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• Character of Stephen
o appointment as deacon
• Ministry of Stephen
• Arrest and Defense
• Stoning
o Vision
Discussion: Who is suffering today for preaching the gospel? As a class, send a card
encouraging a preacher in a hostile land, a politician who is ridiculed for stating his faith,
or anyone else you know of who is suffering for the stand he or she has taken for Jesus.
Discussion: In what ways will we see persecution? Will we be picked on? Will we be
passed over for work? Will we forgo monetary pleasures in order to fund God's work?
We must expect these things and be willing to endure them for Christ.
True or False
Memory Work:
Acts 6:8 "Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, did great wonders and
miraculous signs among the people."
Rev. 2:10b "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life."
linguistic questions
1. Describe stoning.
2. What was the Jewish Council?
3. Which book (and chapter) is this lesson from? Acts 6 & 7
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