Paul Introduces His God INTRODUCTION 1. Acts 17:16-21 _________________________________________________________________ 2. Overheard in the marketplace, Paul is ______________________________________________ a. These two groups of philosophers held _______________________________________ b. Yet, they had one thing in common: _________________________________________ 3. Paul’s task – to ________________________________________________________________ a. The Athenians were ______________________________________________________ b. They knew _______________ God, yet did not ________________ Him. DISCUSSION I. Paul: “Your Unknown God Is the God I Worship!” A. Paul describes the greatness of His being (Acts 17:22-25) B. “My God is the ________________________________” _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ C. “My God is ___________________________________” ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ D. “My God is ___________________________________” ________________________________ (see Acts 7:48-49) ______________________________________________________________ E. “My God is ___________________________________” ________________________________ (see Psalm 50:10-12) ____________________________________________________________ F. “My God is the ________________________________” ________________________________ (see Job 12:10) _________________________________________________________________ II. Four Penetrating Conclusions from This (Acts 17:26-29) A. Since God is the Father of all, then all are ____________________________________________ B. The Father of all desires to be ____________________________________________________ 1. To make this possible, He _____________________________________________ (27b) a. He reveals Himself through __________________________________________ b. Job 12:7-10 _______________________________________________________ c. Romans 1:18-21 ___________________________________________________ 2. Why? Because He desires __________________________________________________ C. Since God is Father of all, He gives _____________________________________ (25b) 1. In Him we _____________________________________________________________ 2. In Him we ______________________________________________________________ 3. In Him we ______________________________________________________________ D. Since God is the Creator of all humans, He cannot possibly be ________________________(29) III. Paul Heads into His Grand Conclusion (Acts 17:30-31) A. As creator of all and Lord over all, God has the right to _________________________________ 1. One universal law for all: no ________________________________________________ a. ________________________________ in our heart. b. ________________________________ in our life. 2. One more startling fact… B. God’s “offspring” will stand _______________________________________________________ CONCLUSION 1. The result of Paul’s sermon? a. Some _________________________________________________________________ b. Some __________________________________________________________________ c. Some __________________________________________________________________ 2. It has ever been thus! This morning’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 8:1-9