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Acts 7:34 · BSB
7:34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
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…to the New Jerusalem, uh, but it is uh referring to heaven in that sense. Acts 7, verse 55 and 56. This is uh when Stephen was being stoned inActs chapter 7, it says, But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of…
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…get a whole Christian. And so we tend to work through passages of the Word of God. We're in the book of Acts. In fact, we're right in the heart ofActs chapter 7. And really, let me give you some context. Stephen is correcting these Jews who have just killed Jesus, and now Stephen is experiencing persecution…
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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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…in the Sanhedrin rejecting some of the very things that Jesus are rejecting here was put to death by stoning. And we can read an account of this inActs chapter 757-58. At this they covered their ears and yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city, and began to…
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…about how the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, and how for all of history, it's very much modeled a little bit after Stephen's uh sermon inActs chapter 7, I think it is. And it's just amazing how the rehearsing the history of how God has been in pursuit of a people he can call his own, just continues…
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Let's open our Bibles. Let's go toActs chapter 7this morning. If you're a guest with us here at Central Church, this is our habit. We just go, we go through sections of Scripture, books of the…
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…we're past the point of a threat. This is active persecution that the church is facing. And up to this point in the book of Acts, so we remember inActs chapter 7, we had the stoning of Stephen. But between the stoning of Stephen and the events that we're going to see today, a few years has passed. And…
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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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Let's take our Bibles. Let's open toActs chapter 7. Acts chapter 7. If you're just joining us, our habit is to work through books of the Bible verse by verse. We find ourselves in Acts chapter 7. So…
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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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…Stephen was the crowned one, and he was crowned by Jesus by giving his life as a young man. He's probably a young man in his 20s or 30s. Really,Acts chapter 7is about two young men. It begins with Stephen and it ends with a man named Saul. And this is the beginning. This is the beginning of something…
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…Acts 2 is in Jerusalem. Acts 3 is Jerusalem. And then he says, in Judea, that's Acts 4 and Acts 5. When you get to Acts chapter, all the way up toActs chapter 7, that's Judea. And then he goes over to Acts 8. Now that's Samaritan. That's where he said it would happen. And then he goes to Acts 10, that's the…
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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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…of punishment as outlined in Leviticus 26. Okay, so if you are just thinking, how can I learn about the history of Israel? One place would beActs chapter 7. Stephen's message when he's about to be stoned is the history of Israel. That's a great place to go. If you want a handle on your Old Testament,…
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…But great opportunity for training and equipping. And we're looking at the life of Stephen today. And it's the longest sermon in the Bible. It's inActs chapter 7. So if you have your Bibles, turn to Acts chapter 7. And last week you had the opportunity to hear Josh lead us up to the persecution that was…
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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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…they apply it to everyone. See that murderer? He should be killed and he should probably burn in hell. You know what? When Stephen was killed inActs chapter 7, you know who was holding his coat? You know who was holding his coat while they murdered Jesus' cousin? It was Paul. It was Paul. You know what?…
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…whatever my sword is, the Lord, he can solve that problem. Yeah. It's a small thing, but it's big to me. But let's keep reading now. Go back to uhActs chapter 7. Can you see the depth of how these men saw the word of God? Brother, it was more than just reading the letter. Those men understood what was…
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