Quotes About God

For when David had served Godís purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paulís message.

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.