Acts 17:30 · World English Bible
Acts 17:30 Meaning The Times of Ignorance Therefore God Overlooked
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
What does Acts 17:30 mean?
For a long while the mind sleeps, and what it does in sleep cannot fairly be blamed. A person who has never looked inward lives by borrowed rules and calls it living.
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For a long while the mind sleeps, and what it does in sleep cannot fairly be blamed. A person who has never looked inward lives by borrowed rules and calls it living. This is the innocence of not yet knowing.
Then a moment comes when awareness wakes, and it cannot be put back to sleep. A man who has seen his own hidden motives can no longer pretend they are gone. This is what the old word repent means: not guilt, but turning the whole mind toward what it now knows. The demand to change comes because a person has become able to see.
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Live Acts 17:30 today
- Think of a habit you have quietly known about for a while, the late scrolling, the sharp tone, the second drink. Stop calling it nothing and name it once, plainly, to yourself.
- The next time you catch yourself making an excuse out loud to someone, interrupt yourself and tell them the real reason instead. It only takes one sentence.
- When you feel the familiar pull to snap at someone under stress, pause for one breath and admit inside that you know exactly what you are about to do. Then choose the other thing.
What have you already seen about yourself that you are still acting as if you have not?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · Dhammapada
The fool who knows he is a fool is that far wise already. Seeing clearly is the first turn, not the reward at the end.
Stoicism · Epictetus
It is impossible to begin learning what you think you already know. The moment you see your own error, the lesson has started.
Zen · Dogen
To study the way is to study the self, and to study the self is to see through it. What you see cannot be unseen, so you walk differently after.
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