Title Preaching the Word/Acts 6:1-7
There is always the possibility that the church on this earth will be caught up in worldly problems. In other words, since it is a human gathering, problems can always arise. It is a mistake to think that because it is the church, it must be perfect and perfect.
But we must know clearly that the body of the Lord, the church, is perfect.
is. That is why the church, the body of the Lord, is renewed daily in the church on this earth.
This is a church where crabs are made. The true Lord in the problematic and imperfect
You are making your church anew every day with the word. That is the Lord's Church
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In the Old Testament, Israel was cast to the Gentiles, and the remnant was always chosen from among them.
He brought them out and called them out and made them the new Israel. That is the church. today
At the meeting, the word was proclaimed, and by the word, he killed himself on the cross and
It is the Lord who has repented of surrendering himself to the power of the blood of Jesus.
This is your body church.
After the Ananias and Sapphira incident, people became afraid because of the work of the church.
I have lost But it wasn't just a fear. on the side of the Lord
Because he showed that he was alive and working as it was, people began to attend the church.
It has now become something that cannot be easily thought of as a human being.
The church is not moved by men, but by the living Lord.
It was a dramatic demonstration of the fact that Therefore, to the apostles, the Lord
It gives me more comfort and strength to know that this person is alive and governs his own church.
appears to have been
5:41,42, "The apostles counted worthy of being reproached for his name's sake.
They departed from the council, rejoicing in their hearts, whether they were daily in the temple or at home.
Jesus was the Christ, and he did not cease teaching and preaching.”
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But again, problems arose in the church. In verse 1, it says:
is. “At that time the number of disciples increased, and the Hellenistic Jews
They blamed the Hebrews because they fell in love with work."
Here, the Hellenistic Jews means that Israel in the Old Testament was attacked by Gentiles.
When we were all driven out of the Promised Land and lived in a land of Gentiles, God gave us
Because we forsook God, we also said that we forsook God, so we took the culture of the Gentiles and
Those who have become like the field.
But unlike such people, like Daniel, in the heathen lands, Jehovah God
Serving the Lord alone in faith that he will not forsake his nose, and
Those who returned to their homeland at the time of the blessing are the Hebrew Jews.
These two groups of people came to believe in Jesus. But to each other in the church
I couldn't let go of my prejudices. A party was formed. the Hebrew Jews
In their own way, they despised the Hellenistic Jews. Also, the Hellenistic Jews
I always had a sense of victimization that the gods were being treated unfairly.
In the early church, as shown in Acts 5, the consecration of their wealth to the church
It is said that the church provided living expenses for the elderly widows collectively.
It is shown (cf. 1 Tim. 5:9,10). However, there were many people in the Jerusalem church at that time.
is. As a result, it seems that the relief that would go to the Hellenistic Jews was missing.
The text reads, “You grumbled against the Hebrews.” "Resentful" here
The horses came to Israel who were walking in the wilderness at the time of the Exodus (Ex 16:7, Num 14:27,
1 Corinthians 10:10). They blamed Moses and blamed God.
This is what is always a problem in the Old Testament church in the wilderness or the church in Jerusalem.
Because it is a wilderness situation, we have the right to drink water and the right to live comfortably.
You have the right to have food for each city, and the right to receive relief.
is to think that there is.
It's a problem because you think you deserve it. no one on this earth
No one has a right to receive it. Poverty, want, lack, etc. are great for us.
Because it's not a right. It is not a right, but because of our sin,
They are created because they exist. Then we, who are sinners, must be sacrificed for others.
It is very clear that you do not have the right to receive the price you are paid for.
Relief is something I can enjoy through the sacrifice of others. if so
If there is anything that is given to me, I know that it is given by the grace of the Lord and I am grateful.
should be considered
Because life was made possible through the sacrifice of Jesus.
All. Therefore, everyone has the right to remedy, but not to receive it. the Lord my
I need to be able to show the grace you have given me as the Lord's through my sacrifice.
So, what are the recipients of the church? Jesus' grace on the cross
These are those who received infinitely. The level of giving salvation by the church is not the level of preaching the gospel.
it should be simply by giving a portion of the church's finances to the poor
It is not a relief to be subsidized with If you give the material, put the gospel in it
I have to give it to you.
So what does it mean? Food and water to eat and live in the world
is it vagina? Or is it eternal life through the gospel? It is, of course, eternal. therefore
The church must stake its life here to preach the gospel. good life on this earth
Not only is it not important to make them, it's not the church's job.
So the apostles say: “We pray and preach the word
There will be nothing” (verse 4). This is not to say that both prayer and the Word are preached here.
It means that prayer is mobilized because of preaching the word. humans preach the gospel
It's not that I do it, but I confess that it's not me that I do, it's the Lord.
It should be praying at the level of
Therefore, what the Bible originally intends to say is to emphasize the preaching of the word
there is. For this reason, we are told to choose seven people. So "faith and the Holy Spirit
Stephen, the full man, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Barmena, and Judea
He chose Nicolas the Antiochite, who had joined the church" (verse 5).
These seven people are often referred to as the seven deacons. Of course, the word deacon in the text, etc.
I don't mind. But what is important is not the seven people, but the church for the relief.
In other words, what the apostles saw was that the church was deviating from its essentials.
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That is why the church should not exist to preach the word. Ephesians
In 2:20, we see these words. “You build on the foundation of the apostles and prophets
who was planted, and Christ Jesus Himself has become the corner stone."
Jesus has become the corner stone. That is, he sets the standard upon which the church is based.
If the Western apostles said that we would have nothing to pray and preach the word, the apostle
However, it is not that we have to do so, but the original mission of the church is to preach the word.
It means that it is or it is not.
The apostles only preach the word, and the seven people are in charge of finances only and take care of the church's business.
It's not meant to be ugly. All of us must have nothing to do with preaching the gospel. church
In the absence of preaching the gospel, each other feels like a side branch
It means that the preaching of the Word must not be hindered.
When we return to these essential issues, the church becomes a church.
I did. It is described this way. “The word of God prospers in Jerusalem
The number of the disciples in the city increased greatly, and a great multitude of priests obeyed this way.
D" (verse 7).
Here, the saying that the multitude of priests also obeyed this way means that all the priests were yes.
Rather than saying that he came to believe in numbers, when the church becomes a church, someone
It means that there is no one who cannot submit to the Gospel. Even the leader of Judaism
even though.
The church on this earth cannot be without problems. But the early church was always anew
The church always looks like this through the fact that it did not miss the essential thing to preach the word.
In 9:31 we read, "So the church in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria is in peace and is secure.
And they went and went on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, and they increased in number.”
All. In 12:24, “the word of God prospered and multiplied”, and in 16:5, “Then the churches
And the faith was strengthened, and the number increased day by day", 19:20 "In the same way, the word of the Lord
He had this power, and he prospered and gained power.”
The focus is always on the fact that the Word has power and that the work of submission to the Word takes place
will be This is the end of the book of Acts. “Paul rented the house for Lee Tae.
stay in the kingdom of God, welcome all who come to him, and preach the kingdom of God with boldness,
He taught them about the Lord Jesus Christ, and no one forbade them” (28:30-31).
What about Paul? Or to say that the church has grown and developed.
No, but because the Lord lives, His gospel and His Word do not perish.
What the Acts of the Apostles is trying to show us is that it continues to be fulfilled.
will be
No matter what happens in the world, no matter what problems arise in the church, the Lord
He himself is doing as much as he does to bring his people into submission to the Gospel. this
The church on earth can be disturbed by the affairs of the world. But the Lord is not disturbed
it's god The church on this earth can collapse. But the body of the Lord will never fall
You can not.
Therefore, just because the church that exists on this earth has a problem, we need to tear it down and fix it.
It is not to try to renew, but to always return to the essential mission of preaching the word.
that is important. Concerned about spreading the word and spreading the gospel
are you writing? It can be said that the church devoted only to that work is the church that is the body of the Lord.
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This is exactly what the Lord expects to build the church on this earth. That
Therefore, what the apostles wanted to preach was the gospel, not the big church. phrase
It wasn't me, it was preaching the word. Let's evangelize, let's do missionary work, and then the church will grow and become wealthy
It doesn't mean it's fun. It means to always think about what was originally entrusted to the church.
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If you are a church that cares about money or worldly things, you should throw it away every day. sign
Are you interested in making simple organizational or administrative tasks grow and develop?
The church is no different from the gatherings of the world. The church is the only word of the Lord
Because it is the body of the Lord that cares only about things that are falling apart and is satisfied.