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Acts chapter 17 verse 16 says now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens

his spirit was provoked. Paul was

provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

This verse I think just so powerfully depicts Paul's heart.

I mean here he is he's in Athens this tourist site in a sense.

I mean known for its history.

And you can just imagine in our day,

people walking around, just taking pictures everywhere,

wanting to see all the sites,

check off all the boxes, I saw this or that,

but not Paul, like he's there in Athens and he is

provoked this first says his spirit provoked within him because he looks around

and he sees all these idols in the city and he's got to do

something about it so he immediately the next verse talks about it started reasoning

in the synagogues and then in the marketplace and

then he got invited to talk with many of the philosophers and he just starts sharing the gospel

because why? Just think about it why was he provoked to start sharing the

gospel all he saw that God was not being worshipped in that city and he had to do something about it.

Oh, I read that and I just I want that kind of heart in me.

I want a heart that when I look around me and I see idols in

the world and maybe you know I think about places where it's physical idols that I've been when I'm walking in India or Nepal and I see like these physical objects that are set up that people are burning incense to or

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