23. Stephen Stoned for Teachings about the Temple & the Law || The Gospel Starts to Spread in Samaria || The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch
LDS Come Follow Me 2023
July 10–16
Acts 6–9
“What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?”
These chapters in Acts contain one of my favorite stories. First we’ll discuss how members of the Christian movement did the right thing by making changes within the church from the bottom-up, rather than waiting for the apostles to make the change. We’ll meet (and unfortunately say goodbye to) Stephen. But first he teaches powerfully. His murder by stoning is brought about because of his teachings about the temple and the law, which is an applicable lesson for us today. Then we pick up with Philip in the desert where he meets a Eunuch from Ethiopia reading Isaiah on his way home from Jerusalem, where he was likely rejected when trying to enter the temple to worship. And we’ll meet Saul / Paul who, as we know, we’ll be instrumental in taking the gospel to the gentiles.
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Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Bottom-up changes in the church
4:31 Introduction to Stephen
5:46 The two teachings that got Stephen killed
11:39 The Most High does not dwell in temples
13:46 Stephen calls them uncircumcised of heart
14:40 Stephen’s martyrdom and introduction to Saul / Paul
17:52 Philip’s preaching in Samaria
18:27 The Eunuch from Ethiopia
25:16 Kicking against the pricks?
30:43 Paul in Damascus & Ananias restores his sight
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