Study Desk

The leader of the house of God took his men and got them. They did not hurt the missionaries because they were afraid the people would throw stones at them.

Then Peter and the missionaries said, "We must obey God instead of men!

The God of our early fathers raised up Jesus, the One you killed and nailed to a cross.

God raised this Man to His own right side as a leader and as the One Who saves from the punishment of sin. He makes it possible for the Jews to be sorry for their sins. Then they can turn from them and be forgiven.

We have seen these things and are telling about them. The Holy Spirit makes these things known also. God gives His Spirit to those who obey Him."

If it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God."

Every day in the house of God and in the homes, they kept teaching and preaching about Jesus Christ.

So the twelve missionaries called a meeting of the many followers and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the Word of God to hand out food.

Then we will use all of our time to pray and to teach the Word of God."

The Word of God spread further. The group of followers became much larger in Jerusalem. Many of the religious leaders believed in the faith of the Christians.

So they told other men to say, "We have heard him say things against Moses and God."

Stephen said, "My brothers and fathers, listen to me. The great God showed Himself to our early father Abraham while he lived in the country of Mesopotamia. This was before he moved to the country of Haran.

God said to him, ‘Leave your family and this land where you were born. Go to a land that I will show you.'

God did not give him any land to own, not even enough to put his feet on. But He promised that the land would be his and his children's after him. At that time he had no children.

This is what God said, ‘Your children's children will be living in a strange land. They will live there 400 years. They will be made to work without pay and will suffer many hard things.

"The sons of Jacob sold Joseph to people from the country of Egypt because they were jealous of him. But God was with Joseph.

"The promise God had given Abraham was about to happen. At this time many more of our people were in the country of Egypt.

He thought his people would understand. He thought they knew God would let them go free by his help. But the people did not understand.

‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' Moses shook! He was so afraid he did not look at the bush.

"The people had put Moses aside. They said, ‘Who made you a leader over us? Who said you are the one to say what is right or wrong?' But God made this man a leader. Moses was the one who brought them out of the country of Egypt. This was done by the help of the angel who was in the burning bush.