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Acts 6:1 · BSB
6:1 In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
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…pray for everybody here. Yeah. Though if we had a few more deacons serving tables, then I could dedicate myself to more teaching and praying, likeActs, Chapter 6. Yeah. So it is important that the leaders pray, but this is why the idea of a house tour is so inviting, because the people that you focus on are…
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…God's giving to us of the Lord Jesus. That we would allow that to be shaping our heart and shaping then our response of giving. We can continue toActs chapter 6and verses 1 to 7. And again, we see the church active in caring for the poor. But this time, with a slightly different focus, let's think about…
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…new covenant, the the kingdom of God to them. All right, so so it starts with understanding. Right, and and so that's and that, and you see that inActs chapter 6, and Acts chapter 10, and Acts as you see the book of Acts play out, these are all baby steps into the culture for the Jewish leaders. I mean, it…
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…our own expense. In a sense, we've been going to war in the helps at our own expense and we've seen it dwindle. So let's get it tightened back up.Acts, chapter 6,. I want to give you this last part. Are you getting anything out of this? No, nobody's condemned. Nobody should feel guilty. That's not the point.…
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…me, those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen. Okay, now you remember him, right? You remember Stephen back fromActs chapter 6and 7. He was he was ministering, he was bold, he was proclaiming the gospel, and it was the Jews, right, the Judaizers, who did not like it. And…
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…God which is among you. And I don't care whatever you do, that is foremost the most important thing you can do. That's why in the New Testament, inActs chapter 6, they chose deacons as servants to come serve along by the elders so that they could give themselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of…
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…and proclaimed to them the Christ. Philip is described as one of the seven, one of the seven kind of prototypical deacons who were appointed inActs chapter 6to minister to the needs of the widows, the Greek widows. And so he was one of the seven, but he's given the title, the evangelist. He traveled…
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…just for a minute or two. So we began with Gandhi, a negative example. I like your Christ, but I don't like your Christians. A positive example,Acts chapter 6. Here is a situation where there are some widows who are in need, in need of daily food distribution. And the apostles decide that what needs to be…
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…hindrance. What is the point? Living things grow. As the word of God spreads, the church increases, and the kingdom grows. So if you come back toActs chapter 6and you read the first verse, it sounds like this is going to be a proper positive moment in the book of Acts. So Acts chapter 6, verse 1. In those…
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…daily at the hour of prayer Acts chapter 4 the apostles are persecuted and facing opposition and what do they do they turn to God in prayer inActs chapter 6before they choose deacon leaders they pray about and ask God to lead and guide them but the reason they choose leaders is that the apostles can…
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But we're going to open God's Word this morning toActs chapter 6. One of the greatest things about the early church as we look at the early church in the book of Acts, one of the greatest things about the early…
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…of feeding and caring for the poor. There was no welfare. There was no government aid at all. It was only the church's job. You can see that inActs chapter 6, they talk about the distribution. Because as the church community began to grow in Jerusalem, the poor and the needy realized, here's one place…
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…amongst his people. But then specifically. We find the origin of the diaconate in a crisis. So let's go to the passage that Judy read. InActs chapter 6. And here we have. Luke's record of this crisis. In the church. It's really interesting. Chapter 5. You've got hypocrisy. And you've got opposition…
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…when the spirit of God comes in his fullness upon God's people that there's no more mention of casting lots it's especially interesting that inActs chapter 6when the apostles appoint the seven who will assist them in the administration of food for the Greek widows that they don't cast lots in that…
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…were astonished and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. And so the church does grow in Jerusalem. It grows all the way to the point inActs chapter 6, they have to put in place some organization. They've got to raise up some leaders. The growth is to the point that it necessitates them to…
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…to love his enemies. Matthew chapter 22 tells us that. And again, we don't know everything about Stephen's life, but we we do know some, right? InActs chapter 6, he was chosen as part of those seven guys. He was a man of good repute to care for those widows that had been neglected. He was obviously seen as…
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…speedy results. We trust him. And so then he says, verse 2, faithful men who fear God. Faithful men who fear God. Sounds very much likeActs chapter 6. God's looking for faithful men and women who fear God. Now listen to this. Faithfulness is a result of the motivation of fearing God. So…
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…we really don't know. They could be a group of disciples that were pulled away by one of the first deacons in the church that was established inActs chapter 6. That's speculative. That's our best historical guess, but we don't really have much clout to be able to hang our hat on that reality. We're going…
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…community and lastly we're an organised community hot on the heels of the first discipline place for the church is the first business meeting inActs chapter 6now this section in Acts 6 begins with a reference to growth in verse 1 it says now in these days when the disciples were increasing and then if…
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…for me to get to Spain so I can preach there. 1 Corinthians 1 verse 17, Paul says, I didn't come here to baptize you. I came here to preach to you.Acts chapter 6. I can go on and on, but Acts chapter 6, there's division in the church. There's what we would call a social justice issue in the church where the…
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