In Acts 17:22-31 is the story of Paul’s sermon on Mar’s Hill about the Image to the Unknown God. In this sermon Paul reminded pagans that they were children of God; that their very existence was tied to the hidden Christ whom they had not yet come to confess, though “He is not far from each one of us.” Their very lives were sustained by the One whom they had not yet come to know. What if our evangelism was a reminder to embrace the One who is already at work in the lives of the ones to whom we witness? What if we helped them see that the One at work in their hearts is the same incarnate One who went to the cross to redeem us all?
“That they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children’.” Acts 17:27-28 (NASB)
