“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
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… at God's right hand and he told them, look, I see the heavens open and the Son of Man standing at the place of honor at God's right hand. And then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting and they rushed at him and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And his accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they stoned him, Stephen prayed, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. He fell to his knees shouting, Lord, don't charge him with this sin. And with that, he fell asleep. Wow, what a story. God gave Stephen the grace he needed when he needed it. You say, wow, if I were in this situation, I wouldn't have reacted as Stephen did. I don't know that that's true. God will give you what you need when you need it. Not before, never after. because I can think of people I've seen that are suffering and I think, man, I would never be like that. …
… it says they looked intently, they fixed their eyes on him. Same thing in Acts chapter 7, verse 54 through 60, when Stephen is about to be stoned, it says he looked up to heaven, he saw Jesus, the glory of God, saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. So it's a fixed gaze. It's not just a glance. What I want you to see is a progression here. When we begin to get a hold of the reality of the needs around us, number one, we begin to see the hurts around us. This is the progression. Very simple in this passage. We see the hurt. then second we begin to feel the hurt it's not just glancing at it oh yeah that's there it's it's beginning to feel the weight of that that's exactly what luke is getting at in verse four when it says peter and john looked at him intently it's not just a pass a look as they passed by so they saw the hurt they felt the hurt and number three we touched the hurt that's exactly what peter does a pretty bold statement to say you know i don't have any money but i do have this get up and walk. …
… There is a story in the New Testament, not only Jesus, but there's another story that gives us almost the perfect example of this in Acts 7.56. Stephen, the first martyr in the church, as he is being pelted with stones and about to die for simply telling the people the truth about their own history and about Jesus, he says, behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. Now, right there you should think standing. Don't we confess? And he sits at the right hand of God. Why here is Jesus standing, not sitting? He's standing, I think, for two reasons that are really one and the same. He's standing that he might defend Stephen, that he might vindicate Stephen as they kill him, and he's standing to welcome Stephen home. That's the picture of entrusting ourselves to the one who will judge justly. The Christ who was betrayed by Judas will not betray you. He will not only wipe away every tear from your eye, he will right every wrong. He will expose every lie. One day, all the things in secret will be revealed and he will vindicate his people against every false charge, every false charge from a friend, from a family member, from a colleague, from the internet, he will vindicate you. …