Followers of Christ…where are you faithfully serving God…what God-given responsibility have you been given? Philip waited tables…and to wait tables, what were the requirements? The apostle’s came to the prayerful and practical solution to a problem in the Jerusalem church. Not all the widows were receiving the food that should have been given […]
Whenever the word “therefore” is found in Scripture, go back to the verses before that word and find out what it is “there for”. (NASB) Acts 8:4 “Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.” Stephen had been stoned to death because of preaching Jesus Christ. After that the persecution […]
Stephen had been stoned to death for his faith in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. A young man stood there, watching, and whole-heartedly agreed with the execution. In fact those who were throwing stones laid their robes at his feet. His name was Saul. (Acts 7:47-60; 8:1) On that very day a great […]
The prayer of the week is based on Matthew 28:18-20 Praise and adoration and honor and glory belong to You, Elohim. You are the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, yet One God. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to You, Son of God…for this reason You commanded […]
The Sanhedrin: (a Council of Seventy-one Jewish religious leaders) They were hearing the defense and accusations of Stephen…he turned his trial around and accused them! They were “cut to the quick,” they were furious! (Acts 7:54) Stephen: full of the Holy Spirit He gazed into heaven as he finished his defense. Amazing […]
Dictionary: accusation Law A formal charge brought before a court against a person, stating that he is guilty of some punishable offense. Stephen brought formal charges against the court itself, stating that they were guilty of punishable offenses…three separate charges! “Listen” as Stephen levels three accusations against his accusers at his trial in […]
What did Stephen just say? Stephen was on trial before the Sanhedrin, he was reviewing Israel’s history…beginning with Abraham then followed with Joseph and the twelve tribes of Israel. Next, Moses and the Tabernacle of Testimony carried through the wilderness for forty years. Stephen continued to review the importance of the Tabernacle in the […]
Stephen continued to defend himself from the charge of blasphemy against Moses and against God. Stephen briefly sketched the life of Moses being the deliverer of the Israelites out of slavery and the importance of the Tabernacle of Testimony in the middle of the camp during the wilderness years. For the previous study […]
The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 67:1 Lord God of the Bible, may You be gracious to us, and bless us by causing Your face to shine on us…that You would make Your way known on the earth…and in our lives. Give us the desire to be working with You […]
Stephen continued defending himself against the charge of blasphemy against Moses and God. He came to the point of his defense concerning the Tabernacle of Testimony which the children of Israel built from a pattern given to Moses by God. The Tabernacle was the center of the wilderness camp. It would be the […]