Eyes on the Prize

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Eyes on the Prize
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Acts 61 759

• Lessons from the Life of
• Stephen

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The world knows us by our lives!!!

• Who is this man?

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit
• Full of Wisdom

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit
• Full of Wisdom
• Full of Faith

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit
• Full of Wisdom
• Full of Faith
• Full of Grace

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit
• Full of Wisdom
• Full of Faith
• Full of Grace
• Full of Power

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Who is this man?

• Good Reputation
• Full of the Holy Spirit
• Full of Wisdom
• Full of Faith
• Full of Grace
• Full of Power
• Busy for the Lord

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How does the World Know Me?
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God Provides Opportunities Stephen was
prepared! Are we Prepared? Do we act?
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Stephen Knew and Taught the Truth

• He preached the Word In season and out of
  season.
• II Timothy 42

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He did not hold anything back

• He taught the story of the interaction between
  God and the Jewish nation beginning with the call
  of Abraham and ending with the crucifixion of
  Christ

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Gods Word will generate a reaction

• Sometimes Positive
• Ethiopian Nobleman Acts 8
• Sometimes Negative
• King Agrippa Acts 26
• Sometimes Negative with Violence
• Stephen Acts 7 54-60

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When Trouble Starts, Where is the Help?

• Stephen Looked to Jesus for his help
• Acts 7 55-56

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EVERYTHING CHANGED

• He Saw Jesus
• Alive
• In Heaven
• Standing at the right hand of God

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EVERYTHING CHANGED

• Cannot keep quiet
• Must Tell Everyone

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EVERYTHING CHANGED

• Knew for Certain That Life Is Eternal
• Earthly Concerns are Gone
• Physical Life is Unimportant

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EVERYTHING CHANGED

• Committed to Jesus his most prized Possession

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EVERYTHING CHANGED

• Forgave All Who Were Killing Him

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Lessons for Us

• Our reputations are important
• When God provides the opportunity, seize it!
• If we dont know it, we cant teach it
• One glimpse of heaven changes us, forever
• Dont leave this world without forgiving
• Physical death is not the end