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God Reveals Himself through His Authority, Power and Presence which Demands a Response
God’s Wisdom
Paul reasoning-using the truth of Scripture
Man’s Folly
They believed in the existence of many gods, but argued in deistic fashion that the gods took no interest in the events of everyday life.
Consequently, Epicureans were critical of popular religion with its localising of gods in many temples and its concern to supply their needs (cf.
vv.
24–25).
The Stoics believed that the human race was one, proceeding from a single point of origin.
Through logic and discipline, they sought ‘to live in harmony with the natural order, which they believed was permeated by a rational divine principle or Logos’.57
They were essentially pantheistic and thought of the divine being as ‘the World-soul’ (cf.
vv.
26–29).
David G. Peterson, The Acts of the Apostles, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 490.
The “Epicureans” (followers of Epicurus, 341–270 BC) were the agnostics of their day, believing that the gods had nothing to do with human affairs and just found happiness by themselves.
So pleasure or happiness is the highest good and means remaining free of excess living and of fear, avoiding tension and pain.
The Stoics (followers of Zeno, 340–265 BC) were materialists and pantheists who believed the world consisted of material objects infused by divinity that held everything together.
The rational side of humankind is the highest faculty and virtue is the highest good.
To achieve that people must live in harmony with nature and make good, rational choices.
Grant R. Osborne, Acts: Verse by Verse, Osborne New Testament Commentaries (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019), 316.
God’s Authority
God is Active
God is creator
God is sustainer
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