The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 17:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The power of God in the world.

"These that have turned," etc. Thessalonians excitable, especially on the subject of political change (see Epistles). The misrepresentations of spiritual work proceed from two causes:

I. THE THOUGHTS OF MEN CONTRASTED WITH THE THOUGHTS OF GOD.

1. Of the religious fanatics and superstitious. The fears for truth leading to false alliances. Compromise of principle.

2. Of rulers. Government is apt to fear for itself, because it knows not its own true basis. Decrees of Caesar must sometimes be resisted.

3. Of the populace. Mistaken ideas of their own interests. Deceivableness under the influence of demagogues or those who pander to their lowest feelings. The blessing was rejected. Jesus was a better King for the people than Caesar.

II. THE MISSION OF THE GOSPEL IN THE WORLD.

1. To explain the Divine dealings with mankind, and reveal the purpose running through both the Jewish and Gentile histories.

2. To lift up the multitudes and deliver them from despotism and deception.

3. To proclaim a new world in place of the old, the coming of the kingdom, which is not the exaltation of an imperial throne, but the reign of God on the earth, in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

4. To stir up in the hearts of men a desire for the better things. The world within us must be turned upside down before the true peace is built up.—R.

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