Stephen was the first Christian to die for his belief within the early Church. His giftings quickly showed him to be a persuasive public speaker and powerful miracle worker. But this caused much anger and frustration within the Jewish Synagogue Leaders…for they couldn’t answer to or defend themselves before Stephen’s masterful presentation of the Gospel Message. So instead, they quietly instigated a mob and false witnesses that would perjure themselves by slandering Stephen’s good name, character, and integrity. And this is exactly what the Jewish Leaders wanted. Stephen was quickly convicted of blasphemy and stoned to death by the crowd…but not before he delivered one of the most beautiful and comprehensive Old Testament history highlights…ending with defending his belief that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah.
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