ACTS 6 – STEPHEN RESPONSES TO THE SANHEDRIN
1/4/2026 - Sunday School
Lesson 21: The Book of Acts
Text: Acts 7
Theme: Stephen responds to their accusations (6:11, 13).
Acts 6
The situation
The Church was multiplying – the Spirit was at work
The Church was dividing – Satan was at work
The solution
The choice of the Apostles – to stay in the Word and prayer
The choosing of the first “deacons”
The result
The influence of the Word of God (v. 7)
The influence of Judaism (vv. 8-15)
Acts 7
Stephen’s message is the longest message in Acts
Stephen is responding to the charges that he blasphemed Moses, God, the temple & the law. Stephen is going to go all the way back to be beginning of Israel (Acts 6:11-13)
Stephen starts with “the glory of God” and ends with “the God of glory” (vv. 2, 55)
The Period of the Patriarchs (vv. 1-16)
