The Death of Stephen: Acts 6-7

Acts 5:14, 17-20 (ESV)

Acts 5:25, 28-29 (ESV)

Acts 5:33-34, 38-39 (ESV)

Acts 5:40-42 (ESV)

Acts 6:1-7 (ESV)

The Accusation of Stephen

Acts 6:8-15 (ESV)

Stephen and the Sanhedrin

Acts 7:1-5 (ESV)

•Acts 7:2-8 (ESV) – The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

•Acts 7:9-16 (ESV) – The Patriarchs in Egypt: Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers

•Acts 7:17-36 (ESV) – God Delivers Israel by Moses: How his own people despised Moses and wanted to overthrow his power.

•Verse 39 – “Whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.”

•Verse 40 – “Saying to Aaron, ’Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’”

How Do We Speak Grace and Truth to Our Generation?

1.We don’t resist the Holy Spirit

•Acts 7:51 (ESV)

•1 Thessalonians 5:19 (NKJV)

•Ephesians 4:30-32 (NKJV)

2.We speak the truth

•Acts 7:52-53 (ESV)

3.We don’t argue with chaos

•Acts 7:54-57 (ESV)

•1 Corinthians 14:33 (NKJV)

4.We love the people that are against us

•Acts 7:58-60 (ESV)

•Matthew 10:16 (NKJV)

•Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV)

Acts 8:1-3 (ESV)

•Luke 1:1-2 (NLT)

•Acts 22:17-21 (NKJV)

Closing

1 Timothy 1:12-17 (NKJV)