Something significant takes place in the community of Ephesus in chapter 19. The disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit! (Acts 19:1-7). Paul took these 12 disciples (v7) and trained them so that they could disciple other believers! (By the way…That is reproduction that I talked about two weeks ago!) Paul and this small band of disciples began sharing Christ and the community was transformed…it was changed. So much so that that there was riot!

This morning, I want to talk to you about being COMMITTED TO REPRODUCTION! Now, before you get scared and think about I am going to start talking about making babies…just relax. The kind of reproduction I want to talk about is making copies. I want you to think of copy machine. In the resource room we have a copy machine. We lay our original copy on the glass and push a button and it makes an exact copy of the original. It reproduces the original! It does not add extra words…it does not add extra lines. It simply reproduces the original. That is what we are talking about today! Reproducing the life of Christ in each person. And…and…reproducing a church that is like the church in the book of Acts! We want to be that church…and we want to plant a church like that!

This morning, I want to talk to you about being COMMITTED TO COMPASSION! Compassion means to care of, to have sympathy, and to have empathy! The book of Acts describes a church that is Spirit-empowered! It is a supernatural community! It is a compassionate community! We see that in Acts 2:41-47, Acts 4:32-37 and we see it in our passage today in Acts 6:1-7!

Luke begins the book of Acts with Jesus giving the church a command…to wait until they are filled or baptized in the Holy Spirit. Jesus wanted the church to be a Spirit filled Church!

If you are going to be content…you have to choose to LEARN to be content! Choosing to contentment begins with saying thank you! When we tell someone thank you…it reminds us just what has been done for us!