2/7/09 Acts 7

In Acts 7, Stephen's story continues.  Stephen is brought infront of the elders and the teachers of the law and shares about multiple of stories.  Stephen starts out from story of Abraham and talk about his life.  Then links the story to the life of Joseph, then Moses, and lastly Joshua.  By telling them these stories of Jews' ancestor, Stephen was portraying that how people weren't able to understand the God's message and the Holy Spirit.  Stephen shouted out that you are resisting Holy Spirit.  When the crowd and teacher heard Stephen's testimony, they got agry and stoned Stephen.  Due to the stoning, Stephen's life was over.

When I was reading the life of Stephen, it reminded me what Pastor Thomas was saying at the retreat.  Pastor Thomas was explaining that if you are to be diciples of Christ, you must lay down everything you have even if it means death.  Reading about Stephen made me think of what Pastor Thomas said.  Stephen was not afraid to risk his life to stand up as a diciple.  I believe all of us should desire to have that much passion as Christians.