Theme: Jesus Christ is gathering people from all nations; praise him for special revelation and the servants he has called to share it with others

You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. – 2 Timothy 3:10-11

In Metamorphoses (8.626-724), the poet Ovid tells a story of two gods, Zeus and Hermes, assuming human form and visiting the region of Phrygia. After knocking on several doors and being refused hospitality, they are eventually received by an old couple. This couple is then richly blessed whilst the other inhabitants of a town are killed in a flood. It is generally assumed that the people living in Lycaonia would’ve known this story and that it explains their rush to honour Paul and Barnabas.

How God Makes Himself Known to Us (BC Article 2)
We know him by two means: First, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe; which is before our eyes as a most beautiful book,1 wherein all creatures, great and small, are as so many letters leading us to perceive clearly God’s invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1:20. All these things are sufficient to convict men and leave them without excuse. Second, he makes himself more clearly and fully known to us by his holy and divine Word2 as far as is necessary for us in this life, to his glory and our salvation.