 and he's crying. 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:43.879 And in the end 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:44.799 one of the staff 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.539 kind of picks him up 00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:46.360 and the manager 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:47.039 is called for 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:47.860 to sort things out 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:48.720 and the manager 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:49.919 asks the little boy 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.840 who's lost 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.220 in crime 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.919 where do you live? 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.580 And the boy 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:52.980 can tell him 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.379 where he lives. 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:56.500 He's got his address 00:12:56.500 --> 00:12:56.939 memorized. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:57.620 He's learned it off 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.100 by heart 00:12:58.100 --> 00:12:59.000 and the little boy 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.000 knows his way home. 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:01.960 And the little boy 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.259 would know 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:03.340 which bus to catch. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.379 But he's lost 00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.059 isn't he still? 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.440 He's not lost 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:08.480 in terms of his surroundings. 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.580 He knows where he is 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.540 but he's lost 00:13:10.540 --> 00:13:12.740 in terms of his relationship 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:13.340 to his mum. 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.660 He's lost touch with her. 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:22.100 He's lost 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:24.680 in terms of relationship 00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:25.320 with the person 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.139 that matters most 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.759 in his life 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:27.580 his mother. 00:13:28.560 --> 00:13:29.720 And she's not there anymore. 00:13:31.420 --> 00:13:32.420 And he is lost 00:13:32.420 --> 00:13:33.440 and he feels lost 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.320 and that's exactly 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.280 how it is in this city 00:13:35.280 --> 00:13:35.840 this morning. 00:13:37.920 --> 00:13:39.060 That we are lost 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:39.939 and the human race 00:13:39.939 --> 00:13:40.500 is lost 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.179 not in terms 00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:42.000 of our surroundings 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.939 not in terms 00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:44.599 of our environment. 00:13:44.839 --> 00:13:45.899 We're able to understand 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.219 aren't we 00:13:46.219 --> 00:13:47.519 and explain the world 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.239 in which we live 00:13:48.239 --> 00:13:49.179 better than any other 00:13:49.179 --> 00:13:49.959 people in history. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.639 We're not lost 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.799 in terms of our surroundings 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.679 but we are lost 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:55.339 in terms of our 00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:56.359 relationship to God. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.739 Paul is stirred 00:14:00.739 --> 00:14:01.599 and he's provoked 00:14:01.599 --> 00:14:02.239 in his spirit 00:14:02.239 --> 00:14:03.019 and as he thinks 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.339 about that 00:14:03.339 --> 00:14:04.039 as he tramps 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:04.679 around the streets 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.139 of Athens 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.359 the culture capital 00:14:06.359 --> 00:14:06.939 of the world 00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:09.200 with something new 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:09.700 and exciting 00:14:09.700 --> 00:14:10.860 on every street corner 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:12.680 with towering architecture 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:14.580 and magnificent sculpture 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:16.680 and awe-inspiring temples 00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:18.460 and great libraries 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:19.680 and centers of learning 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:20.720 his spirit is stirred 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.960 by the spiritual tragedy 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:22.480 of the city. 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:25.820 A city that is so wise 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:27.480 and yet so ignorant. 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:31.820 So rich in culture 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.880 and yet so poor 00:14:32.880 --> 00:14:33.980 in spirit. 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:34.120 spirit. 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:37.659 And that is our world today. 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.840 And as we walk 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:42.320 around this city 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:43.139 our spirit 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.980 as God's people 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.740 should be stirred 00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.460 at the plight of men 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.680 and women 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.519 and boys and girls. 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:49.320 That for all their 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:49.820 philosophy 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:51.240 and all their sophistication 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.259 and all their religion 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.340 they are ignorant of God. 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.940 And they're under 00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:57.539 God's judgment 00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.720 and their sin 00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.860 is unatoned for 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.580 and they are lost 00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.200 and without hope 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.779 and without God. 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:05.659 And I'm sure 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:06.339 that Paul was stirred 00:15:06.339 --> 00:15:06.819 with compassion 00:15:06.819 --> 00:15:07.419 for the people. 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.639 Like our Lord 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.500 Jesus saw the multitudes 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.980 and he said 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.620 they are like 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.799 sheep without a shepherd. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.500 And Jesus saw people 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:17.839 didn't he 00:15:17.839 --> 00:15:18.360 in a way that 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.519 we often don't see them. 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.500 He saw them as sheep 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:22.240 without a shepherd 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.839 and there's nothing 00:15:22.839 --> 00:15:23.559 more pathetic 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.120 is there than 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:25.679 a sheep without a shepherd. 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:27.879 Who does this belong to? 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.779 There's no one. 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:31.240 But there's another 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.500 reason why I think 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.019 Paul's spirit 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.740 was pained 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.639 and not only because 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.159 of the plight 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.299 of his people 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:39.600 of the people of Athens 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.279 but also because 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:41.319 of the glory of God. 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.399 As Paul wandered 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:45.899 around the city 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.339 of Athens 00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:48.339 he saw all the 00:15:48.339 --> 00:15:49.339 evidences of religion 00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:50.559 all the kind of 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.220 manifestations 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:53.039 of religion 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.199 and all of people's 00:15:54.199 --> 00:15:55.059 religious instincts 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.720 and his spirit 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.279 was stirred 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.919 and provoked 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:57.899 to anger 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.559 even to indignation 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:01.819 but provoked 00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.539 out of concern 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:03.220 for his father 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.759 in heaven 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.360 also. 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.600 Like David the psalmist 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.100 where he says 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.659 oh that 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:11.459 men would praise 00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:11.879 the Lord 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.399 oh that people 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.240 would praise the Lord. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.559 I think in the heart 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.259 of every Christian 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.500 there is that cry 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.959 isn't there? 00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:23.319 That as we 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:24.459 watch the news 00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:25.259 as we read 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.740 the internet 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:27.399 oh that 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.379 oh that people 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.240 would praise the Lord. 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.120 That's the answer 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.799 to their issues. 00:16:32.680 --> 00:16:33.720 Oh that men 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.820 women who are made 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.539 in the likeness 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:36.200 of God 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.840 would stop 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.840 their idolatry 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.779 and their hero worship 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:41.039 and praise the Lord 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.720 for his goodness. 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.259 There's a cry 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.080 that the psalmist 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.720 knew 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.120 that you were made 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.879 to live 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.480 and worship 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.080 and to glorify 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.799 and to enjoy God. 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.120 I've told you 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.539 the situation 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:57.320 of the ugly duckling 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:59.240 and so 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.860 the ugly duckling 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.720 he's upset 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.139 isn't he? 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.779 Why is he upset? 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.519 Because he's not 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.259 like the other ducklings 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.259 and he looks 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.259 like the ugly duckling 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:08.400 and he 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.619 feels 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:12.599 a lack of self worth 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.099 because he's 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.880 an ugly duckling 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.759 but what was the problem 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.480 with the ugly duckling? 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.700 What was the problem 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.299 with the ugly duckling? 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:18.859 Do you know? 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.640 Do you know that story? 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:21.859 What do you reckon? 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:23.779 What was it, Ellie? 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.699 He didn't know who he was. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.119 Who was he? 00:17:27.199 --> 00:17:28.019 Who was the ugly duckling? 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:31.919 He was a swan, wasn't he? 00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.699 And so 00:17:33.699 --> 00:17:35.459 we live in a city 00:17:35.459 --> 00:17:36.979 where people live 00:17:36.979 --> 00:17:37.979 like ugly ducklings 00:17:37.979 --> 00:17:38.859 but actually they're swans. 00:17:38.959 --> 00:17:39.919 They were made to glorify 00:17:39.919 --> 00:17:40.699 and enjoy God 00:17:40.699 --> 00:17:41.439 and yet they live 00:17:41.439 --> 00:17:42.439 kind of as earthlings, 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.139 as ducklings. 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:45.940 and it 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:47.220 should grieve us 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.320 that men and women 00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:49.360 and boys and girls 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.360 may to honor 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.460 their father in heaven 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.580 have no relationship 00:17:52.580 --> 00:17:53.520 with their father in heaven. 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.300 We're told that 00:17:57.300 --> 00:17:58.200 his spirit was provoked. 00:17:59.520 --> 00:18:00.180 Verse 16 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:01.100 The city is given over 00:18:01.100 --> 00:18:01.620 to idols. 00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:03.120 We don't often do this 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:03.700 but I want us to go 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.400 to Romans 1. 00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:05.440 Let's go and try 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.480 and tease this out. 00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:07.820 What is idolatry? 00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:09.820 Because I think Romans 1 00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:11.460 is the great chapter 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.480 on idolatry. 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.120 Maybe you think 00:18:13.120 --> 00:18:14.039 that idolatry 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.360 is something 00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.559 that belongs in the past. 00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:18.240 Let me read to you 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.539 from Romans 1. 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.980 Let me read to you 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.700 from Romans 1 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.519 just the next book 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.480 on from verse 18. 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.360 For the wrath of God 00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:26.860 is revealed from heaven 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:28.019 against all ungodliness 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.940 and unrighteousness 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.440 of men 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.559 who by their unrighteousness 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.259 suppress the truth. 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.000 For what can be known 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.380 about God 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.059 is plain to them 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.500 because God 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.220 has shown it to them. 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.599 For his invisible attributes 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.759 namely his eternal power 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.539 and divine nature 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.700 have been clearly perceived 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.779 ever since the creation 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.299 of the world 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.819 and the things 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.480 that have been made. 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.460 So they are without excuse 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.399 for although they knew God 00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.200 they did not honor him 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.559 as God 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.379 or give thanks to him 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.700 but they became futile 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.259 in their thinking 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.259 and their foolish hearts 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.879 were darkened. 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.139 Claiming to be wise 00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:54.200 they became fools. 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.819 And they exchanged 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:56.799 ! 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:12.079 the glory of God 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.379 and they worshipped 00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:13.919 and served the creature 00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.960 rather than the creator 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.859 who is blessed forever. 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:18.500 and I think you see 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.079 there are two great definitions 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.819 of idolatry. 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.619 What is idolatry? 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.539 Number one 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.439 it is to make 00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:27.839 God in man's image. 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.679 It is to make God 00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:31.759 in man's image. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.299 And that is what they have done. 00:19:34.699 --> 00:19:35.279 That is what they have done 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.659 in Athens. 00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:37.519 They have made mental images 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.299 and we laugh at that 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.639 don't we? 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.799 We think that is ridiculous. 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.480 We think it is ridiculous 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.639 to make a saucepan 00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:45.659 and use a bit 00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.279 for a saucepan 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.319 but then take the same 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.839 piece of metal 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:49.399 and fashion it into a god 00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:50.159 and worship it 00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:51.059 and bow down to it. 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:52.220 We know that is ridiculous. 00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.159 We laugh at that. 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.379 But actually 00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:57.339 we live in an age 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.240 where people say all the time 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.000 well I like to think 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.759 of God like this. 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.379 And you talk to them 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.099 about the God of the Bible 00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.460 and they say 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.879 well no 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.740 that is not the God 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.500 I believe in. 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.139 What is that? 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.559 That according to the Bible 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.319 is idolatry. 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.740 We are not so daft 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.720 are we to make a God 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.779 of stone or metal 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.240 or wood 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.179 but we hammer out 00:20:17.179 --> 00:20:18.639 our own idea of God 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.759 and we make God 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.399 in our image 00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.480 like a kind of glorified 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.200 version of us. 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.339 And that is idolatry. 00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.480 And so the God 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.639 that lots of people worship 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.819 is like that great big 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.599 Cheshire cat 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.559 in Alice in Wonderland 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.259 with just one big smile 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.039 and nothing else. 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.619 And that is the God 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.619 that people like to believe in 00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.539 but it is not the God 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.319 and Father of our Lord 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:38.960 Jesus Christ. 00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.619 Idolatry is to make God 00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.059 in our image 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.799 but the other thing 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.579 that Paul says 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.599 which is so helpful 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.940 in verse 25 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:49.000 is that they exchanged 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.059 the truth about God 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.659 for a lie 00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.319 and worshipped 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.279 and served the creature 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.319 rather than the creator 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.259 who is blessed forever. 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.899 They worshipped 00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:58.099 and served the creature 00:20:58.099 --> 00:21:00.659 rather than the creator. 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.500 That is idolatry. 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.200 And so that means 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:06.059 to live for things 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:09.919 is idolatry. 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.379 And that is 00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.399 to find your happiness 00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:15.740 and your goal 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.740 and your meaning for life 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:18.179 within the created order 00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:19.500 within this world 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:21.240 is idolatry. 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:26.399 And so good things 00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:27.879 that God has given to us 00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:29.079 to enjoy 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:31.399 can become idols 00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:31.759 can't they? 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.379 So think of 00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.759 for some 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.700 it might be the family. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:37.539 The family is a good gift 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.200 from God 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.160 but the family 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.279 being happy 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:42.539 that is life. 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.579 And so if the family 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.220 aren't happy 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.519 my life kind of 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.720 falls apart. 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.259 And that shows us 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.819 doesn't it? 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.359 It's idolatry. 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.539 To look for an explanation 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.700 of a human existence 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:58.039 and you think 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.160 well if I got this 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.259 or if I get that job 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.960 or I get that 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.900 wife 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.680 or I get that husband 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.880 or I get that relationship 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.360 that will make 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.440 everything alright. 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.279 The Bible says 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.160 that's idolatry. 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.819 Because you're looking 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.559 at creation. 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.180 You're looking at 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.140 creating order 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.340 rather than the creator. 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.100 And so work 00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:21.400 can become the be all 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.900 and the end all 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.200 isn't it? 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.100 And my fulfillment 00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:23.640 and work 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.279 that becomes 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.580 the great thing 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.480 or a house 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.240 or whatever it may be. 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.779 And if it is touched 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.759 and if it is affected 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:33.240 then my life collapses. 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.980 The Bible tells us 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.460 that's an idol. 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.819 To look to creation 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.679 and try to find 00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.980 the meaning for existence 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.879 is idolatry. 00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.859 And once your eyes 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:48.740 are fixed on this world 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.039 rather than the creator 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.779 of this world 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.159 you'll find idolatry there. 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.679 And so what's the difference 00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.279 in real terms? 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.079 What am I trying to say to you? 00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.740 I'm trying to say to you 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.619 first century Athens 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:59.079 21st century UK 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:01.160 there's no difference. 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.160 And so as Paul saw 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.799 what was going on 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.339 in Athens 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.099 it pained him 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:07.039 and it provoked him 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.200 and it angered him. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.299 And so again 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.660 as we look at our world today 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.399 it should pain us 00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.859 that Christianity 00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.819 is taught on a par 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.359 with every other 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.119 Christian religion. 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.200 It should anger us. 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.279 We all worship 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.879 the same God 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.200 don't we? 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.139 Allah is just 00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.319 another name for God. 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:26.259 that should make us 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.700 indignant 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.639 that should fill us 00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:29.240 with a holy anger. 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.960 Oh that people 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.939 could really know 00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:34.299 who the God 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.639 and Father 00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.960 of our Lord Jesus Christ is. 00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.779 What are we to do about it? 00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.159 And let me just 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.720 finish with this 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.139 the third thing 00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.240 what does Paul do? 00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.379 He's pained 00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.399 he's provoked 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:46.300 what does Paul do? 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.840 And I want you to see 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.300 what he does 00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.000 and what he doesn't do. 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.200 We're told in 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:52.040 verse 17 00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:53.220 that while he waited 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:55.019 in Acts 17 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.360 while he waited 00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:58.780 his spirit is provoked 00:23:58.780 --> 00:23:59.940 and then verse 17 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.740 he reasoned 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.259 with them. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.960 Can you see that? 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.040 He reasoned in the synagogue 00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:05.640 with the Jews 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.440 and the devout persons. 00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:09.300 He's provoked 00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.900 he saw the plight 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.340 of the people 00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.460 he saw 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.180 and knew something 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:13.019 of the reputation 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.119 and the glory of God 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.539 and because of that 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.500 pressure on his heart 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.000 and spirit 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.220 he reasoned in the synagogue 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.980 he spoke. 00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.180 Earlier on 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.839 in chapter 17 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.579 he's been chased out 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.960 of the synagogue 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.079 by an angry mob 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.920 and so for him 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.660 it's quite dangerous 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.319 to go to 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.139 the synagogue. 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.879 He looked at Athens 00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:31.339 he saw the idolatry 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.440 he felt for the people 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.859 he's concerned about God 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.839 and so he moves out 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.359 and he speaks. 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.180 He reasons. 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:43.000 He doesn't shy away. 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:45.579 He doesn't go into the ghetto. 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.759 He doesn't keep his head down. 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.099 He goes to the marketplace 00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.059 where people's thoughts 00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.859 and philosophies 00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.599 are being formed 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.579 where people are influenced 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.400 and he contends. 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:57.059 He doesn't sit back 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.819 and he reasons 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.660 and he speaks 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.879 the word of God. 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.859 And I think it's a really 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.660 sorry thing 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.759 when the church 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.700 just sits there 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.779 and takes the punches 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:09.420 and waits to be asked 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.079 to speak. 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:13.460 it has been disgraceful 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.599 I think that Christian leaders 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.259 have sounded like 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.579 health and safety experts 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.199 during COVID 00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:19.519 and not preaching 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.039 the gospel 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.240 and not proclaiming 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.240 the claims of Christ. 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:26.419 But just notice with me 00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.319 what he doesn't do 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.480 and I love this 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.059 what does he refuse to do? 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.480 He refuses to toss 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.899 the gospel 00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.619 into the melting pot. 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.480 He refuses to say 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.419 it's just one of the options 00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.019 he's on a par 00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.740 with everything else. 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.419 Let me read to you 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.320 from verses 19. 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.740 And they took him 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.200 and brought him 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.900 to the Areopagus 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.259 saying 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.940 may we know 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.940 what this new teaching is 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.700 that you're presenting 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.620 for your brain 00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:48.019 some strange things 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.539 to our ears 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.320 we wish to know 00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.560 therefore 00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.480 what these things mean 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.860 and all the Athenians 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.440 and the foreigners 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.000 who lived there 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.860 would spend their time 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.400 in nothing 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.420 except telling 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.360 or hearing something new 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:57.080 and then verse 22 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.539 so Paul standing 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.059 in the midst 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.779 of the Areopagus 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.119 said 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.960 men of Athens 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.899 I perceive that in every way 00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.679 you're very religious 00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.839 for as I passed along 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.439 and observed 00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:07.359 the objects of your worship 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.299 I followed also 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.599 an altar with this inscription 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.799 to the unknown God 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.779 what therefore you worship 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.399 is unknown 00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:15.559 this I proclaim to you 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.740 the God who made the world 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.799 and everything in it 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.759 being Lord of heaven and earth 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.599 he doesn't live in temples 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.240 made by man 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:26.140 he says to them 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.519 doesn't he 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.900 you don't know 00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.539 what you're talking about 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:31.120 you're absolutely clueless 00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.620 let me tell you 00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.759 you're ignorant of God 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.319 and 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.859 you know that you're 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.620 ignorant of God 00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.640 because I found an altar 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.700 saying to the unknown God 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.940 and you admit it 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.000 you don't know God 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.440 so let me tell you about him 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.740 and Paul isn't the slightest 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.960 but impressed by their learning 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.220 or intimidated by it 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.279 he's not threatened by it 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.559 and he doesn't say 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.579 well let me give you 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.519 my point of view 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.759 the gospel isn't 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.379 the point of view 00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:59.500 the gospel is the truth of God 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.859 and they say 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.079 but no one has got a monopoly 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.659 on the truth 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.159 and Paul says 00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:05.159 listen you don't know 00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.819 what you're talking about 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.819 you've not got a clue 00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.960 let me tell you about him 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.759 he's not the slightest 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.599 but intimidated 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.500 or threatened 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:14.259 by the great intellectuals 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.980 of Athens 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.319 and look at verse 29 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.119 he says 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.199 doesn't he 00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:20.720 verse 29 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.259 being then 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.799 God's offspring 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:25.120 we ought not to think 00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.339 that the divine being 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.059 is like gold 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.620 or silver 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.140 or stone 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.500 there's something 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.279 marvelous about that 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.400 you oughtn't to think 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.140 of God like that 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:34.259 he's talking to the greatest brains 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.920 in all the world 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.940 the philosophers of Athens 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.180 the greatest intellectuals 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.839 of the age 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.160 and he says 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.120 you've not got a clue 00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:42.039 and I think you know 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.720 that kind of pressure 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.700 you know 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.440 what it is 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.660 don't you 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.180 to be threatened 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.960 and intimidated 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.240 like Paul could have been 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.920 but do you know 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.279 what it is 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.980 to have the confidence 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.720 in the gospel 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.960 Paul could have 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.299 taken them 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.240 on their own ground 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.880 he could have 00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.200 spoken philosophically 00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.640 to them 00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.759 he was bright enough 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.220 he was trained 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.779 like they were 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.980 he was an intelligent man 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.339 but just 00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.039 look with me 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.440 as we close 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.180 what was his message 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:08.460 his message was 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.720 don't you love it 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.620 at the end of verse 18 00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.859 Jesus and the resurrection 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:15.019 Jesus and the resurrection 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.000 he's not intimidated 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:20.140 he's not afraid 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.980 he's got confidence 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.599 in the message 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:24.140 was he open to misunderstanding 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.420 yeah they misunderstood him 00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.759 verse 18 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.680 they think he's speaking 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.740 about two different gods 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.799 a kind of twin deity 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.099 they totally misunderstood him 00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.059 and people 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.339 misunderstand us 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:37.359 he was the object 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.039 of contempt 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.000 and ridicule 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.720 what does this 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.619 babbler say 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.500 verse 18 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:44.160 but he knows 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.819 that what these people 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.259 need to hear 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.240 is not philosophy 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.400 and it's not mere religion 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:50.480 but what these people 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.160 need to hear 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.859 is that 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.460 the gospel 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.740 is about the God 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.839 the only God 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.579 that there is 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.619 the one true 00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.299 living God 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.339 who's revealed himself 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.660 in a man named Jesus 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.720 that is the message 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.720 that God has made himself 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.619 known in time 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.420 and space 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.559 in Jesus Christ 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:11.680 and how do we know 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.480 that that is the message 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.160 well because God 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.619 has raised him 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.079 from the dead 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.779 and God 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.299 has singled 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.019 Jesus Christ 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.419 out 00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.359 out of 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.220 all of humanity 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:21.159 and he singled him 00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.799 out from all the great 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.399 gurus 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.000 and all the great 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.399 philosophers 00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.980 of the ages 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.519 and God has singled him 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.179 out by raising him 00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.659 from the dead 00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:28.839 and so Paul 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.819 told them about 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.740 Jesus and the resurrection 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.359 and he wouldn't be 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.059 shifted from it 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:34.579 and that is the message 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.119 we proclaim 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:38.239 to our multicultural 00:29:38.239 --> 00:29:39.319 multi-faith society 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.359 let's pray 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:42.479 of the Holocaust 00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:52.459 and the 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.459 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:54.159 and the 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.159 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.539 and the 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.159 Holocaust 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.299 and the 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:54.159 Holocaust 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.299 and the 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.179 Holocaust 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.279 and the 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.279 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.719 and the 00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:57.199 Holocaust 00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:58.519 and the 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.519 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.519 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.519 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.519 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.519 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.919 and the 00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:58.919 00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:58.919 00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:58.919 00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.759 and the 00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.759 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.339 and the 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.019 Holocaust 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.599 and the 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.599 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.740 and the 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:02.740 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:02.740 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:02.740 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:02.740 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