To understand God's sovereignty in the development and calling of our lives.

1. ACTS
THE BOOK OF
TRUST IN SOVEREIGNTYWEEK 10:
ACTS 6

2. “God gives us a life, and through hard work,
focus and persistence, we make of it
whatever we want!”
THE WORLD’S THEOLOGY
GOOD THEOLOGY
“God gives us a life, and through good and
bad circumstances, God makes of it whatever
He wants.”

3. “If we pray enough, fast enough, worship
just right and read our Bibles, we can mimic
the Early Church and the ministry it models.”
BAD THEOLOGY
GOOD THEOLOGY
“Through prayer, fasting, worship and the
Word, we can mimic the God of the Early
Church, and trust Him for the outcome of
our lives.”

4. “Consider the work of God; For who can make
straight what He has made crooked? In the
day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of
adversity consider: Surely God has appointed
the one as well as the other, so that man can
find out nothing that will come after him.”
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

5. HELLENISTS
Jews living in the Greek-Roman world;
Culturally Jewish whose primary language
was Greek.

6. “For there must be factions among you, that
those who are approved may be recognized
among you.”
1 Corinthians 11:19

7. ACTS 6

8. ACTS 6:7 -End of Part #1
ACTS 6:8 - 9:31-Judea & Samaria

9. STEPHEN…
V.3: Good Reputation
Full of the Holy Spirit
Full of wisdom
V.5: Full of faith
V.8: Full of power

10. “The Most High rules in the kingdom of
men, and gives [whatever He wishes] to
whomever He chooses.”
Daniel 4:32

11. FREEMEN
“Former slaves freed as a result of earning
their freedom or else the benevolence of
their former masters.”

12. WISDOM
“Skilled prudence and insight into the true
nature of things.”
Sophia

13. STEPHEN’S MINISTRY
V.11: “They induced (instigated, incited
and aroused) men.”
V.12: “They stirred up (raised the
emotions; hyped, excited) the people…”
V.13: “They set up (promoted; gave a
voice to) false witnesses...”

14. Billy Sunday
1862 - 1935
Chicago White Stockings
1883 - 1891

15. Billy Sunday
1862 - 1935
Preached the “Sawdust Trail”
1891 - 1935

16. Billy Sunday
1862 - 1935
• 20 sermons
a week
• 1,250,000
conversions

17. Ollie & Tobias Ham Mordecai Ham Billy Graham

18. Billy Graham

19. ACTS
THE BOOK OF