Stephen’s Ultimate Testimony

Acts 7:54-8:3

Purpose: to rightly see salvation in Jesus Christ as our greatest treasure, even unto death

1. The Reaction (7:54)

2. The Final Testimony (7:55-56)
       Trinitarian!
       The Holy Spirit
       Jesus is Alive
       At the right hand of God

3. The Sentence Carried Out (7:57-58)

4. The Ultimate Testimony (7:59-60)
       Luke 23:34
       Revelation 6:9-11; 12:11

5. The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church (8:1-3)
       We must expect the Lord to grow His church through all means!
       Murderer turned Missionary: We are introduced to Saul/Paul, author of 13 NT books

Nothing will stop God from advancing His gospel of salvation to all the nations!