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Acts 6:8 · BSB
6:8 Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
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…lie to the church about their offerings. [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm God. [SPEAKER_00]: pretty harshly deals with them pretty quickly. [SPEAKER_00]: AndActs chapter 6, the Greek and Jewish, the Greek Jewish widows are being overlooked in the ministry and they complain about it. [SPEAKER_00]: People come to the…
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…suffering that they're experiencing by the gospel, Luke says, when they prayed, the place which in which they were gathered together was shaken. InActs chapter 6, when the needs of the church were growing, it was the leaders who said in verse 4, but we will devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the…
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…that they have of Christ. And the the church is then continuing to grow. And there are more problems that arise. There's problems that arise inActs chapter 6, as we see problems that are happening in the kingdom, and Philip, who's the name you should remember. In Acts 6, the Greek-speaking believers,…
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…So he's at least tacking in the right location. But this is not the first time we saw Philip either. If you remember, he is one of the people inActs chapter 6. Acts chapter 6, verse 5, there was the crisis with the widows in the church because remember, all the Jews were staying in Jerusalem. And so there…
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…unto me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and to the uttermost part of the earth. I'm going to just turn here real quick toActs chapter 6, because we see some of that power going on. Acts chapter 6, starting in verse 3. It says, wherefore, brethren, look ye among you, seven men of…
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…losing their life. People didn't join themselves, they didn't just readily join themselves. However, the church still increased. Then you get to uhActs chapter 6. This is a very important chapter. Uh it talks about those uh Grecians that's talking about those Hellenistic Jews who were neglected in their…
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…say. Because the church is such a special enterprise, and it's you, right? I mean, we are the church. And so here's what I think we learn fromActs chapter 6. The first thing is this is expect growing pains, okay? Write that down in your notes. Expect growing pains. I mean, if if if God's gonna do wild…
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…among all the churches for this gospel ministry. So they're men that love Jesus, but they're also a people who are honorable. It reminds you of inActs chapter 6, when there was this issue around food. Remember when the Hellenistic or the Grecian widows were not being served and were not getting food? Do you…
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…men from Cyprus and Cyrene who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists. Underline or circle Hellenist. Because if you remember, inActs chapter 6and 7, with the stoning of Stephen, they talked about the temple of the Hellenist. Those were Jews who spoke Greek. Different here. What they're…
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…this church is growing, and it's exploding, and everybody is hearing the news. And this mega church is having a mega impact on a mega city. Then inActs chapter 6, it says... The number of disciples rapidly multiplied. Notice we've moved from addition, the added daily, 3,000 added. Now we're going to…
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…is yet to come. And I kind of wondered if they're an opposing reflection of each other. And what the four. Women that prophesy would represent. SoActs chapter 6, I guess, huh? Yes. Well, let me answer this. Yes, absolutely all that's important. Absolutely. Absolutely all of it. Well, I think that my wife…
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…as Paul talks about the list that he puts them on. You know, this is this group of women that you're to add to these women who are in need. Also inActs chapter 6, we see that there are two groups of widows, Jewish and non-Jewish widows, and the care that is taken to make sure that they are taken care of.…
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…losing their life. People didn't join themselves, they didn't just readily join themselves. However, the church still increased. Then you get to uhActs chapter 6. This is a very important chapter. Uh it talks about those uh Grecians that's talking about those Hellenistic Jews who were neglected in their…
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…to do what? Serve. That's what they're supposed to do, right? Do you remember why the first deacons were called upon in the early church back inActs chapter 6? They were called to bring what? To bring unity to the church. And to do that, a deacon has to be a person of the greatest integrity. And that kind…
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…They're running now about 8,000. They're getting saved till half of the city of Jerusalem was converted within six months. And the Bible said inActs chapter 6, because the disciples had multiplied, there are rows of murmuring. Well, we preachers hate it when the murmuring starts. It'll turn your hair this…
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…this passage, our primary conversation partner should be God. But as followers of Christ, our primary conversation partner becomes God Himself. InActs chapter 6, when the early church appointed seven men to make sure widows were being cared for, why did the apostles do that? Well, the text in Acts 6 tells…
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…in fact, the word that's used here for her uh her service is the word diokenea in Greek, which we know this is where we get the word deacon from inActs chapter 6. It's a it's a it's a it's a beautiful word that talks about service and ministry. So she's ministering to the Lord. Now, in fact, in John's…
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…say he was a pastor, doesn't say he was an elder, doesn't say he was an apostle. We're not a super Christian. In fact, we're introduced to him inActs chapter 6. He was just a deacon. And what happens is, so often in the church is that we corporately depend on a few people to be gospel witnesses. What this…
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…Christ, you're baptized, and then you actually make a commitment to be a part of a local body. Why do I think that's important? Because later inActs chapter 6, there were two groups of widows. And these widows were supposed to be taken care of by the church, and they weren't getting treated equally. And…
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…cared for the vulnerable. They opened their homes to travellers and offered hospitality. They developed systems of care for widows. We see that inActs chapter 6. Look at Acts chapter 6, verse 1. Acts chapter 6, verse 1. Now, in these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the…
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