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It has been very tiring day today. I came late from the office and straight from there I came home.
And then I took my Bible and straight, ran here. There was some customer issue going on, so we had to provide some data, so they was working on that.
And when you have an automobile company like Ford or GM asking you and they have like complaint issue.
Then you have to work a little late for that. Because they are your customer. So it was fun, but, God help me and blessed me to come here and It's a great time that.
We are spending from the book of Acts and lot of new things. And very encouraging. We, see from the life of Stephen so Ex chapter 7.
Quickly, please for give me a file go over time today a little bit. That it's if it's fine.
Because we have like lot of verses left to be covered. 60 and we just humbly little until 16 So.
May God help us to complete the rest of the. Horses. So we saw that. Stephen is now.
In the front of these people. Any other synagogue and He was accused of of like 4 things.
And we saw that he was accused of black swimming against card he was accused. Good blessing against Moses.
He was accused. Blaspheming against the No, and he was accused. Blaspheming against the temple.
So we saw from worse one to 16 that He very strongly, very spiritually, he answered the accusation that was on him regarding God.
He started, he hooked them on the Converse conversation. Of what they believe the most. Like Abraham and his descendants and his life.
In the land of Israel and his descendants and his promises. And we saw that the life of Joseph as well, how he, Stephen was tending to bring the focus of the people towards Jesus like whom they rejected.
And on the same line when we see.
In worse, 17 when we see now. The second point he. They he was accused of Moses.
He's blasphemy against Moses. And now he starts in verse 17. I'll read that.
But when the time of the promise drew you, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Het.
Till another king arose who did not know Joseph. Now Joseph was in the same place and he didn't Are they didn't knew Joseph the king knew Joseph and a goddess one to Abraham and people grew and multiplied in Egypt.
He wanted to bring the focus to the history of Moses that I come from the same Yeah ancestors I come from the same descendants.
And that's what we saw in the previous verses that he's always repeating in his verses our fathers are people.
When you read verse 19 we see this man dealt treacherously with our people. And opera star forefathers, making them expose their babies so that they might not leave.
We see the cruelty of the king during that time. Now, he see that the descendants of Abraham, they are growing and now he thought like they should not take over and now he thinks of killing babies.
And during this time. In verse 20, see the starting of that verse at this time. Now there was some problems there were some big issues going on in the land of Egypt there and then at this time we see Moses is born.
We see that something has been provided by Cord to deliver the people. Out of the hand of the people from the Egyptians and this king.
And in worse, we, at 21 we see the. In 21 we see. At this time Moses was born and was well pleasing to court.
We see this man, Moses. Who is no no it's not he's not a man right now he's a baby he's a new born baby and we see the characteristics that this baby was a well pleasing god.
And he was brought up in his father's house for 3 months, but when he was sent out to Farah's daughter took him away and brought him up as her phone.
You see the providence. Or the provision provided by card that the Moses who was we know the story of Moses like he was put in the basket and like floated on the lake or the river there and God provided a Pharaoh's daughter to look after.
Moses. And then we see in verse 22, we see the picture of Jesus in Moses.
And how Stephen is trying to. Take the focus of their, of the, focus of the people towards Jesus.
And we see in verse 22 that he Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words.
And deeds. And now when he was 40 years old, it came into his heart to visit his brother and the children of Israel.
We see that Moses, when he's growing, he's growing spiritually, he's growing with wisdom.
And he's mighty in words and deeds. We see in the whole testament that he was eloquent in his words when we read worse from X.
Odess chapter.
Exodus chapter 4 and verse 10 to 16. We see that this man Moses was not eloquent in his speech, he was not able to speak, he was off like like the, his tongue was not that good to speak.
But here we see in verse 22 that he is mighty in words. And deeds. That means In the book of Exodus was written by Moses.
He's doing his self evaluation that his not like exalting himself in that book. But here we see as he grew up in the hands of Aaron, he trained, he was trained by guard, he was He passed through all that experience.
Now, Stephen is talking about the Moses life that he was mighty in words. He grew up in the training of that and he grew up in the land.
Where he took out the out the people of Israelites from the land of Egypt. And that's how he is known as mighty in words and deeds.
Was 23 saying that when he was 40 years now Stephen is very well worse with the numbers he properly number knows the numbers that at this age happen these things at this happen at this age happen these things.
He's very well known of the numbers when he's speaking about Moses. Then he's saying that as and seeing one of themself were wrong, he defended and avenged.
Him who was pressed and struck down the Egyptians.
He was not only a defender but He was also a reconciler. When we talk about Moses.
In verse 2526. We see a word called reconcile. And the next day he appeared to 2 of them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them saying, when you are brethren, why do you, why do you wrong one another?
We see these characteristics. Of Moses is not only a different. He is a reconciler.
In verse 27 we see that but he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away saying who made you a ruler and a judge over us.
There rejected him. They pushed him, they rejected him. That's what we see. Stephen is trying to bring out of his speech out of his sermon that You are you did the same with the one who came here to redeem you rejected them.
You rejected Lord Jesus Christ when he came to save. And in the same manner he's trying to bring that similarity that the one Moses was chosen to be Redeemer for the people of Israelis.
You are now pushing him away. You are rejecting him. The same thing you did to Jesus. He is trying to bring that similarity.
Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday? Then at this saying Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Median where he had were 6 from the same chapter we see that your descendants will be growing in the foreign land.
And that's the reason we also see that Moses fled and became a dweller. In the land of median.
Where he grew his family.
Rejected by the people. Also rejected by the king. Because of the king of Egypt. He was in the fear of King of Egypt.
He was also fled because the people rejected him. And then we see the next. Part in Moses life.
And when 40 years had passed away again see the Great. Numbers knowledge of Moses. He knows the numbers well.
When 40 years I had passed away an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in bush.
In the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
What happened in that 40 years? In the life of Moses? Hey, he married Gefora.
He grew up his family. In the same land and now we see that in the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame.
When Moses saw it, he marvel at the sight and as it view near to Pobso the voice of the Lord came to him saying I'm the guard of your father's.
The guard of Abraham, the guard of Isaac and the card of Jacob. And Moses, trembled and you are not.
To look.
God rivers to Moses. Your first and Then we see that he's asking to remove the sandals of the office feet.
There is some, change in the chronological order to when it is written in Exodus he tells to first remove the feet to first remove the feet, remove the sandal off from the feet and then God speaks with him.
He does to first remove the feet, remove the sandal off from the feet and then God speaks with him.
Now your guard is speaking first and then he's mentioning about the sandal to be removed. We see that the importance of courts speech is given first.
And so that the people who are listening to Stephen should not divert their thinking of like what happened for us, what will happen later.
He wanted to make them sure that he's trying to. Talk to them about the same God who he believes about same Abraham who he believes the same Moses who he believes he is the same.
He's coming from the same. People is coming from the same fathers and is mentioning again and again we see that in verse 19 our people are forefathers.
He's mentioning in the same chapter. Our people are fathers. And then the Lord said to him, take your sandals off your feet for the place where you stand is holy ground.
I have surely seen the operation of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and came down to deliver them and now come I will send you to each it now Card is asking Moses to go and go to Egypt.
Because he had a great plan. For the people of Israelites in the land of Egypt. He's making sure that whatever goals he has whatever plans he has for the people of Israelites.
That he will be their deliver. He will be their Redeemer and he will bring them out and we see the great miraculous work.
Of our guard. Through Moses and we know that how that 10 plates played the life in the played a great role in the life of people of Israelites that 10 plates the great separation of Red Sea making a pure path to walk such a great things we happened we see happening through Moses.
This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, who made you a ruler and a church? Is the one God sent?
To be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to Him in the bush?
Now, when Stephen was speaking to these people. He's telling all the history of Moses what happened.
Where was Moses? What year he was there? Now he might have slowed down his speech. Because you want to emphasize what he wants to say about chord in these words.
That's the reason he asked. He is telling that Moses whom they rejected sang who made you a ruler and a church is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
He brought them out after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness 40 years.
He wants to show the greatness of God. He want to show how Moses helped the people of Heisenale to come out of the land of Egypt.
He wants to show how miraculously how Wonderfully well-planned . Of God's great plan for the people of Israelites.
He wants to turn that table again, Stephen. I am not the blasphemer of Moses.
You're accusing me that I am a blasphemer of Moses but you are the blasphemers.
You are the your forefathers, our forefathers, they rejected Moses. Hi, I did not.
I'm I'm making sure that Moses is the one. Was chosen by car. He's the one who helped the people of Israelites to come out of that land of Egypt.
And he's emphasizing more and more and more. He's speaking very firmly, he's speaking very courageously, speaking very full of Holy Spirit.
And that's what we see the characteristics of Moses, many is speaking. With the people. He's alone there.
He is just one man army. No one with him. He's a one-man army and he's speaking with the people there.
Right. And do we see the same happening? Joseph, he rejected. Caught rejected the first time.
He became the deliverer the second time. Moses rejected the first time. He became the deliver second time.
Do you just rejected first time? Now we see then he's going to come back with full deliverance.
That similarity he wants to bring. When he's talking to the people. That things he wants to show.
Tending his focus towards Jesus. You are the one who rejected, not me. You are the one who are blasphemers, not me.
Third accusation. Let's go to third accusation. Where's 30 seventh?
Now the third accusation we see that
You are the one who blaspheme against the law.
Now he Moses made a clear as Stephen made the clear picture of What he was saying saying to the people when he talked about Moses now the same Moses was being used to hand the law.
Right to give the 10 commandments to the people of Israelites And the same on the same basis which he created now he will be using to defend his faith against the people who is talking wrong about him with black swimming about him.
Was 37 this is that Moses who said to the children of Israel the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brother and him who shall hear.
This is who he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers The one who received the living Korakas to give to us, whom our fathers would not obey but rejected, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.
Our fathers, our fathers, living oracles. Strong words used by Moses. When his defending is.
Fif when he's talking to the people of Catherine near the synagogue. All our Jews.
And he's stocking with them. And we see in worse 38.
Then they angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers who received the living Oracles.
The living orakas. The synonym board or a similar word for that is the sayings. The sings and that sings are not just the sings or it's not just the words it's the living oracles.
Leaving word of card, the word of which is like a 2 agent swore that's mentioned in the Vipros.
It's the same word which came towards Moses to pass on to the people of Israelites when he was their deliverer in the land.
That's what it's been said like. He is not against the law. He knows the law very well.
Stephen knows the entire All testament now. He's a new young believer. He was, he was just chosen as a deacon and now he's as he's growing.
There was like few weeks and few months he might have experienced Serving the Lord in his ministry. But now this great circumstances in in his front.
And his he's facing this very couragefully. And that's the reason he's When he's talking to people.
He's saying that in verse 39. Whom our fathers would not obey but rejected, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.
It's not me who is who is blaspheming against the law but it is you who did that.
It is you, the forefathers, our forefathers, the people, they rejected the law.
And how is giving the example of that log? That's mentioned in the later verses that how the people There they created their own gods.
That building the Do you have already These obeyed the first commandment. Right you shall not worship any other card you shall we have all that commandments in Exorus chapter 20 they rejected the first commandment they disobeyed the first commandment and they rejected and disable all the rest of the commandments.
So who is the plasma warrior? It's not Stephen. It's the one who who are in front of them.
What they did, they make and saying to A and these people say to her and make us gods to go before us.
As for this Moses who brought us out of the land. Egypt we did not we do not know what has become of him.
See what they are seeing. The same man who were chosen by C. Who was sent to the land of Egypt to rescue them from that king and all the slavery they were doing.
They forgot easily. Who Moses was he was chosen from God and what they are saying here we do not know what has become of him They completely forgot what happened in their life because of Moses.
What happened? Because of the Moses who was Greatly chosen by card for their deliverance.
And what they are doing here, now they are doing idle worship. DAY, they are making a calf offering sacrifices to them and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Knock, not, not the works of the hand of the card who created the entire world the whole nature around us, but they are worshipping the one which is created by their hands.
Of the people and they are rejoicing in their works. Such a drastic change we see in this life of Is there a lights?
Very sad to see. I mean, God is making such a great provision for the people. And the same people is rejecting Moses now and his now they are rejecting There commandments, they are rejecting and deserving the loss.
That's like terrifying. We can't. Even expect anything like this.
But can we see in verse 42 then God turned and gave them up to worship? The host of heaven as it is written in the book of the prophets.
This versus comes from Amos chapter 5 was 25 to 27
Now, Stephen, every spoke whenever he was speaking to the people he always wanted to summarize his statements.
You always always wanted to Somarize all the things he's speaking and that's the reason he's summarizing this year as well.
Did you offer me slaughtered animals and sacrifices? During 40 years in the wilderness or house of Israel.
You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch. And the start of your god, images, images which you made to worship.
I will carry you. I will be on Babylon.
Israel, valetated the first commandment Israel violated rest of the commandments And you said I'll.
People were the one who blasphemed against the law. They rejected it, not Stephen.
That's it. He's speaking on the basis of which On the basis of Moses history on the basis of the commandments which are shared to the people.
Couragefully speaking, to the people. Fighting alone to the winter people.
That is, that is what how Stephen. Is dealing with these people. Moving forward, what is 44?
Fourth, accusation. And that different.
Okay.
Again, he's starting with our father's had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness.
Our fathers. Again and again and again and again. Is mentioning that our fathers our people, our forefathers.
Making them sure that I am the one from you.
And how you came and It's, it's, it's. It's totally out of mind like how these people.
Secretly induced 2 min and started passing the comments and started blasting right away. That we saw in chapter 6.
But Moses is fighting with them with his words. With the Holy Spirit. Step by step by step.
The he defended The blasphemy against CARD he defended the blasphemy against Moses he defended the blasphemy against the law, now is defending the blasphemy against the temple.
Which they were accusing him of. Our fathers had the tabernacle of fitness in the wilderness as he appointed instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.
Now, God did a lot of new things. Very new things that was very much new to the people of Israelites.
And now we see that he has been chosen. To make a tabernacle.
And that too according to the pattern which God is commanding to him. And who can worst 45 which are fathers having received it in turn also brought with Joshua.
Into the land possessed by the Injenta, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David.
Our fathers. Again.
He's referencing all the Where's this? Is referencing all the Old Testament knowledge that he has.
We see that David had the heart. Of building the house of Sedar. For God because He, in mentioned in second Samuel chapter 7 verse one to 13.
Right, but it was in the court's heart that Solomon build a temple and we see that in first kings.
How we build the tab and the temple for the card.
Verse 46 who found favor before God and asked to find dwelling for the guard of Jacob But Solomon built him a house.
However, the most tired does not dwell in the tempers met with hands. As the prophet says.
This is quoted from the ICF. Like our God is so great our God is so powerful that he don't need that temper.
He don't need that tabernacle and that's the reason he's the one. We sing from, from the book of Isaiah.
Saying that, Kai's edge up to 66 one and 2 is coding the same forces from there.
Heaven is my throne and all this my foods too. What house will you build for me? Says the Lord.
Or what is the place of my rest. As my hand not made all these things
Stephen wanted to tell them that God is more than a building. God is more than the walls of the building.
The people during the synagogue they were more interested in the building or the temple than the chord.
They were not going there. Or to worship the Lord to praise the Lord. But they were going that oh this is the building this is the temple for us we should go there that heart of God was not in there.
That heart of mine was not there. Towards score. They were just physically thinking of the temple. The house surrounded by 4 walls.
That's the thing they Stephen wanted to tell the people. You are not coming here to worship the card.
You're not coming here to worship the living God. The great God who created you, the great God who delivered you.
But you are coming here just for the sake of the building.
They were more confined in the temple than the chord.
And Stephen is trying to tell them that card is bigger than this temple. You can you can't I just got in like one small temple in the tab tabernacle.
Because God is saying you should know If you if you would have known the verses from Ia like heaven is my throne and or it is my footst, what type of building you will build.
For me. And that's the reason he's trying to focus, bring their focus towards. The towards the card that you are the one who are blaspheming against the temple.
Not me.
You have to when you are here in the place. In the midst of the card in the front of the card in the presence of the card.
You have to worship with full spirit and truth. And that's what the world is telling. They had completely forgotten why they were near the synagogue, why they are near the temple.
Why they are coming to worship.
They are just thinking physically about the temple which they are surrounded with. And not physically, spiritually and with truth they are not worshipping the card.
Therefore, you are the one. Who are plasmic against. The temple.
Successfully defended. On the accusation, right? Successfully. Defending against the plasma card, Moses, law and temper.
Now it's time to
Turn the type 2 boys completely. Moving next to the next verse. 51 52.
You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and years.
Now he is full of power, he's full of spirit. He has done all his defending Now he will start forcefully spiritually talking with them.
Now we'll start arguing with them. Actually, he talked with all the basis of which he had, he learned.
He studied through the Old Testament. And now he will start to argue with the people what They want on course uncircumcised in heart and yours are very Where, very,
A very wrong things to be said to a Jew. When when you talk about this circumcision. You stiff naked and unskilled circumstance in heart and ears.
You always resist the Holy Spirit as your father's did so so do you?
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the just one of whom you now have become the betrayers and the murderers.
He's defending now completely. Is arguing the full spirit and with most courageous. Words he's using now.
He was referring all the verses from the Old Testament that he had knowledge of. But now he has been.
Strongly defending his faith.
Who have received the law. The direction of angels and have not kept it. Completely turning the tables on the side of the people.
Who is accusing that? That you are the stiff neck you are the uncircumcised in hearts and in heart and ears.
You always that resist the Holy Spirit. Your father's date, so do you. You'll fathers also did that and you are also doing that.
Trying to make sure that he is bringing The focus towards Lord Jesus Christ. Which of the profits did your fathers not persecute?
They killed those who foretold the coming of the just one. They already told the for coming, right?
But they rejected. All the things. They were been told. There rejected Joseph, they rejected Moses.
There is rejecting and disobing commandments. They are not coming in the tabernacle with full spirit and truth.
But all the wrong doings which was done by father so you are doing that is telling the same Which of the profits did your father's not per secret?
And they kill those who for all the coming of the just one.
And. Who, who now have become the betrayers and the murderers. Who have received the law and the direction of angels have not kept it.
And where's 54?
He's done with all the things. He has done everything that he was supposed to do from his side.
Now, what happens? When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart. And then nest at him with their teeth.
Now these people who were against them, they were not able to resist what is speaking. And as soon as they heard these things from Stephen, They were cut to the throat.
What did they did that they asked at him with their tits?
You know, the matching of teeth where it's mentioned, it's mentioned in hell. Where people will lapse their t.
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They heard the sings and as soon as they heard they Were went off full of anger. Furious like all things happen at once to them.
55. But he. Being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God.
And you just standing at the right hand of court.
When we walk through the.
Okay.
8. From chapter 6. And 3 from chapter 6. You saw the characteristics of Stephen, right?
How he was?
He was full of faith. He was full of Holy Spirit. He was code of reputation. He was full of wisdom, full of grace, full of power, and he did great wonders and it's 7 words.
7 the sign of completeness And he had the same faith, same power in the beginning. And after giving a long speech our long sermon He has the same full of spirit.
And what he's doing? He knows that the people in front of him is now angry, very furious.
David, they will now do anything against him. They will come and do whatever they want they will do.
But what he's doing here, see his actions, see his actions. He being full of the spirit, he gazed into heaven.
Such a beautiful sign. And that same thing also is applicable to our life. Whatever things are happening in our life around us full of Problems for off issues.
We have to gaze into heaven, to our God who created us. Who has the control of everything around us?
He is the one who will help us. He is the one who will deliver us. He's the one who will stand with us.
During our downtime. And the same thing we see in the life of Stephen that He was being full of the spirit and as soon as he heard these things he saw that things he Just into the heaven.
And what he saw, he saw the glory of God.
Worse one or chapters 7 verse 2 We see the God of glory appeared. He's starting with God of Glory.
Now we seeing the glory of God. 2 different things.
And a unique thing we see inverse. 55. Standing at the right hand of Cardiff.
We have always heard that
Jesus will go, he will sit on the right hand side, but here we see standing. Completely different thing right
Worse, 55 is standing there.
What? We see or what we. Think when we see these words that he's standing. Now, Jesus might be ready to welcome his Marty, Stephen, right?
Now, is standing and he's ready to welcome the marker.
But also it's been said like Do you just standing because Let me see that when in the court.
When the hard rocket is there, he's he sits on his seat. To maintain the decorum of the court.
But Now. People were accusing him. And as soon as the advocate's client he's been accused of a wrong thing.
Okay, the advocate immediately stands right in the same way. Our Jesus is in the heaven. He's standing for Stephen.
He is standing to welcome him, he is standing. To be and to support and to to welcome the great Stephen.
Who will be dying for the word of court he was sharing to the people, the great martyr.
Where's 56? And said, look, I see the heavens open and the son of man standing at the right hand of God.
One more statement coming out of the mouth of Stephen. What is seeing here? I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing.
People might have rejected Christ. In the beginning, they didn't believe him as a card. But he's giving a great testimony that I see in the heaven that the Son of Man Teachers Christ is standing there.
He's telling them that yes, what he said he's doing that What he said, he has executed that what he said.
He's promises are fulfilled. And that's it is anything that I see the son of man standing at the right hand of God.
What a great testimony from Stephen right there. Right at his downtown when he's full of spirit is facing the people who are gnashing their teeth.
Who are cut to the heart. And he's giving the testimony there itself. That I see the heaven opened.
I see the son of man standing.
. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stop their ears. And ran at him with one record.
And cast him out of the city and stoned him.
They are so quick in their actions. I didn't think of anything.
Okay, quick actions from the people we see the right our cried out loud with a loud voice. They stopped their years, see their steps.
The crowd out with loud Why is they stop their years? They ran with one car. See the accordance is happening in what things.
They are not in one accord with. Doing the ministry of the cloud during the ministry. Of the Messiah they were told but they are in one according in with one accord they are ran they are running towards Stephen.
And what they did, they cast him out of the city and stoned him. We see the same story happening in the first kings that we had.
That we saw before King It was mentioned like who ever is a blasphemer in the book of Levity because he should be stoned.
And it was like the first witness who saw the blasphemy against the against. The card, he's supposed to push him from the height, like very tall, like, 13 or maybe 2015 20 feet and then he has to stone him first.
And then if he doesn't die, another stone will be thrown on him on his chest until you dice.
Then you keep on stoning. And they are falling the same thing here. And the witness laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
The Saul, he's a young man. Bye, is always talking about young people and He wants to mention and keep on going.
Stephen was a young man, Peter and John was the young people. Sally is a young man. And whatever things happen in their life.
God is inspiring and encouraging them that You are the people who are the chosen one who will share the world for me.
You will go out and tell the Spiritual words to the wild. And that is a encouraging world. For the young people that we are the one
We are young and we are in that phase where we should be very active in the word of card. You should be very active towards the people around us.
We should be very of active in whatever things we can share the world. To the people around us not only the ones we know but the ones we do not know.
And we see that in this in the life of Stephen we see that in the life of Saul. You see that in the life of Peter and John.
And we see in the life of Jesus when he was 33.5 years.
They are young and They did a lot of great things for the people.
And that's the reason all the light writers, all the Gospel writers, everyone's profits, they are talking about the young.
Generation. Go and tell them, go, go, go and share the word.
Towards 59 and they stoned Stephen as he was calling on guard and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit.
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice. Lord do not charge them with this sin and when he had said this he fell asleep.
We see that. At the end of his Death. He's at the face of his death now that is welcoming him.
Evans are open. Our Jesus is standing and welcoming him now. The great mark here would die for the word.
He's now Welcome and at that moment what words are coming out of his mouth. What we see here, Lord, do not charge them with this sin.
He's spring for the people for their wrongdoings. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
See that great. Kindhearted Stephen full of notes, full of mercy for other people.
And at then he's saying that Lord Do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Even at the moment of his death. Even at the last Where is second of his death? He's saying these words.
Where we see this, is seeing the life of our Christ. When he was on the cross. Until that last moment is telling that Do not charge them.
The sin.
Such a kind artist such a great man of card.
A lot of great things we see in this passage. Specially inverse. 54 to 59.
Address also. We see a lot of contrast. Happening between these people and Stephen. Stephen is full of spirit.
People are full of anger. You see they are spiritually blind spiritually, steep and spiritually insightful.
He knows You seeing the have an open. The people in front of him around him are not able to see.
The son of man standing there, but he has the spiritual sight. That is able to see Jesus. We see the contrast between the death and the life.
You see the contrast between the great hatred by the people but a great love. Bye, Stephen. Other people.
And this is the one, the first martyr in history.
Such a great And wonderful noted history we see in this book written by Luke
And it's the same. Application to the people or believers here. As we mentioned here.
That it's it's not and even in the beginning of this chapter that Stephen was a young believer he was just in his few weeks of, his belief.
Few months might be as he was chosen the deacon. But he was full of spirit, he was full of power wisdom, everything was there.
But as we are here believers from many years
He knew the entire Old Testament very well. He was in the site in the presence of the court all the time learning the new things again and again.
Every day.
We it's encouraging for us also that we are the believers who are here. Serving the Lord.
We should always also be Very spiritful, very encouraging. Well, worst with the words. Card so that it's not just for our own sake Just to the people around us here, but to share the word.
Everywhere equal. Everyone we meet. Everyone we see walking by.
Hey, you see this great man of cards, Stephen, at the age of his, he was very young, like around 20 to 30.
He was between that age. He, he sacrificed his life. But he became a great market.
At the end of his death he was Ottering the words from the card. He was entering the, he was, he was, the word was there in his heart.
It was he was not referring any old testament like we have the great Bible now. He was not referring that whatever he had was in his mind and is in his art and he was throwing out from his mouth.
Chlorifying guard. Modifying why he's there. Defending his faith, defending why he believes the living God.
And that's a great encouragement for the Billers as we are sitting here. That we have to be ready with the different not only when we are been stoned or going to be stoned but every time in our faith we have to go and defend our faith, tell everyone that why.
We believe what we believe.
The same thing, there was a Missionary from Australia. I don't know if you know about this person.
He was there in India for. This missionary work he was working with the people in the village for the the people who are safe suffering with leprosy.
That person with his wife and 3 kids. They were serving in this village. And they were burnt alive.
And they were sleeping in the car. With with Graham stands and his 2 kids. And he was, they were marked here for the court.
But we see the great testimony from his wife. He forgive the one who could get that. Forgive the one who killed her husband, our 2 kids. They were young.
They were like 5, 6 years old. Not too cold. But we see that same. Heart of kindness kind of forgiveness.
Towards the people even if they are not believing the card. And that's what helped us to show like what we believe why we believe.
Show that same love which is shown to us by our Lord Jesus Christ and she sharing the same love to the people around us.
And that's how it's been. Shared with the people that yes they are the believers they are the believers of the true living guard who have shown the forgiveness and mercy.
Towards the people around there.
Same thing. When, there was a preacher in Delhi, the capital of India, he was preaching out there and he was using his van to share the tracks and that he was sharing the tracks and People came around and he they catched him.
And he was taken off to the police station. And he was carrying some money because that money was sent by different believers around the world to Help him out for his ministry there.
And they accused him that he's sharing, he's giving out the money for conversion. In the north and they had started accusing him, he went to the police station.
And we saw his small video on the channel, a new channel. What where he told now he was arrested he was But when you saw his face, he was spiritually was happy.
He was not fearful. He was he might be of the same. He might be in the same center of Stephen.
When he was arrested. He was telling what happened to the news channel people. But he took the opportunity.
During that period to share gospel. What he did he was telling like I came here and Bible has commanded us that we have to share gospel.
Jesus died for us. He will come back again. He has that phone year since in a very small period of time of one to 2 min.
KAY, took that opportunity. And share the cost right away. That's the people who are full of spirit.
And that's what our God, our living God was. Us to be like. Full of spirit full of wisdom, full of power.
And glorifying and sparing the word of chor.
Let us pray. Ogreious, let me have any father. Thank you for this time that you have.
How does in your presence? You're mighty old, you're great, you are loving your merciful.
There is none like you. There will be no one like you. And that's we are gathering.
As we have gathered in your presence. You helped us to go through this chapter 7 which is encouraging for us.
For all of us through the life of Stephen. Was full of spirit wisdom. No knowledge and system everything.
He had. And he used that for your glory. He used that for the defense. Of what he believes.
And graciously he was
Called in your name there. We thank thee for that greatness. We thank the that help us we also
Sure the word book for you The commandments, the law which you have given us. Help us to follow that.
Help us to walk on your way every time. El Paso share the word around. Us the people around us.
And help us in that till you come. Help us to grow spiritually. And, help us that we may.
Be sanctifying and horrifying daily in your world. And bless us for this wonderful time. You have blessed us for this wonderful time.
We thank the Thank you for helping me to share the word and sharing this world. Thank you for the people who you enable to come here and to listen the world.
I'm asking this period the most precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.