Title: The First Church Conflict
(1) Who was the conflict with whom was the early church filled with the Holy Spirit?
It was the internal division of the Hebrew and Hellenistic churches.
Even today, problems between the Hebrews and the Greeks still exist in the church.
The Hebrews are 30-40 years old, and they are the founders and those who claim vested interests. Our church has a 94-year history and there are relatively many people like this. The Greeks are those who moved in, those who came after, and those who later believed in Jesus. Hebrews are conservative, do not like change, and have a strong sense of ownership, so they do not leave the church no matter what. The Greeks, on the other hand, are progressive, open-minded, enterprising, but relatively easy to change churches.
(2) Why did the early church conflict?
The issue of relief became the cause of the dispute. The apostles were full of power, but it was not enough to take care of many saints wisely without complaining. The apostles were also human, so it may have been a little bit of favoritism, and maybe it was the qualifications of the Greeks.
(3) To solve this problem, what kind of person was appointed as the workers of the early church?
First, those who are full of faith and the Holy Spirit are praiseworthy. A person who serves the church on his own is a fool.
Second, the absolute majority of Hebrews appointed a small number of Greeks as deacons. Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Barmena, and Nicolas the Antiochite who had converted to Judaism were chosen (verse 5). . Most of the Hebrews conceded their vested interests to a few Greeks and Gentiles. It was a very wise and great vote. The absolute majority made concessions and consideration for the few. We must learn the wisdom of these early church members.
(4) Do you know how much work these seven deacons from Greeks and Gentiles did?
First, they did a good job. He never formed a faction with the help of the Greeks, and wisely resolved the church's dissatisfaction.
Second, they played a decisive role in expanding the early church for world evangelization.
conclusion
Our church needs a lot of workers. There is so much work to do, and there are no workers.
We must lead 270,000 to God to the Preface Church. The 100th anniversary is 6 years away. We have to go to a church of 4000 people by the 100th anniversary. At least 50 elders and 200 ordained deacons should be appointed each. In order for the church to grow, it is necessary to prepare and train workers in advance. Let's take pictures of others first with a happy heart today! The early church set up ordained deacons with joy. Today, let's also raise up ordained deacons and kwonsa with joy!
People who take pictures of me are selfish people, people who take pictures of myself and others are normal people, and people who take pictures of others first and me later are good workers.