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Acts 6:8-11
DIR By: clark thompson
Date: September 1, 2015, 6:41 am
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Acts 6:8-11 King James Version (KJV)
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the
synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by
which he spake.
11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Acts 6:8-11 World English Bible (WEB)
8 Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and
signs among the people. 9 But some of those who were of the
synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the
Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing
with Stephen. 10 They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and
the Spirit by which he spoke. 11 Then they secretly induced men
to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses
and God.”
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
8 Stephen was able to do this because of the Holy Spirit inside
him. He started out as a deacon but now the Lord was using him
in ways beyond that, the Lord may have us go into one position
just to later have us somewhere else, it often times prepares us
for what we later do for Him. Stephen being a deacon may have
been used to make him ready for this.
9 These were a group of Gentile Jews, they often times had
loyalty to the Emperor of Rome. They argued with Stephen, people
will argue with us because they did with Christ, they will try
trick us because they did with Christ and they may lie about us
because they did with Christ.
10 Even though they were trying to cause trouble for Stephen,
the Spirit moved over them, we can not resist the power of the
Spirit.
11 They did not want to do this openly because of the numbers of
the church. They also met is secret to do this with Jesus, there
also may have been those of the church within this group as
there were earlier with Jesus. Another corrupt trial that goes
against the laws given thru Moses, the law they claim they
follow they break to try to end Christians, it can not end
because it is not of men so it does not die with us but it is of
the Lord so it will never end because He lives.
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