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Acts 7:55

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But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God. And he saw Jesus standing at God’s right side.

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After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven. There, Jesus sat at the right side of God.

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

God once said, “Let light shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts to let us know that his own divine greatness is seen in the face of Christ.

But the Spirit was helping him speak with wisdom. His words were so strong that these Jews could not argue with him.

Stephen received a great blessing. God gave him power to do great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

The whole group liked the idea. So they chose these seven men: Stephen (a man with great faith and full of the Holy Spirit), Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus (a man from Antioch who had become a Jew).

Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest like that, who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages. The Holy Spirit was giving them the power to do this.

Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ divine greatness. So he spoke about him.

He stands by the helpless and saves them from those who try to put them to death.

So, brothers and sisters, choose seven of your men who have a good reputation. They must be full of wisdom and the Spirit. We will give them this work to do.

But the Lord’s Spirit has filled me with power, goodness, and strength. So I can tell Jacob about his crimes, and so I can tell Israel about his sins!

The Glory of the Lord rose into the air and left the city and stopped on the hill east of Jerusalem.

Then the Glory of the Lord rose up off the Cherub angels near the threshold of the door of the Temple. Then the cloud filled the Temple, and the bright light from the Glory of the Lord filled the whole courtyard.

The city was shining with the glory of God. It was shining bright like a very expensive jewel, like a jasper. It was clear as crystal.

Jesus heard the voice of the great and glorious God. That was when he received honor and glory from God the Father. The voice said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.”

Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and you older leaders,

After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.

Then the Glory of the Lord rose from the threshold of the Temple, moved to the place over the Cherub angels, and stopped there.

So I got up and went out to the valley. The Glory of the Lord was there—as I had seen it by the Kebar Canal. So I bowed with my face to the ground.

So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me.




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