GLORY AWAITS THE FAITHFUL

ACTS 7:55-60

GLORY AWAITS THE FAITHFUL

HOW DOES THAT HELP WHEN I STRUGGLE WITH SUFFERING?

• One: You must STAND on truth.• Stephen is murdered because he has preached

truth.• A firm grasp of Scripture can help us in suffering.• “Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path”

(Ps 119:105).• Comfort in Scripture:• “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth”

(Ps 121:2).• “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom 8:31).• Heb 13:5b-6.

• Two: You must SEE Jesus.• Stephen saw Jesus as he was about to die.• Through Scripture, we can see Jesus.• We see His example in suffering.• “To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,

leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps” (1 Pet 2:21).

• We see His glory after suffering.• “When [Jesus] had by Himself purged our sins, [He] sat down at

the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Heb 1:3).• “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy

to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Rom 8:18).

• Three: You must SHOW mercy.• Stephen shows great mercy.• Is there someone you need to forgive?

• Four: You must SUPPLICATE.• Stephen prays twice in this passage.• Why pray?• We have nowhere else to turn.• “At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me”

(2 Tim 4:16).• We have a great helper in Jesus.• “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it” (Jn 14:14).

• We will be with the Lord shortly.• Your life “is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then

vanishes away” (Js 4:14).

ARE YOU READY TO BE WITH THE LORD?

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