CRBC Worship Service, Dec. 1, 2024 "Murmurings and Ethnic Rift" Acts 6:1-7

Call to Worship: Exodus 15:11
Public Reading: John 13:1-20
Benediction: 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Sermon Outline:

1. Division
a. Widows
b. Mercy Ministry was happening
c. A Complaint arose
2. The Ethnic Differences
a. Us and Them
b. Significant organization required because:
1. Lots of widows in Jerusalem
2. Economy not strong
3. Complexity of the situation
3. The Solution
a. Church meeting called
b. Appointment of seven, not necessarily the official deaconate
c. All Greek name, all Hellenists
d. Set apart
e. The great cure used to choose men
4. The Result

Additional Scriptures referenced:

Deuteronomy 10:17-18
James 1:27
Matthew 25:35-40
Acts 2:45
Acts 4:35
Acts 2:9
Romans 14
Matthew 15:3-6
1 Corinthians 16:1-4
Matthew 5:43-45
Acts 2:42
Romans 12:17-21