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Father’s Day 2.0
Men, Happy Father’s Day.
I know it was last week, but I needed to finish the message from the week before, so I’m giving you your Father’s Day Message today.
Hey Think about it, if you can talk your kids into taking you out again, that’s a deal.
Right?
So Happy Father’s day again, and let’s turn to Acts chapter 6.
I want to speak to you a message this morning, again to our men, but women, the principles that I share with the men today, would apply to ladies as well.
I want to speak a message entitled, “Men Full of the Spirit”
I believe that Jesus is looking fro men who he can empower to become leaders in their homes, community and church to affect the world with God’s Glory.
The Church Experiencing Growing Pains!
The Church was growing.
In fact it was on fire.
Remember, our last two weeks of messages.
The Holy Spirit had just been given to the Church, Jesus has just baptized them in His power, and they are moving.
They are sharing the gospel with signs and wonders.
They are taking authority over demonic forces and sickness
They are seeing people converted at an amazing rate.
3,000, 5,000 all in a day
They are seeing the captives released, the addicted set free, and people turning their lives over to Jesus Christ.
And they are growing!
How many know with growth come growing pains.
And this is where this spirit filled church finds itself.
They are ministering to the broken all around them.
And apparently they have a food bank.
They are feeding and taking care of the widows.
Great thing to do right?
Have you ever noticed that even in great things, there can be problems?
Here comes the problem.
The Hellenists or the Greek Speaking Jews are mad because somehow, their widows are being overlooked in the distribution.
Is it happening on purpose?
Probably not.
But it’s happening.
And how many know that the enemy wants to divide the church.
Well here it is.
A way that He has been working for a very long time in the church.
Right from the beginning as we see here.
Culture and racial differences and division.
Hey, Our widows aren’t getting what yours are.
You see a growing church needs growing leadership.
We see that in this booming church, and we even see it in a church about our size.
In fact, a church can only grow to a size based on how many leaders there are to oversee it.
But here is the other side of that.
We cannot just have leaders to have leaders.
We must have leaders who can lead.
This was not a situation in the church that you could just throw any one into.
This was a situation where you needed leaders who could give Godly direction and lead people through what the enemy was up to here.
How many can see that this could have been the end of the church.
Racial discrimination kills churches.
It’s one of the enemy’s favorite weapons.
And from these scriptures, I think we see the kind of leaders that we are and must be looking for.
Verse 3
Seek From Among You Seven Men Who Are Full of the Holy Spirit!
Men who are Full of the Holy Spirit.
That’s Who God expects us to speak out.
My brothers, today, we must seek to be men, Husband, Father’s and Brothers who are filled with the Holy Spirit.
Why? BECAUSE...
Men Full of the Holy Spirit are Men of Good Reputation!
In 1 Timothy Paul lays out the guidelines for the overseers of the church or the bishop.
He talks about what they homelife should be like.
He speaks about their heart and personality.
Those are all inner things.
How he leads the church.
But here in verse 7 we see that he must also be careful about how those outside of the church see him.
He must have a good testimony lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
A great way to maintain a good reputation or testimony with those in the world is to allow the Holy Spirit to lead you in life.
The flesh will always get you into trouble.
the Holy Spirit will lead you around or through the trouble.
He will tell you when to say something and when not to speak out
He will remind you about where you are at and what you might not want to get involved in.
In my funeral services, I always remind those gathered that each of us preach our own funerals by the way we lived life while we were alive.
We want the pastor to say good things about us.
We want to be remembered for good things.
What are we doing now to make sure that such memories are available.
The Holy Spirit in you will help make that happen.
The Holy Spirit will lead us in who to be seen with and who to stay away from.
How many know, we all can’t make those right decisions about our circle of friends.
But it will come back against you if you don’t.
A good reputation will serve someone well, in the world around us.
It will open up the door to minister to people and tell them about Christ.
It will make us a person that people want to be around.
a good reputation ministers in peoples lives, even when we aren’t there.
My brothers, what is your reputation today?
What are your co-workers or boss’ saying about you?
What does your spouse think of you?
How about your children?
What do they say of their father when you aren’t around?
Why is that important?
Because if we are claiming to be followers of Christ, than our reputation should be one that brings glory to God in every situation.
How will people expect you to take certain news?
Can they trust you with personal things, either information or tangible items?
If not, seek God’s Spirit.
Turn those areas over to Him and allow him to put new words in peoples mouths about who you are and why.
We must seek to be men full of the Holy Spirit BECAUSE...
Men Full of the Holy Spirit are Men full of Wisdom!
Leadership in the church must be full of Wisdom.
It was evident in this situation here.
These men were going to have to have great wisdom to handle this situation and see the church go forward
It wasn’t going to be the wisdom of men either.
They needed to hear the wisdom of God.
My brothers, we can only have the wisdom of God through his Holy Spirit.
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