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Acts, Lesson 5

4.9.06, Josh MacAvoy

The First Martyr

Acts 6:8- 8:3

Intro:

            Unit 1: The Formation and Growth of the Early Church

            Unit 2: The Witness of the Church in Judea and Samaria

            Unit 3: The Witness of the Church to the Gentile World

I.                 Stephen’s Testimony

A.    Stephen was a different man

-        We see that he was full of two things

1.     Full of faith

2.     Full of the Holy Ghost

B.    Stephen was a devout man

1.     Stephen disputed

2.     Stephen studied

II.               Stephen’s Trial

A.    Stephen’s Accusations – what they said

B.    Stephen’s Address – what he said

C.    Stephen’s Attitude – what they saw

III.             Stephen’s Death

A.    The events of Stephen’s death

B.    The response to Stephen’s death

Conc:

            The gospel changes lives.