by Shannon Popp | Nov 9, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:22 “And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.” Moses was not just protected by God, but taught to lead in Egypt and raised as a prince. His life was the abundant life, he learned so much and was built...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 8, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:21 “and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.” Moses’ mom, not wanting to take the life of her own baby, put him in a basket and floated him down the Nile River hoping God would intervene, and He did. Pharaoh’s...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 7, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:20 “At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house,” Stephen is on trial for saying blasphemous words against Moses, but here, we see Stephen speaking Scripture about Moses and his...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 6, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:19 “He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.” It gets worse for them. Pharaoh hated them, to the point of killing them and asking them to murder their own baby boys. Pharaoh’s solution...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 5, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:18 “until there arose over Egypt another king who did not know Joseph.” God can take evil and use it for good, as He did here when He raised up another king over Egypt who did not like the Jewish people or know Joseph. Nothing escaped the hand of God, and His...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 4, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:17 ““But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt” Stephen’s defense is a lot less about his own life, and more about opening the hearers ears to the promises of God. Revealing that our...
