1. Stephen
A Man of Faith and Power
Acts 6:8-15

2. Act 6:8-10 And Stephen, full of faith and power/Gr
Act 6:8-10 And Stephen, full of faith and power/Gr. Dunamis did great wonders and signs among the people.
What does a person "full of the Spirit" look like?
By God's grace, can I be such a person?
Act_1:8 But you shall receive power/dunamis when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Eph 5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, (This verse is a command in the Greek)

3. Gr. = Λιβερτῖνος = Libertinos
(9) Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the libertines/Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen.
Alexandria
Gr. = Λιβερτῖνος = Libertinos

4. Level playing field of discussion
(10) And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
Level playing field of discussion

5. Apologetic Conferences
1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason (Gr. apologia) for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
Without this
This means nothing
Apologetic Conferences
Apologetic defense:
Personal testimony
Reasoning from the scripture
Reasoning from history
Reasoning from philosophy
Reasoning from the sciences – biology, chemistry, physics astronomy, geology, archeology

6. Jesus said - "I am the vine, you are the branches
Jesus said - "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Joh 15:5
“…Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.” Zech. 4:6

7. Act 6: Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
(12) And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
(13) They also set up false witnesses who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; (14) for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

8. (15) And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.