What is the meaning of Acts 17:28? For in Him • Paul is speaking of the one true God who “made the world and everything in it” (Acts 17:24). • All reality is anchored “in Him”; God is not distant but actively sustains creation (Colossians 1:16-17). • Psalm 139:7-10 reminds us there is no place we can go outside His presence. we live • Every heartbeat is a continual gift from God. “In Him was life, and that life was the light of men” (John 1:4). • God “gives to everyone life and breath and everything else” (Acts 17:25). • Without the Lord’s sustaining word, life would cease (Hebrews 1:3). and move • Our capacity to act, work, and serve flows from Him. “The LORD is my strength” (Psalm 28:7). • Even daily plans depend on His will (James 4:13-15). • Paul himself relied on God’s enabling power for ministry (1 Corinthians 15:10). and have our being • Existence itself is held together by God; He is “upholding all things by His powerful word” (Hebrews 1:3). • Moses heard the divine name “I AM” (Exodus 3:14), underscoring that true being begins and ends with God. • Revelation 4:11 affirms that all things exist because it pleased God to create them. As some of your own poets have said • Paul bridges to his Athenian audience by quoting their literature, yet he filters it through revealed truth (1 Corinthians 9:22-23). • This shows God has left witnesses to Himself even in general culture (Romans 1:19-20). • Paul never compromises; he uses culture as a doorway to proclaim the gospel. We are His offspring • Humanity is God-created, not self-originated (Genesis 1:27). • Luke traces the human line back to “Adam, the son of God” (Luke 3:38). • Being God’s offspring rules out idols shaped by human hands (Acts 17:29) and calls us to reflect His character (Ephesians 5:1). summary Acts 17:28 anchors every facet of existence—life, motion, being—in the living God. Paul uses a familiar cultural quote to affirm that all people are God’s created children, responsible to seek Him and reject idols. Our life, our activity, and our very existence depend entirely on the Lord who both creates and sustains, calling us into fellowship through His Son. |
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