Lesson 4622

 (Lesson 4622)(09-29-25) Acts 7:37-41 

   “This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.” 

 

  In today’s quote, Stephen continued by reminding the council that Moses had prophesied God would raise up a prophet like him for the Israelites. Moses received living oracles to pass on to the people, but they rejected him and turned their hearts back to Egypt. While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Israelites asked Aaron to make them a golden calf, and they offered sacrifices to it, celebrating the works of their own hands rather than following God’s commands. ~