Acts 17: We won’t stop till the whole world knows!

After Paul and Silas left the city they decided to go south and start some trouble. They entered Thessalonica where they met with a Jewish community and started preaching the word of the Messiah. After three Sabbaths of preaching he had won over some of the God-fearing Greeks and a large number of women from the aristocracy (the Rich and Famous). But in doing this he angered the hard-line Jews and they became jealous. They rounded up the bullies in town and went in search of Paul and Silas. When they entered Jason’s house and couldn’t find them so they took Jason and his friends into town instead to tell the people that they were hiding the men who had come to destroy the world and say Jesus is King and Caesar is nothing. That same night under the cover of darkness Paul and Silas escaped from the mob and went to the city of Berea. Once again meeting with the Jewish community, Paul’s message was received with enthusiasm and he was treated much better than before. The Jewish people met with him daily and a lot of them became believers along with Greeks and women and men of influence in the community. But once again it didn’t take long for the word to get out that Paul was preaching the Word of God. Another mob had formed to try and capture Paul but he slipped away once again with the help of his friends. Paul made it to the city of Athens where he would wait on Timothy and Silas. While Paul waited he noticed all of the idols that the people were worshiping in the city and this made Paul angry. Paul went out into the streets to tell them about the only God. Most of the people mocked him but some listened. Paul noticed a shrine in town that was inscribed, to the god nobody knows. Paul told the people that he was there to introduce them to the God who made the world and everything in it. The God that doesn’t live in custom made shrines. Paul told the people that God will overlook it if you don’t know any better, but now that you know it’s time to change. God has set a day when he will judge the human race and he has already appointed his judge, Jesus.
I think that Paul was sent to tell the world about the Messiah. Everyone who didn’t know about the messiah now had whether they believed in it or not. Jesus said that you will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. Many people will start to turn away and hate each other just as they were doing in the cities that Paul had been in. Jesus says that the one who endures to the end will be saved. And that the good news about the kingdom will be preached to the whole world, so that all the nations will know my name, then the end will come.
I think we need to be like Paul, and go out and preach the word even though people might be angered. If we only save 1 out of 100 then that’s one more that will inherit the Kingdom of God.
No regrets, No Shame!
Peace out, Cub Scout,
Temp