SNT 0419 Acts 6, 7, 8
September 28, 1969 SNT 419 Act 8:1; (1Co 7:7); Act 6:1-7 Act 6:7-12 Act 6:13-15; 7:1-35 Act 7:36-50 Act 7:51-55 Act 7:55-60; 8:1-4 __________________ DRAFT snt-0419_acts_6-7-8(vpw) DRAFT SUMMARY KEYWORDS Moses, Stephen, spirit, father, Egypt, church, Saul I'd like for you to take your Bibles and turn to chapter eight tonight, please. A man's life is changing by hearing the Word. There's ever going to be any change, it has to be via the words. I want to get into the Word of God tonight to show you what I believe was the impact from the word upon a certain man. In the eighth chapter of the book of Acts, talking about Saul, Greek name was Paul. And Saul was consenting unto his death that is Stephens death. And at that time, there was a great persecution against the church, which was a Drude slum. And this great persecution was led by a man called Saul. Saul contest consented on the Stephens death. And for Saul to be able to do this. The text, of course, basically reads he voted for his death. In order to be able to vote for the death of a man, you had to be a member of the ruling console, the ruling body of Judaism, so called, and the ruling body is called the Senate written, or as it's sometimes pronounced in hedron, made up of 70 men. In order to be a member of that Senate run, you had to be over 30 years of age, you had to be the father. You had to be married, and be the father of a child. So if Saul cast his vote, officially against Stephen, he must have been a member of the Senate, which would put him in the category of being over or 30 years or more of age, and being married and a father of a child. Now this I understand rather clearly, because there's a section in Corinthians in the seventh chapter, where Paul says, if you if you can, and you, you, you have you have been married or this kind of thing. You'd like to stay as I am. It's better for you. I know what he's talking about. What he's simply saying is that in Corinthians, he is telling us that he had been
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Theology degree in Practical Theology. Later he completed his work for the Doctor of Theology degree. Dr. Wierwille taught the first class on Power for Abundant Living in 1953. Books by Dr. Wierwille include: Are the Dead Alive Now? published in 1971; Receiving the Holy Spirit Today published in 1972; five volumes of Studies in Abundant Living— The Bible Tells Me So (1971), The New, Dynamic Church (1971), The Word's Way (1971), God's Magnified Word (1977), Order My Steps in Thy Word (1985); Jesus Christ Is Not God (1975); Jesus Christ Our Passover (1980); and Jesus Christ Our Promised Seed (1982). Dr. Wierwille researched God's Word, taught, wrote, and traveled worldwide, holding forth the accuracy of God's "wonderful, matchless" Word. DOC AUDIO