The Holy Spirit And Suffering For The Gospel - Acts 5, 6, 7

At the beginning of this sermon, Mike illustrates Paul's Temple metaphor, which has been mentioned in previous weeks. Then, following on from the signs, wonders and healing emphasis of Acts 5:12-16 from the previous sermon, this week we see the way the Holy Spirit answered the prayer of Acts 4 to enable the Apostles and Stephen to be bold as they witnessed to the Gospel and suffered persecution, from Acts 5, 6 and 7. Mike concludes by also noting that all of these witnesses were not just living for now, but had their vision focused on their reward in the age to come.