that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
Those who do not seek God wickedly abuse this life and are unworthy to dwell on earth. He shows Himself everywhere so plainly that even the blind may grope after Him; yet men are blockish when, helped by such excellent testimonies of His power and wisdom engraved throughout creation, they profit nothing.
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Paul's task here differs entirely from his preaching to Jews: they needed Christ proved by prophecy; these refined idolaters needed first to know there is one true Creator and God alone worthy of worship. He had to lay the foundation before he could build.
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Commenting on Acts 17:22-31
Men by nature can grope after God through creation and providence well enough to know He exists and to see the folly of idols, yet this shows how dim the light of nature truly is. They feel about in darkness, and even after all their searching there is only a peradventure, a may-be, that they find Him.
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