于是在会堂里,同犹太人和虔诚的人辩论;并且天天在市中心和所遇见的人辩论。
保罗站在亚略.巴古当中,说:“各位雅典人,我看你们在各方面都非常敬畏鬼神。我走路的时候,仔细看你们所敬拜的,发现有一座坛,上面写着‘献给不认识的神’。我现在把你们不认识而敬拜的这位神,传给你们。(使徒行传 17:17, 22-23)
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.
Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. (Acts 17:16, 22-23)
While we can’t always control the things of life that impact our day, we do have a choice. We can continue to brood over the “mess we are in,” or we can change our perspective. When Paul was in Athens, “he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols” (Acts 17:16 niv). But when he changed his perspective, he used their interest in religion as an opportunity to proclaim the true God, Jesus Christ (vv.22-23).
Wisdom is seeing things from God’s perspective.
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