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9-15節--司提反的見證

使徒行傳 第6章

初期教會揀選執事的時候，難怪第一個就選出司提反了！司提反的表現非常卓越，根據使徒行傳六章5節的記載，他是個「大有信心、聖靈充滿的人」。他是一個全心全意地信靠神和相信神話語的人，他願意勇敢地站出來見證神，他不理會別人對他的信仰作出怎樣的評價─即使要他為信仰犧牲，他也在所不辭。

任何教會若有一位像司提反的會友，就真是要大大感恩了。無論在任何一方面來看，他都是一個可靠而出色的領袖人材。

我們從第9至15節看見第一個有關司提反作見證的記述。當他被捉拿到公會審訊的時候，他有甚麼表現呢？請看第15節。在公會坐著的人，當定睛看他時，都見到他的臉上散發出美麗的光芒，仿如天使一般。這豈不是很難能可貴嗎？面對著一群誣衊自己的敵人，司提反竟能保持平和與從容，以致連敵人也可以在他的臉上看見耶穌基督。當面對別人惡言相向或誣衊中傷，你會如何反應呢？我們會像未得救前那樣的恣意還擊，還是以基督徒的應有態度去回應？

只要你讀完第七章全章，你便會發現司提反是如何的熟悉聖經。他不僅明白神的話語，還樂於傳講神的話語，並用神的話語來勸勉群眾去悔改聽從。可惜，公會的人不單沒有聽從，更因為怒火中燒而立即用石頭把他打死；司提反便成了第一位殉道者。

然而，司提反卻實在為基督作了美好的見證；他的見證影響了誰人呢？毫無疑問，司提反的殉道，是導致掃羅最終歸信耶穌基督的其中一個重要因素。掃羅怎能忘記司提反在死前的表現和說話呢(七58)？事實上，司提反殉道不久，掃羅就認識了基督，變成了我們所熟悉的出色宣教士保羅。在神的掌管下，司提反的死，結果帶來了掃羅的新生。

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STEPHEN THE SOUL WINNER
BIBLE READING: Acts 6: 9 – 15

There wasn’t any doubt as to who would be the first one chosen to be a deacon (remember yesterday’s reading?). Stephen was such an outstanding man. Acts 6:5 tells us that he was ‘full of faith and of the Holy Spirit’. Here was a man who could trust God with his life and who believed God’s Word. He was willing to step out boldly for God and wasn’t afraid to let men see what he believed in, even if it cost him his life.

Any church that has a man like Stephen in its membership ought to be very thankful. He is a man that can be trusted and a man who can be a wonderful leader for the whole church, in every way.

You have read the first part of Stephen’s story in verses 9 to 15. Did you notice what Stephen did when the council was against him? Look at verse 15. When they looked at him, they saw that his face was shining beautifully, in fact it was just like the face of an angel. Isn’t that wonderful? Men had told lies about him, yet he smiled at them in such a way that even his enemies could see Jesus Christ in his face. What do we do when people say unkind of untrue things about us? Do we continue to act like Christians or do we react as if we have never been saved?

If you were to read the rest of chapter seven, you would discover how wonderfully Stephen knew his Bible. He knew the Word of God; he preached the Word of God and he applied it to the lives of those listening to him. They didn’t like it and they killed him because of what he said. He was the first Christian martyr.

But at the top of this page, we called him ‘Stephen the Soul Winner’. Who did he win for Christ? His death could easily have been one of the things that finally brought Saul of Tarsus to Jesus Christ. How could Saul ever forget Stephen? (7:58). It was not long after Stephen’s death, that Saul found Christ and became Paul the mighty missionary. God overruled so that out of the death of one came the wonderful life of another.

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