²⁸ For you know the saying, “We live in God; we move in God; we exist in God.” And still another said, “We are indeed God’s children.” ²⁹ Since this is true, since we are indeed offspring of God’s creative act, we shouldn’t think of the Deity as our own artifact, something made by our own hands—as if this great, universal, ultimate Creator were simply a combination of elements like gold, silver, and stone. ³⁰ No, God has patiently tolerated this kind of ignorance in the past, but now God says it is time to rethink our lives and reject these unenlightened assumptions.