Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 6:1-7
by: Gabriela Alonzo.
Out of context, we might not think verse 3 is talking about selecting people to handle food distribution. Again, how often do we consider that an act of love—meeting the needs of others—can reach farther than our words? Stephen was one of seven men chosen for this task and is described as “a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (v.5). The apostles treated this new position as of equal importance to their own, as they laid on hands and prayed over these servants. We see their act of service as just as important as teaching in spreading the Word.