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Acts 7:17 · BSB
7:17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
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…Peter put his hands on Stephen and said, Lord, be with this man to serve in the church. He did that in Acts chapter 6. Then in Acts chapter 8 orActs chapter 7, at the end thereof, Paul said, Kill Stephen! And they killed him. And then years later, whenever Peter is referring to Apostle Paul, he says, Our…
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…who aren't born again can't bring forth fruit. But it was sown in his heart. Over there, this makes a big difference. Over there in the end ofActs chapter 7, where Stephen was stoned to death, it says whenever he preached the gospel to them, it says they were cut to the heart. Whenever Peter preached…
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…7, you find a gathering. The church is growing like leaps and bounds. Thousands and thousands are being saved, people are being multiplied. And inActs chapter 7, you see Stephen brought before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council. By the way, the same Jewish council who had condemned Christ to die. Now Stephen…
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…that happened in these first few verses. Number one is Stephen is martyred. That is where we pick up in verse one of Acts chapter 8. All ofActs chapter 7is Stephen being martyred, the first martyr in the New Testament. Okay. We see him being martyred in Acts chapter 7, and then in Acts chapter 8,…
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…through 41, Paul preaches a lengthy sermon. Not going to read it or go into the details except to say it's very similar to the sermon of Stephen inActs chapter 7. By the way, when Stephen preached that sermon right before he died, guess who was standing there holding people's coats? Saul of Tarsus. It seems…
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…to become A butterfly, and how they are completely changed. You see, Jesus can change our heart like that. And so when we find Saul, we find him inActs chapter 7. And we see that the church is being persecuted. Stephen is the first martyr of the early church, and we see in chapter 7, verse 58, that they…
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…we are curious about what that might be, let's just go back to Acts chapter 2, and let's read Philip's sermon. Let's see the consistency. Even readActs chapter 7in Stephen's sermon. Look at Paul's sermon to Antioch of Pisidia in Acts 13, and all the way through, you're going to see a consistent message…
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…mean? So it leads us right into the third challenge. And that's the challenge of angry listeners. And there's no way in the world we can readActs chapter 7, but a lot of it is a sermon in which Stephen, or a defense, in which he reviews Jewish history and he's going to show some certain themes that…
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…Mike, are you really going to let them have it on your way out? Maybe uh take something from Stephen's message today to his Jewish audience. Uh inActs chapter 7, Stephen says to those listening, you stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit, as your fathers did.…
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…Jesus is to sit in the place of authority, showing that he is sovereign over all things and will reign over everything, even his enemies. But inActs chapter 7, Jesus is standing. He's not seated in sovereign authority, he's standing in service. Because the resurrection and the ascension brought us a king…
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…another passage I came across this week studying that I just, man, I love this passage. This is Stephen talking about the call of Abraham inActs chapter 7. Listen to this. Verse 2. Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia. What stands…
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…about Moses. Shared a little bit about Warren Buffett. Um, great. We always worry about the text here being large enough to read. So if we look inActs chapter 7, we really see a good background in Moses and his life. And so looking in verses 20 through 23, this is what we read. And this time Moses was born,…
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…When we're filled with the Spirit of God, we submit ourselves one to the other. And it fights off chair, it fights off envy and jealousy. Look atActs chapter 7real quick. Acts chapter 7. In Acts chapter 7, follow along. I'm watching your time. In Acts chapter number 7, this concept of envy is in a few…
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…at 40 years old it came into his heart to deliver his brethren, and he decided, I'm no longer going to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Acts chapter 7, Hebrews chapter 11. And he fled after he killed one Egyptian, and God took him out to prepare him on his mountain. Come on, is that right? You…
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…to Acts 7, decided, I'm no longer gonna be the son of Pharaoh's daughter. I'm no longer gonna be an Egyptian. In fact, it came into his heart,Acts chapter 7, to deliver the Hebrews. And he went in to do that, killed one Egyptian, then fled, and he was, if you would, 40 years waiting, if you would, for…
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…write this down. Acts chapter 2 verse 42 to 43 verse 47. Acts chapter 10 verse 34 to 46 Acts chapter 14 verse 1 to 3 Acts chapter 14 verse 1 to 3Acts chapter 7Acts chapter 14 verse 7 to 10 14 1 to 3 14 7 to 10 Acts chapter 19 verse 9 to 11 Why is the word given its place? Because we need knowledge.…
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…Abraham leaves with his father, we get a summary statement of Abraham's obedience to this call and the nature of God's call in Abraham's life. InActs chapter 7, we read this. The high priest said, Are these things so? And Stephen responds, and he begins to preach to the Jews. And he said, Hear me, brethren…
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…and foremost? Let's look at how the law came And then we read the number of couple of scriptures from Galatians 3. Stephen stated some words inActs chapter 7. We look at also the writer of Hebrews, Acts chapter 2. And then we now understand that the law was an addition. That's one. And the law was an…
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My friends, I'd like to draw your attention toActs Chapter 7this morning, the back end to Acts Chapter 7. You might remember that Stephen has been dragged before the council that is the religious and the…
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…you see it. Acts chapter 9, his name wasn't Paul, his name was Saul. He was a bounty hunter that had warrants for Christians' arrest. And we see inActs chapter 7, Stephen was the first martyr. Who was in charge of that? Saul stood there. So Saul stood there and gave the okay for them to martyr to stone…
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