In this message, Josh Weidmann shares with us lessons from the last seconds of the life of Stephen in Acts 7:54-60. The sermon can be found at: http://wp.me/p4N0ve-rE

3. Our greatest
REWARD
is God himself

4. ENRAGED

5. The Darkness Opposes the Light
but Cannot Overcome It.

6. HOLY
SPIRIT

7. those who suffer
for God receive
MORE
OF GOD

8. STAND

9. WE HAVE MORE OF GOD
IN SUFFERING BY:

10. WE HAVE MORE OF GOD
IN SUFFERING BY:
Gaining Genuine Faith

11. WE HAVE MORE OF GOD
IN SUFFERING BY:
Gaining Genuine Faith
Gaining Joy in Christ

12. WE HAVE MORE OF GOD
IN SUFFERING BY:
Gaining Genuine Faith
Gaining Joy in Christ
Gaining Dependence on God

15. It’s possible to fulfill
THE LAW
and still break
THE HEART OF GOD.

17. “You will see the son of
man sitting at the right
hand of the throne of the
Almighty”
Mark 14:62

18. The Righteous Response to Suffering:

19. The Righteous Response to Suffering:
Trust God’s greater purposes

20. The Righteous Response to Suffering:
Trust God’s greater purposes
Stay faithful, no matter the outcome

22. “Indeed the hour is coming
when whoever kills you will
think he is offering service
to God.”
- John 16:2

23. Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria

24. God’s Purposes
are Never
Spoiled

25. God’s Purposes are Never Spoiled
The darkness will never put out the light of Christ

26. God’s Purposes are Never Spoiled
The darkness will never put out the light of Christ
Jesus is Christ is at the right hand of God

27. God’s Purposes are Never Spoiled
The darkness will never put out the light of Christ
Jesus is Christ is at the right hand of God
Your suffering is worth it to get more of God

28. God’s Purposes are Never Spoiled
The darkness will never put out the light of Christ
Jesus is Christ is at the right hand of God
Your suffering is worth it to get more of God
Remain faithful

29. “But whatever gain I had, I
counted as loss for the sake
of Christ. Indeed, I count
everything as loss because
of the surpassing worth of
knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord.

30. in order that I may gain
Christ and be found in him,
not having a righteousness
of my own that comes from
the law,

31. but that which comes
through faith in Christ, the
righteousness from God
that depends on faith

32. —that I may know him and
the power of his
resurrection, and may
share his sufferings,
becoming like him in his
death,

33. that by any means possible
I may attain the
resurrection from the dead.

34. one thing I do: forgetting
what lies behind and
straining forward to what
lies ahead,

35. I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the upward
call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:7-14