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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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…unique situation that was putting that church in. The church had actually set up this daily distribution of help for people in need. You see it inActs chapter 6. Well, Paul, who was aware of this Jerusalem church in need, he goes to all these Gentile churches that he had been a part in planting. All around…
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…Testament. But of all the deacons in the New Testament, we know more about Philip than anyone else. And we've already met him in that passage fromActs chapter 6, because he's one of the first deacons that was chosen when the church began to recognize the office of the deacon. And so I want to state for you…
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…to refer to those who believed in him, who believed in him and began to follow him. And as we move into the book of Acts, we see that even more.Acts chapter 6shows us that the disciples were gathered together. In Acts chapter 9, verse 1, Saul, breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the…
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…it says, they gave themselves, the apostles' teaching, to fellowship, to breaking of bread, and to prayer. They gave themselves. Just like inActs chapter 6, it says, the apostles were so busy, they didn't have time to give themselves to the ministry of word and to prayer. And so they appointed some…
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…wisely. He applied prudence. He applied skill to the situation. And what we find out that we learned this morning from Derek is that by the timeActs chapter 6rolls around, Gamiliel was exactly right. The Pharisees determined to persecute, and the persecution spreads the church. It does the absolute…
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…opposition. It's not really what we expect. We want the early picture of the church to be full of roses and good things. But here, very early onActs chapter 6, we recognize that a huge persecution begins to happen to the church. And we recognize that God wants us as believers, as Christians, to learn…
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So we are back to the book of Acts and with this week we are inActs chapter 6. It's the story of the deacons, the story of how the deacons came to be, where they came from and what they do. And at the heart of the story of…
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…information to help them appreciate what God to to do God to do to do ! What would they do to deal with the growing numbers in the church? Well inActs chapter 6we see that they elected deacons to help minister to people who were hurting and people who had need well what would they do when persecution hit…
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…Ananias and Sapphira brought their giving to the feet of the apostles, and they lied about it, and what was the consequence? They died. InActs chapter 6, we find that there was another problem in the matter of stewardship, and we see that the illustration that you can glean from this is that giving…
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…early church do, those who come to faith? Well, they devote themselves along with the sharing of all their goods to the teaching of the apostles.Acts chapter 6, as the Greek widows are worrying because they're missing out on some provision, what happens? Well, deacons are appointed. Why? So that the…
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…gospel proclamation, be gone just those who are Jewish, to the Hellenists. Who is Luke referring to when he talks of the Hellenists? Now back inActs chapter 6, you may remember this title. Acts 6.1 says, Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose…
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…equivalent of the god Apollos. She tends to keep that name. She's described as a deacon. That causes some people controversy. Does she have like anActs chapter 6kind of role in the church? Is that even open to females? She's also described as a benefactor the word Patronus, meaning someone who has been…
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…a lot of people say, well, let's just get back to the early church. Well, be careful what you wish for. The early church was far from glorious. InActs chapter 6, I'm not going to turn to these. Just a few days after Pentecost, when there was this miraculous outpouring of God's Holy Spirit, you want a…
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Please take your copy of God's Word and turn to the book ofActs chapter 6. Our text for this morning will be Acts chapter 6, verse 8 through Acts chapter 7, verse 1. And while you're getting there, let me just express to…
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…The early church continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching. Now note, the apostles themselves were men of the word. If you turn with me toActs chapter 6, this increasing number of new believers made it impossible for the apostles to minister all to these people, and so they selected men whom we…
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…recognized, you can address them. I want you to think with me of another passage in relationship to this that I don't need you to turn to, but inActs chapter 6, you'll remember that what happened in that case as the church grew, it ended up where the needs of the widows, particularly the Gentile widows…
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We're in the second in our four-part series called The Serving Seven, looking at the early life of the church fromActs chapter 6to Acts chapter 8. I wonder if anybody here bears an uncanny resemblance to somebody else in their family. Now, if Reuben and Joshua were still…
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…not long after that he is going about and he's preaching he's teaching the word and he's brought to trial and I'll just encourage you to readActs chapter 6there's a fantastic sermon brought by the Spirit in Stephen's life but Stephen's not a he's filled with the Spirit not intellectually gifted in any…
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…my brothers in the Lord Jesus and preachers of righteousness. And so, after having thanked you for that, I want you to turn in your Bibles now toActs chapter 6, and I'll share a little story. My wife is in the nursery, so she will not hear this unless you tell her. But this morning, as we were having time…
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…way because by this time in mystery, there's probably tens, twenty, thirty thousand people who would become Christians. That's what they think byActs chapter 6. So he would have known about Christians. He would have access to the official records of the crucifixion and the empty tomb. And Paul says to his…
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