Homiletics Study – Acts & Letter of Apostles
Lesson 5 Passage: Acts 6:8-7:60
Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Opposition and Charges of Stephen (Acts 6:8-15)
a. Stephen full of God’s power and grace (8)
b. Jews argue unsuccessfully with Stephen (9-10)
c. Accusation blasphemy ploy against Stephen (11)
d. Stephen seized and brought before Sanhedrin (12-14)
e. Sanhedrin see Stephen’s angelic face (15)
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Stephen’s defense - Proclamation of God’s faithful promise
(Acts 7:1-53)
a. God’s calling of Abraham and promise and circumcision
covenant (1-8a)
b. God with Patriarchs leading them to Egypt (8b-16)
c. God raised up Moses as leader who his own rejected to
save from bondage (17-36)
d. Moses told of a like-prophet to come and passed on to
us (37-38)
e. Ancestors refused to obey and were allowed to perish
(39-43)
f. Ancestors had tabernacle with them and Solomon built a
temple (44-47)
g. God dwells in heaven (48-50)
h. Like ancestors you reject God and the law (51-53)
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Sanhedrin judgment and Stephen home going (Acts 7:54-60)
a. Sanhedrin anger in response to Stephen’s defense (54)
b. Stephen full of
Holy Spirit sees and tell of heaven (55-56)
c. Sanhedrin refuses to listen and drags Stephen out of
city to stone him. (57-58a)
d. Saul holds coats – “but wait there’s more” (58b)
e. Stephen prays for Jesus to receive him and requests
forgiveness of killers (59-60)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Opposition and Charges of Stephen
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Acts 6:8-15
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Stephen’s
defense - Proclamation of God’s faithful promise
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Acts 7:1-53
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Sanhedrin
judgment and Stephen home going
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Acts
7:54-60
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
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Stephen defense
proclaimed in God’s faithful word to uncircumcised hearts
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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CTATL that
God’s faithful provision is for those that dwell in Him.
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Specific Application Questions
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1
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What
charges could be brought against you and the way you proclaim the Gospel of
Christ?
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2
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How
would you describe your history with Christ?
What is your relationship like?
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3
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What
distracts you from ministry? How is
God calling you to be more faithful?
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Principles to Remember
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1
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Holy
Spirit enables us in our faith walk.
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2
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God
does not dwell in things made with human hands.
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3
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At the
end of our journey; home is with our Heavenly Father
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Characteristic
of God
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Faithful Promise Keeper
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Theme
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Circumcised is a heart thing; it is an inward mark of life
centered on walking with
God.
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God’s
Word - What’s happening?
God’s
Heart – What does God care about?
Today’s
World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?
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