Paul in Athens
                                                             Acts 17:16-33

Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens.   As he walked around the city he saw many
beautiful buildings. He also saw numerous idols.  Men would carve statues out of stone or
wood, and they would call them their gods.  They would bow down and worship these statues
as if the stone or wood had some power.

They wanted to make sure they hadn't left out some "god" so they made an idol
 "To an unknown god".  Paul said, "I want to tell you about this God", and he began to tell
them about the true God who had created the world and everything in it.  He told them about
Jesus and how he had come to earth, been killed and made alive again.

The people of Athens were very extremely interested.  They loved to hear new ideas, and this
 was certainly something new to them.  Some people believed the preaching of Paul and
became followers.

If you visit Athens today you can climb the tall hill and view the Acropolis.  You will see the
ruins of the same buildings Paul viewed when he preached to the Athenians.  During Paul's
time the buildings were already over 400 years old.  Today they are more than 2400 years old.


Memory Verse:
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
       
                                                                                             John 4:24 KJV