CANCELLING the Cancel Culture Of 33AD S5e45 Acts7:57

Stephen gets CANCELLED in 33AD. They STOP THEIR EARS.  They stick their fingers in their ears and loudly say, "Nanny nanny poo poo, I'm not listening, I'M NOT LISTENING!" The marketplace of ideas is closed for the season.  They actively, actionably, overtly STOP listening. 

Must have been weird.  Isn't Stephen supposed to be a bearer of the GOOD NEWS?  Yup.  But first, he is the bearer of the bad news.  This is the offense of the Gospel.  The offense of Jesus.  The offense of the Holy Spirit.  The offense of those that represent Them before mankind. They want to CANCEL the OFFENSE that made the cross necessary: their own culpability.

No surprise here.  This is an old message of rebellion.  What particularly got 'em was, "You are just like your fathers."  They did the same thing.  Yesterday's big reveal was YOU ARE JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER DARTH VADER.

Others in Acts have responded to this offense in a better way: cut to the heart; receive and be baptized; awe came upon them; hear and believe; repent, etc.  THEY cancelled the CANCEL CULTURE of 33 ad.  We can too.  

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