by Shannon Popp | Dec 9, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:55 “But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.” Stephen is FULL of the Holy Spirit! Which makes this scenes contrast, drastically pop off the page at us. The Sanhedrin are grinding...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 8, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:54 “Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.” These religious leaders have had enough, and are outraged at Stephen’s words towards them. Don’t forget, they are the court room called Hewn Stone, and now Stephen’s...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 7, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:53 “you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”” Stephen is on trial for speaking blasphemy against the law, now Stephen turns the tables and accuses the Sanhedrin (legalistic spiritual leaders) of not keeping the law!! This language...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 6, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:52 “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,” Stephen now disassociates himself with these men, saying “your” and not “our”...
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...
