by Shannon Popp | Oct 26, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:6 “And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.” God told Abraham years before it took place that his descendants would become slaves in Egypt, but...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 25, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:5 “Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.” Abraham was told to leave his land and follow God. By faith he listened to the voice of...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 24, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:4 “Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.” Stephen continues to show the Sanhedrin (religious leaders) that following God is by faith...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 23, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:3 “and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’” Stephen is making his argument and his case for the spiritual leaders and those who have put him on trial. He begins with revealing to them that the...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 22, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:1 “And the high priest said, “Are these things so?”” Even though people see Stephen on trial in the center of 70 men plus 1. It is really the gospel on trial. Stephen understands this and is not trying to defend himself, but proclaim the good news of Jesus...
