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Time To Tell The Truth

Acts 7:51-53

'You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: you always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him – you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.' (NIVUK)

Stephen was on trial for his life (Acts 7:1-53), but he was more concerned about the reputation of Jesus and the eternal lives of his accusers. The Council of the Sanhedrin had previously sentenced Jesus to death, and they had also warned Peter and John to stop talking about Jesus (Acts 4:18). They now sat in judgement over Stephen, but he knew that Jesus would sit in judgement over them. So, having explored Israel's story of rejecting God (Acts 7:2-50), he warned them that the hearts of his accusers were equally selfish and hypocritical. Stephen wanted them to see that they were wrong.