Remembering God's Faithfulness

Sunday, September 26, 2015
Acts 7:2-4, 8-10, 17, 33-34, 45-47, 53 KJV 

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. ... 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. ... 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ... 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. 34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. ... 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him an house. ... 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did Stephen tell the council about Abram, the other patriarchs of the faith, and Israel? (v.2-4,8-10, 17)
2) What did Stephen tell them about Moses? (v.33-34)
3) What did Stephen say about David and the nation of Israel? (v.45-47,53)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) How do you personally apply the history of the nation of Israel to your own life?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The history of the nation of Israel enables us to understand God and ourselves, as His children, better.