by Shannon Popp | Dec 5, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:51 ““You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.” Stephen takes the sharp knife of the Word of God, and starts filleting their spiritual heart., the control center of all humans....
by Shannon Popp | Dec 4, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:50 “Did not my hand make all these things?’” Stephen is demolishing their deepest thought about their prize possession. God’s hand is a metaphor for God Himself, meaning God made everything in heaven and on the earth! Stephen is trying to make the point towards...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 3, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:48 ““‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?” These religious leaders who have put Stephen on trial are guilty of temple worship. Really worshiping what their...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 2, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:47 “But it was Solomon who built a house for him.” David never builds the temple, but his son Solomon does using the material collected by David. The temple Solomon had built was destroyed before this. In fact this temple they are referring to is the third...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 1, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:46 [David] “who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.” King David looked at his palace and compared it to the tent that was built for God, and desired to build a better place for God’s dwelling on earth. The...
