Series: Acts...

Title: No Matter the Cost

Text: Acts 6:8 - 7:60

I. Stephen’s Denouncement

a. Powerful Ministry

i. Acts 6:8-10

b. False Accusations

i. Acts 6:11-15

ii. John 15:20, “...If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well;...”

II. Stephen’s Defense

a. Acts 7:1

b. The Patriarchs

i. Acts 7:2, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared

to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia...”

ii. Acts 7:9, “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into

Egypt. Yet God was with him,”

c. The Prophet

i. Acts 7:17

d. The Place

i. Acts 7:48: “The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human

hands...”

e. The Punchline

i. Acts 7:52-53

III. Stephen’s Death

a. Acts 7:54

b. Acts 7:55-56

c. Acts 7:59

a. Acts 7:60

Series: Acts...

Title: Growing Pains

Text: Acts 6:1-7

I. The Big Problem

a. The Problem of Dissention

i. Acts 6:1

ii. Philippians 2:14

b. The Problem of Distraction

i. Acts 6:2

II. The Wise Solution

a. The Duty of the Members

i. Acts 6:3

b. The Duty of the Leaders

i. Acts 6:4

III. The Great Result

a. The Communion of the Saints

i. Acts 6:5

ii. Acts 6:6

b. The Conversion of the Lost

i. Acts 6:7

ii. John 13:35

iii. Romans 10:16-17

iv. Acts 17:30-31

Series: Acts...

Title: Unstoppable

Text: Acts 5:12-42

I. The Power of the Gospel

a. Acts 5:12-16

b. 2 Corinthians 12:12 – “The signs of a true apostle were performed...”

c. John 4:48 - “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

II. The Persecution of the World

a. Acts 5:17-32

III. The Privilege of Suffering

a. Acts 5:33-42