Resistance is Futile (Chantilly Sermon)

Stephen spoke the truth…

Acts 7:51-53 CSB – “You stiff-necked  people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!  You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?  They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers  you have now become.53 You received the law under the direction of angels  and yet have not kept it.”

Stephen spoke the truth,

with his eyes fixed on Jesus and the upper story…

Acts 7:54-56 CSB – When they heard these things, they were enraged and gnashed their teeth at him.55 Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.56 He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

Stephen spoke the truth,

with his eyes fixed on Jesus and the upper story…

Stephen spoke the truth,

with his eyes fixed on Jesus and the upper story,

without regard for the lower story consequences.

Acts 7:57-60 CSB – They yelled at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him.58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.59 While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ”60 He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ” And after saying this, he fell asleep.

Stephen spoke the truth,

with his eyes fixed on Jesus and the upper story,

without regard for the lower story consequences.