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do you do You may have heard the saying some people are so heavenly-minded there of no

earthly good. Think about the apostle Paul. He was certainly heavenly-minded, but he did a lot of earthly good.

And today on Truth for Life, we'll learn how it's possible to fully engage with the culture without compromising our faith.

Alistairbegg is teaching from Acts Chapter 17.

We're looking at verses 16 through 23. 23.

Next chapter 17 and we follow Paul as he arrives in Athens following his time in Thessalenica and in Buria.

And as he moves around this city, Luke doesn't remark on his response to its architecture.

Presumably he was struck by the immensity of it and its stature. but Luke actually tells us, gives us an insight into what was happening in Paul's

psyche, if you're like what was going on in the core of his being. He starts off in the same world with the

Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, those whom we mentioned last time who have who had

come around at the monotheism of Judaism without entering into all of its rights and

rituals. They were known as Godfears. They wanted to know God and they were interested

in what the Jews were saying but they had not

themselves converted to Judaism. Paul goes into that group and he speaks to them.

Presumably in Athens he followed the pattern previously established you will see that when he went

into the Thessalyka he as his custom was went to the synagogue and on three Sabbath

days you will notice he reasoned with them from the scriptures, explaining

and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead.

In other words, he did the hard work of biblical exposition.

He didn't just go in there and tell them, you know, if Thessal and Aikha needs a good shake or let me tell you what happened to me when I was down the street in another place, let me share some experiences I've had of the Holy Spirit.

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