Stephen and Victorious Living

uh, so Stephen was full of what well, as we said first, the spirit, that means the Holy Spirit was evidently manifested in his life, he was like Jesus in his daily walk, he was sensitive to the direction of the holy spirit in his walk. diary. worried, this is very important with Holiness, he is the Holy Spirit, by the way, that is what he does, dominating his thoughts, putting his flesh to death, sinning less every day was a concern for him, therefore, being full of the spirit is the second thing that was there. full of wisdom, this is the Greek Sophia, as we said last week, wisdom is not just having the academic knowledge of what to say, but knowing when to say it, so for example, an intelligent shepherd could know all the things that A church needs to make changes but foolishly try to do them all at once, for example, a wise pastor knows what is important now, what can wait, and what is best with congregational acceptance.

Amen, okay, smart people know the answer, but wise people know how to apply the answer. Stephen was complete. of wisdom at the same time that he was filled with the Spirit, he simply made right and godly decisions and people noticed thirdly that he was full of faith to have faith is to believe to trust what does it mean to be full of faith means that you practically live as if you believe the word of God, how do you believe everything that Jesus said, I think that being full of Faith would make a person very confident, that mentality of God said it, I believe it, that permeates your entire personality, produces a very secure person because he lives by simple faith, fourth, he was full of grace that word means kindness or favor or a gift so for a gracious person he would be generous cheerful kind this was a kind hearted person who really cared about people he was not too harsh he was generous, kind and gracious and lastly Fifth, he was full of power, he was a man of spiritual strength.

That word power theologically means the ability to accomplish something, look, someone might say, hey, someone needs to move that box, it's one thing to say. What another thing is that a person is going to lift the box and move it. Power is the ability to actually carry out the things that are conceived in the mind, so in this case, being linked with signs and wonders that we see in verse 8 is a spiritual power that Stephen received from God not only to say things but to do things. Stephen was working miracles as a non-apostolic in the New Testament, which is a rare situation, plus he was preaching and speaking with powerful boldness, so we have a man filled with the spirit of faith wisdom of Grace and Power such a man.

It is complete in Christ that what more complete aspiration for all of us is not Define victory in life as being full of those characteristics listen what if defined Living

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ly like that not not as the Christian world defines it if you are filled with the spirit

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by faith mercifully wise

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in the power of God even if you only see one of those things manifest in your life listen, you're winning, that's what's important don't let the world make you feel like a loser because you don't act the way they do they want you to act truly Victory is being complete in Christ Stephen was living a

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life because he was living a Christ-filled life