Series: Acts...
Title: No Matter the Cost
Text: Acts 6:8 - 7:60
I. Stephen’s Denouncement
a. Powerful Ministry
i. Acts 6:8-10
b. False Accusations
i. Acts 6:11-15
ii. John 15:20, “...If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well;...”
II. Stephen’s Defense
a. Acts 7:1
b. The Patriarchs
i. Acts 7:2, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared
to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia...”
ii. Acts 7:9, “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into
Egypt. Yet God was with him,”
c. The Prophet
i. Acts 7:17
d. The Place
i. Acts 7:48: “The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human
hands...”
e. The Punchline
i. Acts 7:52-53
III. Stephen’s Death
a. Acts 7:54
b. Acts 7:55-56
c. Acts 7:59
a. Acts 7:60
