Stephen’s Testimony

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STEPHEN: Listen to me. I am Stephen, and in my life, I was a strong Christian, filled with the Holy Spirit and serving Jesus Christ in the church. I witnessed the power of God working through me in wondrous ways. Hurting people were healed of all kinds of sicknesses, and demons were cast out of many. The lame were made to walk, and the blind to see. I shared the story of Christ and His love everywhere I went, and many lost souls were repenting and believing in Jesus for their eternal salvation. I spoke out publicly about Christ in the synagogue, and various men rose up to argue with me. They were unable to cope with the wisdom that the Holy Spirit was giving me to speak. So they secretly got men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” And they stirred up all the people and they came and dragged me away and brought me before the Council. False witnesses came forward with more lies. But I just stood there, and I was told that my face glowed like an angel’s. All I know is that the Holy Spirit was anointing me and I spoke boldly, telling the story of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and finally Moses, and sharing his prophetic statement that God would raise up a prophet in the Jewish line. I shared about Joshua and David and Solomon, and finished as the Spirit led me to point out how these very men I was speaking to were stiff-necked like their fathers who persecuted the prophets of old, killing those who prophesied of the coming Messiah, and now these men were guilty of that very Messiah’s death! They were breaking the very law that was passed down to them. And when they heard this, they began gnashing their teeth at me. I was dragged from that place and stoned till I… well, I don’t remember what happened to my body, I only know what I saw. When I gazed into heaven, I saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God! As the stones pelted my body, and I felt my spirit leaving me, I cried, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! Lord! Do not hold this sin against them! Then I entered the presence of Almighty God!