Acts 17:25

Acts 7:25 says, Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;  Paul said they could not worship God with anything made by hand, since He is the Creator of everything.  All that we can offer God is ourself.  Verse twenty-six continues, And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Next, Paul said God made one blood of all nations of men that dwell on the face of the earth. He has determined the times and boundaries of their habitation.  When we start to feel that we are better than other people or other nations, remember that God made one blood of all nations.  We make a lot of borders.  North and South Carolina redrew theirs in 2017, moving some families from one state to the other.  These families have to legally redefine who they are because of an invisible line.  When those borders make us feel superior to others, remember that God made us all one blood.  Verse twenty-seven concludes, That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:  God did all these things that we might seek after Him.  Paul told the Epicureans that they should seek God.  He told them that He is never far away, even in places that do their best to not only deny Him but to try to eradicate Him.  There is even better news.  God is actively seeking all the lost people and calling them to Him.  Verse twenty-eight says, For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.  Paul said, we live, and move, and have our being; which certain of their own poets had said when they stated, For we are also his offspring.  Again, we should always look for areas of common understanding even when we present the gospel, which is an uncommon truth.  Verse twenty-nine adds, Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.  Paul said since we are the offspring of God, we shouldn't think the Godhead could be contained in gold, or silver, or stone fashioned by men.  He is a living God Who dwells in His followers.  We, as His people, can never worship the things of this world and worship God at the same time.