“Look ye out therefore. brethren. from among you seven men
of good report. full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this
business.” Acts 6:3
The occasion was a contingency which led the Church to
institute relief for the poorer saints. That urgent institution of social
service was clearly blessed of God, but it was of a temporary nature.
Do you exclaim, “How good if it had continued?” Only one
who does not know God would say that. l-lad those relief measures been prolonged
indefinitely, they would certainly have veered in the direction of selfish
interests. once the spiritual influence at work at their inception was removed.
It would have been inevitable.
When material things are under spiritual control, they fulfill
their subordinate role. Released from that restraint. they quickly gravitate toward
worldly standards and goals. The Church of God
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