Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to themTherefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
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… The church is just getting started. But people, by the thousands, by the way, are coming to be believers in Acts chapter 6, verse 3. By the way, the back story to this is there's so many people attending church and there's ministry taking place. And the disciples, the apostles are being asked, you know, can you guys take out the trash? Can you study? Can you pray? Can you give sermons? Can you mop the floor? Can you clean the windows? Can you preach? And they said, wait a minute. it. We're Christians. We're going to give ourselves to prayer and study. We'll preach. But some of you need to do some of this other work. That's why, by the way, this church is so healthy because so many people do all the work of this church. I'm just a big mouse standing up here teaching the Bible. Listen, God could use a donkey and my name's Jack. I'm halfway there. it's the Bible that will transform you you're the church you're the one doing the doing I'm the one that's called to equip you guys make it happen it's amazing but look at this this is what the scripture says regarding those who are going to wait on tables so we need guys to wait on tables Acts chapter 6, verse 3 says, Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit, and what? …
… in order to wait on tables Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles who prayed and laid their hands on them. So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. I want to hang out in that first verse. In those days when the number of disciples increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. I'm going to talk to the 16, but the rest of you can eavesdrop. …
… It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Teman, and Parmenas, and Nicholas, a proselyte of Antioch, whom they set before the apostles. And when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them, and the word of God increased. And the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly. and a great number of the priests were obedient to the faith. Now, I don't know whether you remember being a teen or not, but if you were a teenager coming through puberty into your teenage years, you suffered what we all suffered, and that is growing pains. …