Heralds Digest

“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭ 17:30 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/act.17.30.nkjv     The major challenge with all religious observances is the establishment of a fruitful relationship with the invisible God. Besides the demand for faith in order to clear all doubts, intimate relationship with God requires a sincere letting down of the intentional garb of ignorance against the omnipotence in the Creator of heaven and earth. By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul on the Areopagus had to draw the attention of the Athenians to the fact that it takes an insightful creation of philosophy in the mind of any Atheist, freethinker, and religious fanatic to wear off the confronting conviction about the existence of the true God and His righteousness. Even those who struggle with the call to holiness and righteousness as free gifts arising from believers’ relationship with God need a religious cove...

“For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭ 17:21 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/act.17.21.nkjv   Unlike the Berea-minded believers, the Athenians have interest only in the knowledge of every new thing but a passive disposition to the potency of anything. Having the knowledge of God but denying the power of His influence in life makes a perfect description of the Athenian philosophers. Whereas, the holy scriptures present the gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation for all who are willing to go beyond the head knowledge disposition. There is the power to save, heal and deliver anyone from the bondage of darkness, if faith enables the turning of passive philosophies into active anticipation of the power of the Cross.