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Acts 6:2–4 · BSB
6:2 So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
6:3 Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them
6:4 and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
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…pleasure out of this approval of the death of Stephen. That's the idea. What's going on here? Well, I actually, when I read Acts chapter 7 andActs chapter 6, I actually believe that Stephen is being stoned and executed, and actually the main ringleader is Saul. I think it was Saul who was that first guy…
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…in the church of Jesus Christ, and Apostle Peter put his hands on Stephen and said, Lord, be with this man to serve in the church. He did that inActs chapter 6. Then in Acts chapter 8 or Acts chapter 7, at the end thereof, Paul said, Kill Stephen! And they killed him. And then years later, whenever Peter…
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…This is God's word for God's people. Thanks be to God. So Philip, before he appears on that wilderness road, was one of seven men chosen back inActs chapter 6to make sure that the church's Greek-speaking widows were not being overlooked. There was a struggle in the early church that some of the early…
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…of Stephen. In fact, three times in two chapters, this word is used of Stephen. It's used at the appointment of those deacon-like individuals inActs chapter 6, that these were guys who were to be full of the Spirit. Then it singles Stephen out, that he was especially full of the faith and the Holy Spirit.…
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…And yet, even before the struggles hit, even before Stephen was stoned by the Jews, they were dedicating themselves to prayer. And in fact, inActs chapter 6, you go a few chapters later, they have this complaint against them that some of the widows were being neglected when they were given food. And the…
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…on. He prays for it, connecting his communion with the Lord with what God's word has already revealed. And this is not a pattern unique to Paul. InActs chapter 6, when the apostles needed to hand off the practical responsibilities of ministry so they can focus on what matters most, this is what they said in…
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…a laydeacon, chosen to take care of widows with, I'm sorry, with Stephen and to serve within the church. And while it wasn't specifically stated inActs chapter 6, like Stephen, that Philip was a man filled with the Spirit, his life is proof positive that he is a man filled with the Spirit because of how God…
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…Bible by the name, a great name. His name is Stephen. There's a guy by the name of Stephen. He's a deacon in the Bible, and his account is found inActs chapter 6and 7. And if you read Acts chapter 7, it's just a little blurb. But you see what's going on in the life of this individual. After the outpouring…
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Well, let's take our Bibles. Let's open toActs chapter 6. Acts chapter 6. Excuse me, chapter 7. Thank you. Still living in chapter 6, apparently. As you're turning there, I um I have to confess to you, I…
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…something that they desire to do. A leadership position that they want to bless the church with by their service to the Lord. The second is fromActs chapter 6. Speaking about deacons in particular. And Peter says, Men who have integrity. Men who demonstrate a commitment to loving and serving and trusting…
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…down. But now he's standing. Why is he standing? For two reasons. Number one, he is standing, if he is believed on, because it was alluded to inActs chapter 6, that if we believed, God would send his son from heaven and he would establish his kingdom. But he was standing as a witness against them that…
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Let's take our Bibles. Let's open toActs chapter 6. Acts chapter 6. As you're turning there, I've spent a lot of time in waiting rooms. It's probably an occupational hazard. I've I've been in a lot…
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…So you keep reading later on in Acts 8, and we'll get there in just a moment. There's a guy named Philip. Philip, first time we see him is inActs chapter 6. In the Jerusalem church, he's an ordinary believer, and his role was simply to pass out bread. Him and five other guys are commissioned to pass…
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…go to a lot of places in Scripture to point out examples of this gift being acted out in a practical way. But I think the best place we can go isActs, chapter 6. So go with me from Romans 12:8, where it says for us to rule with diligence, and go with me to Acts chapter six, verses one through seven. We're…
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…happens in the church. Praise God. In this case, it's not because of persecution, but we're going to see how persecution affects the church. But inActs chapter 6, remember, that's where there's all kinds of issues with the widows not being fed, the Greek-speaking widows. So they they pick Greek-speaking…
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…different directions. And I don't know we see it any more clearly than we see it when we get to Acts 8 and 9. Now the challenge that had begun inActs chapter 6, the struggle with the needs being met, and then immediately one of the servants who looks a lot like a deacon goes out and he begins to share the…
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…sermon was not even meant for the council, the Sanhedrin. That this sermon was not for the synagogue of the freedmen, which is where it begins inActs chapter 6. It's really a sermon pointed toward one man. One man who will become the greatest missionary of all time, the apostle Paul. Paul's gonna hear it.…
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…into Jerusalem and they start the church and they stay in Jerusalem for years. Until Acts chapter 10, and actually a little bit in Acts chapter 8,Acts chapter 6, there's a little bit where it goes into Samaria, and there's a little, then there's a persecution, a guy named Stephen is killed, and then people…
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…in the New Testament, the giving of spiritual gifts, the passing on of that miraculous power was done by the laying on of the apostles' hands.Acts chapter 6, Neal talked about it this morning, the apostles laid hands on those seven men. And in Acts chapter 8, verses 18 through 24, when the Samaritans…
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Good morning. If you turn in your Bibles toActs chapter 6, we have a lot of ground to cover today. We're looking at the challenges that the church faced in the book of Acts and how they overcame them. The…
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