Stephen, one of the seven servants the 12 picked to serve the Yerushalayim congregation, is brought before the Sanhedrin on a number of serious accusations that the law of God indicates are worthy of death. Before looking at his defense in Acts 7, we should look at what blasphemy is.
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https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080927%20Genesis%203vv14-24%20-%20Curses%20on%20Man,%20Woman,%20Serpent.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:00 — )Subscribe: RSS The curses on Adam, Eve and the Serpent are well-known but misunderstood. For example, how many snakes eat dirt? Is a husband to be a dictator for his wife? The original language of Gen. 3:14-24 holds the answers.
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080920%201st%20Samuel%202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — )Subscribe: RSSMuch of 1st Samuel 2 contains Hannah’s prayer of praise to God. Then we hear about high priest Eli’s wicked sons and how their actions made people despise following God’s instructions. A prophet comes to Eli and gives God’s message that his priestly line […]
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https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080906%20Genesis%203vv7-14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:04 — 9.5MB)Subscribe: RSSWhy do the fig tree show up in the Genesis 3 account of Adam and Eve’s decision to pursue knowledge of good and evil? What does the fig tree symbolize throughout the Bible?
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080830%20Acts%206vv7-10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:42 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSSActs 6:7-10 shows us that many priests who witnessed the words and wonders of Acts 2-5 believed in Yeshua (Jesus) as Messiah, as many Pharisees had. We also begin to see God’s servant Stephen emerge as a powerful, faithful witness.
Unknown to the English reader, the original Hebrew words for Gen. 2:25 and Gen. 3:1 contain a word play with root words translated as “naked,” “ashamed,” “serpent” and “cunning.” Some have made fun of this description as one of the first nudist colony or claimed that the first couple were really clothed with light. Yet there is a vital lesson in the nakedness.