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Title: 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
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