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LESSONS OF SERVICE
ACTS 6:1-7
Acts 6:1–3
1 Now in these days when the disciples were
increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists
arose against the Hebrews because their widows
were being neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And
the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples
and said, “It is not right that we should give up
preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3
Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven
men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom,
whom we will appoint to this duty.
Acts 6:4–7
4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the
ministry of the word.” 5 And what they said pleased
the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. 6 These they set
before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their
hands on them. 7 And the word of God continued to
increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied
greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests
became obedient to the faith.
1. The Narration
1.
The Problem
Acts 6:1
1 Now in these days when the disciples were
increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists
arose against the Hebrews because their widows
were being neglected in the daily distribution.
Acts 4:32–33
32 Now the full number of those who believed were
of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of
the things that belonged to him was his own, but
they had everything in common. 33 And with great
power the apostles were giving their testimony to
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace
was upon them all.
1. The Narration
1.
2.
The Problem
The Solution to the Problem
Acts 6:2–6
2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is
not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve
tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good
repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a
proselyte of Antioch. 6 These they set before the apostles, and they
prayed and laid their hands on them.
1. The Narration
1.
2.
3.
The Problem
The Solution to the Problem
The Result
Acts 6:7
7 And the word of God continued to increase, and
the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became
obedient to the faith.
1. The Narration
1.
2.
3.
The Problem
The Solution to the Problem
The Result
1.
Problems within affect performance
without
2. Applications
1. The Narration
1.
2.
3.
The Problem
The Solution to the Problem
The Result
1.
Problems within affect performance
without
Giftedness should be recognised
2. Applications
2.
1. The Narration
1.
2.
3.
The Problem
The Solution to the Problem
The Result
1.
Problems within affect performance
without
Giftedness should be recognised
Deacons should be Spiritual
2. Applications
2.
3.
1 Peter 4:10
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one
another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
Qualifications of a “Deacon”
1. Full of the Spirit
2. Full of Wisdom
3. These two outwardly observable
Campbell Morgan said
“A man full of the Spirit is one who is living the
normal Christian life. Fullness of the Spirit is not a
state of spiritual aristocracy, to which few can
attain. Anything less than the fullness of the Spirit
for the Christian man is disease of the spiritual life, a
low ebb of vitality. Fullness of the Spirit is not
abnormal but normal Christian life.”