The unleashing of the Holy Spirit was a great pushing forward. It pushed the disciples forward along a path with no clear next steps. It pushed crowds of new believers in Jesus to quit old ways and begin to learn his ways. It pushed Jewish leadership to re-think beliefs and traditions and their manmade hierarchy. It soon brought pushback from that leadership in the form of resistance, anger, fear-fueled, murderous fury, and ultimately, widespread persecution of all those who claimed the name of Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Acts 7:48-60

1-47 – Stephen’s ______________________________________________

48-53 – Stephen’s ____________________________________________

  54-60 – Stephen’s ___________________________________________