Acts 14:12-17
12 And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ... 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 16 who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
When the focus went to Paul and Barnabas for the healing, they were called gods and worshipped. So the apostles jumped in to set things straight, pointing out that they were only men as those of Lystra. They implored them to turn from useless void of life things to the one living God. God through nature even shows He is the one who gives good things and gladness, not lifeless idols. The same God had allowed the nations to live their own way until then - when God showed Himself as a man among them...
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