SERIES: EMPOWERED TO ADVANCE
TITLE: Responding to Threats Inside the Church (Pt.2)
TEXT: Acts 6:1–7
MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim

I. The Threat of Disunity. (Acts 6:1; James 2:1–9; James 4:1–3)
A. The Problem:
1. Disunity hurts our fellowship
(Acts 6:1: Num. 14:1–4; 1 Cor. 10:10)
2. Disunity hurts our witness. (John 17:20–21, 23)
3. Disunity holds us back. (Mt. 12:25)
B. The Solution: Acts 6:3–6)
1. Restore trust.
2. Administrate ministry.

II. The Threat of Distraction. (Acts 6:2, 4, 7; Eph. 4:11–16; Col. 1:28–29; 2 Tim. 4:1–2)
A. Focus on the main thing.
B. Fulfill your calling.
C. Flourish in your gifting.