Read Acts 7:55-60
55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up to heaven and saw God’s glory and Jesus standing at the right-hand
side of God. 56“Look!” he said. “I see heaven opened and the Son of
Man standing at the right-hand side of God!”
57 With
a loud cry the members of the Council covered their ears with their hands. Then
they all rushed at him at once, 58threw him out of the city, and
stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named
Saul. 59They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60He knelt down and cried out in a
loud voice, “Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!” He said this and
died.
Think
Again - we hear the words of
Psalm 31:5 as Stephen is stoned to death for preaching the gospel of
Jesus. Stephen says them slightly differently:
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
A victim of injustice, trusting God for justice.
Pray
Loving God, into your hand I
commit my spirit.
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