(6) Radical Commitment and Leadership

 “Radical Command, Extreme Obedience
(6) Radical Commitment and Leadership” (Acts 6:1-7)

 I. Rejoicing in the Suffering (5:40-42)

 II. Choosing the Leaders (6:1-7)
The occasion
The selection
The qualification

 III. Then Comes the Major Moment (6:8-15)
The distortion
The false accusation
The elimination of the messenger

 IV. Lessons
Stephen did not retreat  (7:2)
Stephen did not fear death (7:54-56)
Stephen did not withdraw from loving them (7:59-60)

 V. Application
What is the most amazing thing in this story?
How would you have responded?
What have you learned from this historical account?