Acts 7 Preview

From those at the Tower of Babel to Napoleon Bonaparte to Adolf Hitler, people from each generation have risen up and sought to make a name for themselves. Individual agendas and plans are plotted and then ushered forth. Some of these dreams might even appear to be successful for a period of time. After all, the French appeared invincible as Napoleon dominated central Europe. But things changed dramatically as Napoleon tried to invade Russia and then he was finally defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. His plan had failed. His dream was over. He would spend the next six years of his life under British supervision until he died. Every time man seeks to establish his own plan it always fails.

God, however, and His plans never fail. God's purposes are unstoppable and no one can stay His hand. His counsel always stands. There is never a time when He doesn't accomplish His purpose. C.H. Spurgeon describes those who attempt to thwart God's purposes by saying: "Their persecutions, slanders, falsehoods, are like puff-balls flung against a granite wall." At the time Moses was born the king of Egypt sought to murder him along with all the Hebrew infants. The one that God would use to deliver a nation was at risk of losing his life before he was able to crawl! Later Moses would be rejected by the very men that he was called to deliver. Is this beginning to sound familiar? God eventually uses Moses to deliver his people from the hands of the Pharaoh and His plans prevail!

Join us this week as we consider "Israel's Rescue" as Travis Cardwell preaches from Acts 7:17-34. As we continue our series, The Church Unstoppable, we witness Stephen's continued defense before the council of Jerusalem. He has brilliantly countered their false charges against him related to God and now he moves on to deal with their charges related to Moses. Stephen continues to prove to them that they are the ones who are rejecting God. God's church will not be stopped! Friends, the economy may look bleak, nations may rise up against us, or your health might falter, but don't allow any crisis in life to deter you from the rock that is the providence of God. He will accomplish His purpose and He will sustain us. He is our Deliverer!