God commands everyone to repent

God commands everyone to repent

Acts 17:30

³⁰ In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

Luke 24:47

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Tit 2:11, 12

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   God commands everyone to repent

2)   After resurrection Jesus opened disciples eyes and minds to know the scripture

3)   Jesus mentioned to His disciples that repentance will be preached to all the nations in His name.

Jesus died for us to make us His very own. 

In God, we live, move and have our being as we are His offspring

In God, we live, move and have our being as we are His offspring

Acts 17:28

²⁸ ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Deut 30:20

¹⁹ This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live ²⁰ and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Job 12:10

¹⁰ In his hand is the life of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind. 

Dan 5:23

²³ Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  In God, we live, move and have our being as we are His offspring

2)  For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

3)  In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

4)  Belshazzar did not honor God, who holds the life of every man and their ways in His hand.

God is not far from each one of us

God is not far from each one of us

Acts 17:27(God gave us a place to live so that we would reach out to Him)

²⁷ God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

Deut 4:7(The Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to Him)

⁷ What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

Isa 55:6(Call on our Lord when He is near)

⁶ Seek the Lord while he may be found; 
    call on him while he is near.

Jer 23:23, 24(God sees us even if we try to hide us in secret places)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? ²⁴ Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   God is not far from each one of us

2)   God gave us a place to live so that we would reach out to Him

3)   The Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to Him

4)   Call on our Lord when He is near

5)   God sees us even if we try to hide us in secret places

God gives all men life and breath and everything else

God gives all men life and breath and everything else

Acts 17:25

²⁵ And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Psalm 50:10-12

¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills. 
¹¹ I know every bird in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world is mine, and all that is in it. 

Isa 42:5

⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, 
    who gives breath to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  God gives all men life and breath and everything else

2)  God knows everything as He created everything

3)  God has total control on everything He created

4)  God spreads out the earth with all that springs from it

5)  God gives life to those who walk on the earth

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.

Acts 17:24

²⁴ “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.

Isa 42:5

⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, 
    who gives breath to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

Acts 14:15

¹⁵ “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

Deut 10:14

¹⁴ To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

Isa 66:1, 2

This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne, 
    and the earth is my footstool. 
Where is the house you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?
² Has not my hand made all these things, 
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit, 
    and who tremble at my word. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.

2)   The creator of the heavens gives breath and life to people on earth

3)   We should turn from the worthless things to the living God

4)   To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

5)   God’s favor is with those who are humble and contrite in spirit and tremble at His word.

Receiving God’s message with great eagerness and examining scriptures

Receiving God’s message with great eagerness and examining scriptures

Acts 17:11

¹¹ Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

Luke 16:29

²⁹ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

John 5:39

³⁹ You study^[c] the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, ⁴⁰ yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  We can be noble by receiving God’s message with great eagerness and examining the scriptures.

2)  We should be listening to Prophets and Moses that we have on earth.

3)   Scriptures gives us eternal life and are a blessing to us.