Title: Revival Church and Workers (2004.05.02)
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Date: May 2, 2004
Word: Acts 6:1-7
Title: Revival Church and Workers
Contents :
With the help of the Holy Spirit, the Jerusalem church has grown greatly.
A beautiful and normal church is where qualitative and quantitative growth go hand in hand.
1. The early church that had a problem
They began to complain that relief was not evenly distributed. The church in Jerusalem worked hard to give relief, but it is recorded that the person receiving the relief was resentful. This is true between parents and children, between husband and wife, in society, and in the church.
2. The Jerusalem church that established co-workers
The first was for the apostles to fulfill their duties as apostles.
The second purpose is to serve the saints.
Since the work of serving is not uniform, a person who can do the work of this work well was selected as a co-worker.
The third is to establish the kingdom of God rightly.
3. Qualification standards for God's workers
What are the qualifications established by the Jerusalem Church? There are four criteria.
The first qualification is a person filled with the Holy Spirit.
A person filled with the Holy Spirit is not that I claim me, but that the Holy Spirit claims me.
The second criterion is a person full of wisdom.
It is not the wisdom of living in the world, but the wisdom of discerning God's will and good and evil.
The third is a person who is full of faith.
All of them have the same faith to receive salvation by confessing Jesus as their Savior, but in doing God's work, those who have a greater vessel of faith do great things, and those who have little do little.
The fourth criterion is to choose the person to be praised.
This is not only a clergyman, but also a person who is recognized by the family and members of the district who live with him, and is also recognized by society.
4. Changes after establishing co-workers
After choosing a co-worker, a change took place in the Jerusalem church. Priority has been restored. The order of the ministry was restored so that the apostles could pray and preach the word.