There is within this text the supposition that we are called to “birth” new opportunities through our Spirit filled living and working. As believers, we have been given the gift and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Paul writes of the current sufferings we endure with the simultaneous expectations of the future hope of redeemed bodies in a redeemed earth. This redemption is afforded through the one who liberates us from bondage. Christ as the first born Son of God is in essence

Stephen was a man chosen because of his fullness of grace and power. He did great wonders and signs among the people. He spoke with wisdom and was obviously under the power of the Holy Spirit (see 6:10). The adversaries interrogated him and falsely accused him of blasphemy. It was in this trial that Stephen stood up with boldness and spoke his convictions. His testimony