Acts 6

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There were two groups of Christians at this time: the Greeks and the Hebrews. The Greeks were jealous of the Hebrews because they were God's chosen people before Christ came. They began complaining that their widows were not as well taken care of, especially when food was passed out. The twelve apostles found this to be ridiculous because since Christ, there are no chose people, only people who have chosen Christ. The apostles said that they could not take time to solve this because they were called to keep spreading the word. They told the other disciples to choose seven men to administer these complaints. The men were chosen and prayed over. Whenever this new church does anything, they start by praying over it. Then, the word of God continued to rapidly spread, and even priests in Jerusalem converted.

Some Jewish men from a Synagogue nearby began to despise Stephen because he was so filled with the Holy Spirit that he could not lose a spiritual argument. Stephen was so filled by the Holy Spirit that he was always able to say the right things and make the right points that allowed him to win. These men, however became so frustrated that they lied to have Stephen arrested. They claimed that he was slandering God and Moses. People got up and lied about what he had said in order to stop him. When people become desperate to stop Jesus, the only thing they can do is lie because Jesus is the truth.