Christ: God in the Bush, Great Prophet, True Temple, Receiver of Spirits, Forgiver

How does Stephen answer the charge of blasphemies against Moses, God, the Temple, and the Law? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Acts 6:8 –7:60 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these sixty-eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the gospel isn't against Moses because Moses prophesied it, isn't against God because Jesus is God, isn't against the temple because Jesus is the true temple, and isn't against the ceremonial law because a new covenant administration comes with its own "ceremonial law." Jesus is the Just One Who could yet die, the Receiver of spirits, and the Forgiver of sins.