QT 18 Jul 18, Act 17:18, We need to honestly seek truth and not hide it away

Week	Passage	Date	Verse	Thought	Prayer
12	Acts 17:16-21	7/18	Acts 17:18 (ESV) — Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.	People are always trying to categorize the gospel in a box or dismiss it in some way. We respond to truth in a classic Babylonian way. We believe we are own gods and we decide our own fate. In the garden we rebelled against God and his commands. Today, we actively continue that rebellion in all ways possible. Things that God calls sin, we call good. We rejoice in our wickedness and take PRIDE in our rebellion. Nowadays, our category for Paul's message is myth and stories for the weak of mind. But our pride has blinded us to even the idea of investigating the truth that was spoken (yea, lived) 2000 years ago.	Father, forgive us for our stupidity. Open our eyes to truth. May we not hide from it. Can things get any worse spiritually for us as a nation, and a world? I'm sure it is so, but it would be so painful. Have mercy on us.