May 19, 2024 | Week 6 of Acts: Obeying the Spirit (Acts 7:1-36)

Christ Breaking the Cycle

We are creatures of habit. That can be a good thing or a bad thing. Our lives are built around familiar patterns of behavior that are reinforced by incentives. Unfortunately, because of sin, we often find ourselves stuck in patterns that are destructive and undesirable. At the same time, we have a hard time breaking out of these. That's what it means to be held under the power of sin. Whether it's addiction, shame, or something else, we need help from someone who can act as our deliverer. In this week's passage, Stephen makes an appeal to the Sanhedrin on the basis of their history as a people to trust Jesus Christ, the one God appointed to save us from the cycle of sin and death. God's promise of freedom is available for us if we will look to Jesus as our cycle-breaker.