Acts 6
Wisdom is a matter of what two things?
Head and Heart
Stephen laid down his life for one reason?
The message of Christ
By definition, the church is what?
The Family of God
What is identity connected to?
PURPOSE
Which question did Jesus ask Peter three times in a row?
Do you love me?
What was the problem in Acts 6?
Church conflict-the Widows were not being taken care of.
Stephen's message in Acts 7 calls us to focus on God's Big Story through what?
Covenants
The Day of Pentecost
What are two types of Witnessing?
Visual or Lifestyle
Verbal
What is foundational to Biblical Christianity?
The person and the Work of Christ
How did the apostles solve the problem of the widows?
They appointed 7 men to be DEACONS.
The main purpose of Stephen's sermon what to show that the Christian gospel is the what?
Old Testament in full blossom
What are the 4 ATTRIBUTES of the church?
HOLY
Apostolic
Universal
United
The Spirit in Prayer
What are two ways the Devil attacks the church?
Deception
Persecution
Who begins to speak up from the Deacons and gets accused of blasphemy?
Stephen
What are the three guideposts in Stephen's sermon?
The Land
The Law
The Temple
What are the 3 Marks of the Church?
Biblical Preaching
Church Discipline
Practice of the Ordinances
What two things does Spirit-empowered preaching always have?
Christ-centered
Bible-Driven
Where did the apostles find the courage to stand up to the persecution from the leaders of Israel?
The gospel we preach is the wisdom of God because it causes us to what?
Fall on our knees and acknowledge our weakness, our dependence, and our need.
To look up to God as the great Savior.
Who was the court that was against Stephen and ultimately killed him?
Sanhedrin
A healthy church is a congregation that increasingly reflects God's character as his character has been revealed where?
In His Word
Which prophet did Peter reference in ACTS 2, speaking of the Spirit coming down?
Joel
How can we influence the church from losing people to Hypocrisy?
Talk about it
Make sure we have the right relationship with Christ