Acts Archive
Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside , and in their hearts they turned to Egypt (Acts 7:39). The heart in the natural or biological sense is the organ that powers life in a human being. When the heart stops; life stops. When the Scripture uses the word heart, it is analogus to what the heart is in the human body. The …
In Acts 7, the record is given us of Stephen’s sermon and his defence of wrong accussations brought against him. From Acts 6, a situation arose over the distribution of food to which the apostles charged that leaders be appointed over this particular “mercy ministry” so to speak of the first century church. The criteria was given as “seven men of good repute, full of …
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” (Acts 7:60). To be gracious is to show mercy, kindness or forgiveness. It is also to treat people with respect and courtesy especially in the face of hostilities. The text speaks of Stephen’s last words when he was martyred for his faith. In the text …
