QT 19 Jul 18, Acts 17:30-31, Pain is God's megaphone that the world is not as he intended

Week	Passage	Date	Verse	Thought	Prayer
12	Acts 17:22-34	7/19	Acts 17:30–31 (ESV) — 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”	The world is not the way God intended. In the garden, God gave us what we wanted, independence from his rule (his commands) and he also gave us the consequences. It is easy to look at the pain in the world and wonder if God exists. But the reality is that the pain in the world is intended to remind us of our rebellion and our need to repent. God is not pleased with evil. He has fixed a day to judge the earth by Jesus. He will restore the earth as he intended with him ruling and it will be far different than what we experience today. But the key is that we need to repent of the rebellion that we are part.	Father, open our eyes to our own evil. Help us to patiently wait for the day when you will restore all things. May we stand up against the evil in the world in the meantime. Let us not shrink back. What you call sin, is sin. It is not good. It is nothing to be prideful about.