Motive for Murder
Acts 7:54 -60
One person said: Man's life is made up of 20 years of his mother asking
him where he is going, 50 years of his wife asking him where he
has been, and one hour at his funeral when everyone wonders
where he has gone.
Why kill hm?
1. Because he was different. vs 55 Full of the Holy Ghost.
1Cor 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you?
Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God:
The Holy Spirit of God in us recognizes the Holy Spirit in others.
But the reverse is also true.
2. Because he had something they don’t. Vs 60 peace
Matt 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Lk 6: 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good
to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him
that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and
him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
3. Because it was easier to Destroy him vs 54 what things?
They couldn’t stand the truth. Barna says, nearly 3/4 of the American
people believe that everything is relative and that man can
set his own standards
"Absolute truth" is defined as inflexible reality: fixed, invariable,
unalterable facts. For example, it is a fixed, invariable, unalterable
fact that there are absolutely no square circles and there are
absolutely no round squares.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Conclusion vs 60. he fell asleep.
Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried
by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also
died, and was buried;
