51 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
In my mind, I'm picturing the event happening. Its almost humorous how Stephen goes through the entire history of God's people....to the people that probably know the stories better than anyone. They teach it!
Then he hammers them with this verse. BOOM! He knows he's going to be killed. He reminds them of the fact that they have killed every prophet God sent to them. Putting himself in that camp.
I think the application of this chapter is, am I resisting the Holy Spirit? Or am I ambivalent to him? Am I more worried about my opinion than God's? What is my perspective? These people were definitely looking at life through their own lens,...not God's
tp
pheeewww thats a long one to read. I do like how you get a huge chunk of the bible's chronology in one place.
ReplyDeleteI think you nailed it with the verse you chose and your take on it. I need to be thinking about application of what we are reading I think I've lost that a bit recently. As this illustrates we are prone to resist, there is a pattern of human behavior. I need to recognize when I am resisting and ask God to be in control and help me to break down my barriers to him.
knut