Today we read Acts 6, a story of complaints and conflict within the church, that through prayer brought a new breakthrough. Here are some thoughts on this passage from John Piper:
The way Luke celebrates the triumph of the church over this threat is by showing its effect in verse 7: “And the word of God [that had not been forsaken or diminished] increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.”
What Luke is celebrating is that the triumph over this in-house problem resulted in a new breakthrough in evangelistic power. Now, even priests, who had been so hostile (Acts 4:1), are responding to the Word of God and obeying the faith. The church had been tested. She had passed the test by caring for the widows and guarding the Word. And God honored this triumph with new power and fruitfulness.
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