The One Sent

"This is that Moses who told the Israelites, 'God will send you a prophet like me from your own people.'  Acts 7:37   Moses heralds the coming of Jesus.  He speaks of a great Prophet.  This One is sent to us by God.  He points to Christ.  New Testament and Old blend together in harmony... Continue Reading →

Miraculous Signs

He led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.  Acts 7:36 (NIV)   Seas part.  Water flows out of rock.  Food comes from nowhere.  Birds, snakes, Fire in clouds, all sorts of amazing things happen when God shows up. ... Continue Reading →

When We Meet God

'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.  Acts 7:32 (NIV)   He hears the voice of God.  It pierces the desert around the enflamed bush.  Moses´ curiosity drew him to approach this burning shrine.  Now as the awareness... Continue Reading →

In The Desert

"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.  Acts 7:30 (NIV)   Forty years is a long time to wait. Should it take that long for Lord to make a servant ready to serve Him?  Angels do not appear every... Continue Reading →

God Using Us

Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.  Acts 7:25 (NIV)   He thinks people will realize that God is using him.  But Moses is wrong.  He brutally murders a person under the pretense of acting for God.  Not one person will see... Continue Reading →

God With Us

"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him  Acts 7:9 (NIV)   Some days look bleak.  Some situations in life seem to be so bad that no good could ever come out of them.  We have all had those dark times.  Perhaps we... Continue Reading →

Come Out And Worship

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' God said, 'and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.'  Acts 7:7 (NIV)   Stories written or told about the Old Testament, are shown to play out again in our times?  History repeats itself.  Lessons we learn of... Continue Reading →

Impossible Promises

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.  Acts 7:5 (NIV)   God often promises us things that we could consider impossible.  Abraham was promised land that... Continue Reading →

Leave It All

'Leave your country and your people,' God said, 'and go to the land I will show you.' Acts 7:3 (NIV)   Instead of showing his own innocence Stephen retells the story of men who stubbornly refuse to listen to God and put Him before their traditions, their comforts and their own thinking.  He starts with... Continue Reading →

A Face Like An Angel

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.  Acts 6:15 (NIV)   Modern Christianity does not always encourage us to chase so hard after knowing God and having Him in us that it becomes evident to those around.  To... Continue Reading →

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