stephen's witness slides, 9/15/13
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…and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”
Acts 6:13-‐14 (ESV)
And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” Acts 7:1 (ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correcGon, and for training in righteousness,
2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)
Stephen’s Witness
1. FALSE CHARGES
Stephen’s Witness
1. FALSE CHARGES 2. 3 MEN FROM GOD
• Abraham goes by faith & God gives countless descendants to an old man with no children.
• Joseph suffers but his sufferings are used to provide for God’s people AND bring Joseph’s dream to pass.
• Moses is raised up as deliverer for God’s people who were slaves.
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?’
Stephen’s Witness
1. FALSE CHARGES 2. 3 MEN FROM GOD
3. THE TEMPLE & THE LAW CONVICT YOU!
“You sGff-‐necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
Acts 7:48-‐53 (ESV)