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   “ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.” Acts 6 : 8 , 10 KJV Only those who are in the spirit can appreciate the sweet last lane, in support of the scriptural affirmation “ And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake ”. Since the recalcitrant resistance and conspiracy of the certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen, finally led to the martyrdom of Stephen, sometimes it does appears that troubles do have the final say. But no, “ And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake” because Stephen got a standing ovation from Jesus Christ and the host of heaven for a job well done before his transition to glory. Also, Jesus had to personally appear to one of arch persecuto...

  “ Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. ” Acts 6 : 7 NKJV The reality in life is that the spirit spread and stone spread are almost the two sides of the same coin; but mostly treated by men as isolated events. For Stephen, the spirit-inspired spreading of the word of God  invoked the throwing of stones and persecution from the synagogue of the freedmen. And although the eventual stone spread resulted in the martyrdom of Stephen, the word of God continued to spread exponentially with increasing spreading of stones in the early church. Even today, and over the past 2,000 years after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the persecuted saints in the 10/40 windows are still responsible for spreading the greatest and widest gospel of salvation across the globe. It is readily established that when believers graciously allow all manners of stone spread in their family, ...