On Sunday's I have been working my way through the book of Acts. This is an exciting book and today we are in Acts 6:8-15 .
8Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. 9Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. These men began to argue with Stephen, 10but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
11Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, "We have heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God." 12So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. 13They produced false witnesses, who testified, "This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. 14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us."
15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
Stephen was a man who lived an amazing life. In this passage we get a snapshot of him. We see in him character traits that enabled him to live this amazing life. Here are some of the traits that characterized his life.
1. He was full of God’s grace
2. He was full of God’s power
3. He was full of God’s wisdom
4. He accepted leadership & responsibility
5. He used his spiritual gifts, (did miraculous signs and wonders)
6, He did not run from opposition
7. He stood firm
8. He could verbalize what he had experience and what he knew about Christ.
9. His face outwardly gave evidence to his inward change.
Conclusion: What would be different if we were to live an Amazing Life? How would the world be impacted? Could it be that I need to stop being satisfied with just getting by and ”good enough” and strive to become everything that God created me to be?
Thought for Today
Amazing Lives are lived by ordinary people
enabled by an extraordinary God.
Just Connie
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