Lesson 12 · September 18, 1897

Persecuting the Church

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Questions.

1.To what point in Stephen's rehearsal of the history of Israel did we come in our last lesson?
2.For what purpose did God bring them out of Egypt? ; .
3.Yet what did they continue to do?
4.To what did God give them up? Repeat the prophecy quoted.
5.What is the answer? Whom did they worship instead of the Lord? What therefore did the Lord say He would do to them?
6.What tabernacle had the Israelites in the wilderness?
7.What was done with this tabernacle?
8.How long did it continue?
9.What did David desire to do?
10.But who did build a house for the Lord?
11.Nevertheless, what is true of any house that man can build?
12.What prophecy with which the Jews are acquainted teaches this?
13.Where is God's throne?
14.Did Solomon know this when he built the temple? .
15.Of what then was the tabernacle of Moses, as well as the temple, a continual witness to the Jews? .
16.How did Stephen suddenly address them? What did he say they always did? What had their fathers done?
17.And how had they followed the example of their fathers?
18.How had they received the law? Yet, in spite of the fact that it was so impressively delivered to them, how had they treated it?
19.How did the Jews receive these plain statements of truth?
20.In what condition was Stephen?
21.What did he say he saw?
22.How did they receive this additional evidence that Jesus is priest in the true temple in heaven?
23.What did they do to Stephen?
24.What did he do as they stoned him?
25.How did he show himself a true follower of Christ?
26.Who was foremost in this persecution? What immediately followed the death of Stephen? What effect did this have on the church?
27.How severe was the persecution?
28.What was done by those who were scattered abroad by this attempt to crush out the truth?
29.What was thus demonstrated? ; .

Notes

It will be observed that Stephen abruptly closes his recital of Jewish history and experience, with a reference to the tabernacle and temple and the lesson drawn from them, found in . The sudden change in the subject, and the language used, show that he discerned the fact that they were convicted of the truth, but were resisting the Spirit and rejecting the light which was shining upon them. See .

Bible texts in this lesson

Acts 7:42-999 · Acts 8:1-4 · Psalms 105:43-45 · Exodus 4:22 · Exodus 4:23 · 1 Kings 8:27 · Hebrews 8:1 · Hebrews 8:2 · 2 Corinthians 13:8 · Psalms 76:10 · Acts 7:44-50 · Acts 7:51-53

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