Acts 7:57
"Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears and ran at him with one accord"
My eight year old has done this, covered his ears, because he knew he was in trouble and didn't want to hear what was coming....punishment. These pharisees were either so self righteous, or so guilty they could hear no more. Not only could they hear no more, they had to destroy the speaker that was condemning them. It's amazing that they couldn't drown it out. They couldn't plug their ears to hear, so they had to completely destroy with rage the messenger.
Application - I feel God is telling me that no matter what, stick with the gospel. Don't ever water it down, don't be afraid to offend someone, the message alone is offensive enough. I shouldn't go around trying to bloody noses, the gospel will do that. People will get mad at it, people with reject it, people will get offended because it is their sin that separated them from heaven and they can't be good enough. tolerant enough, or do enough to get it back. Stick with the simple message that God sent His son to save man from his sin.
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