Love's Law Fulfilled Series

Acts 6: 8 -15 Love's Law Fulfilled

1. The Work

The Vessel - 8 And Stephen,

The Virtue - full of faith and power,

The Victory - did great wonders and miracles among the people.

2. The Warfare

Religous Opposition - 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue,

Rigorous Opposition - which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia,

Relentless Opposition - disputing with Stephen.

3. The Wisdom

Their Falsehood - 10 And they

Their Failure - were not able to resist the wisdom

Their Folly - and the spirit by which he spake.

4. The Wiles

Bribery - 11 Then they suborned men, which said,

Blasphemy - We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Butchery - 12 they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Agitation - 12 they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes,

Assault - and came upon him,

Arrest - and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Accusation - It was

False - 13 and set up false witnesses,

Fake - which said,

Fabricated - This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Allegation -

The Lie - 14 for we have heard him say,

The Lord - that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place,

The Law - and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

Matthew 5: Jesus Speaks Of -

Light - 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Law - 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets

Love - 17 I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

"A sacrifice of nobler name. And richer blood than they."

Mark 12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Life - 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

5. The Witness

The Watchers - 15 And all that sat in the council,

The Witness - looking stedfastly on him,

The Wonder - saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.