Religious Indifference
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Acts 18:17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat…


I. THE CHARACTER OF THOSE THINGS FOR WHICH OUR GALLIOS DO NOT CARE. Things —

1. For which the Creator cares.

2. Which receive their saving significance from the life and death of the Redeemer.

3. Into which angels desire to look.

4. In behalf of which our ancestors were willing to shed their blood.

5. In which our best friends are most deeply interested.

II. SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THIS INDIFFERENCE.

1. A shallow misapprehension of the nature of religion.

2. Mental sloth.

3. Love of ease.

III. ITS EFFECT.

1. At death.

2. At judgment.

(Biblical Museum.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

WEB: Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these things.




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