June 1, 2014: Rebels and Saints – Landon Lynch

Few people like prophets when they are alive. It’s not until decades later that the establishment can make a sinner into a saint and use that person for their purposes. This has been true of many who have spoke up in the strength of the Spirit of God. They are killed, because people don’t always like hearing what God might be saying to them.

Stephen, in a small way, prophesies his own death. He is speaking prophetically to those in power about what happened to the prophets – and in the end meets the same fate. Death at the hands of the powers.