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The trouble with new wine Acts 6:1-7:60. Luke 5:39 But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.”. The Connection - Acts 6:1-6. Sub-cultures in Jewish Jerusalem Hebraic Jews Born and raised in the land Used the Hebrew Scriptures
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The trouble with new wineActs 6:1-7:60 Luke 5:39 But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.”
The Connection - Acts 6:1-6 • Sub-cultures in Jewish Jerusalem • Hebraic Jews • Born and raised in the land • Used the Hebrew Scriptures • Grecian Jews • Born and raised in foreign lands • Used the Greek Scriptures (Septuagint) • Friction evident between these groups in the Church in Jerusalem • Seven worthy men chosen to deal with the problem – Grecian names • Stephen and Phillip become the key messengers in the next wave Acts 6:7 So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
Stephen’s Arrest - Acts 6:8-12 • Stephen’s ministry Acts 6:8 Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people. • Stephen’s enemies • The synagogue of freed slaves • The rumour mill • The Jewish establishment Acts 6:12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.
The charges and their significance - Acts 6:13-14 • The charges Acts 16:13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses. 14 We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.” • The lying witnesses had twistedwhat Jesus meant John 2:19 Matt 5:17 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. • The cause of the offense • If Stephen was right about Jesus, then they were wrong
Stephen’s response - Acts 6:15-7:53 • The Jewish establishment had a track record of resisting God:- • They rejected God’s deliverers – Joseph, Moses Acts 7:35-36… 7:37“Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.’ • They disregarded and misapplied God’s law Acts 7:39-43 7:41 So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and celebrated over this thing they had made. • They held an elitist view about where God dwells Acts 7:44-50 7:48However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says (Isaiah 66:1-2) • In defending his own case, Stephen demolished theirs Acts 7:51-53
