This sermon by Paul is unique in that it does not actually contain the gospel. It is profoundly biblical in nature, but it isn't the good news of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus. Why did Paul preach it, and why is preserved for us by Luke in the book of Acts?
This sermon demonstrates how an audience who is content in their own wisdom and achievements must be addressed. Before the gospel can receive a hearing, this audience needs to understand that they have need of salvation. So Paul sets out to demonstrate the folly of idolatry and the necessity of turning to the one true God.
Few passages in Acts provoke more controversy than Paul's address to Areopagites at Mars Hill. Some go so far as to suggest that this address is a fabrication of Luke and could never have come from the Apostle Paul. They argue, first, that the arguments are 'Greek' (Hellenistic) in nature; and second, that the message in Acts contradicts the teaching in the first three chapters of Romans. As this sermon progresses, it seeks to answer these two objections and demonstrate the integrity of the scriptures, even when two passages seem, at first look, to be contradictory.
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