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What is the cause o f murmuring? Mark 4:40. What would have saved them from mur muring? Psa. 37:3. Note the difference between Acts 2:1 and 6 :1, and find the solution o f church difficulties. (2 ) Making Choice of Men, vs. 2-6. When similar trouble arose in the wil derness, what was the worldly plan? Ex. 18:17-26. What was God’s plan? Num. 11:16, 17. What is a good rule for those minister ing -in spiritual things ? 2 Tim. 2 :4. What is the special' qualification o f a good minister? 1 Tim. 4:6. T o what should he give himself? 1 Tim. 4:15, 16. How should’ such ministry be honored? 1 Tim. 5:17. What message should the minister preach? 2 Tim. 4:2. When should this message be preached? 2^Tim. 4:2. What is essential to the largest useful ness o f the preacher? 2 Tim. 2:4. What was one o f the first requisites for the deacon’s office? 1 Tim. 3:8, 9. How were the deacons to be endued with wisdom? 1 Cor. 12:8. _ Could they be filled with the Holy Spirit? Eph. 5:18. What was essential as regards their fam ily life? 1 Tim. 3:12. Were they to be men o f faith? 1 Tim. 3 :13. What was the business delegated to the deacons? Gal. 6:10. Whom hath God chosen to be rich in faith? Jas. .2:5. Was kindness to the poor especially enjoined upon the saints? Acts 20:35.
Was there great danger o f giving offense in the work? Rom. 12:8. Did the Lord command men to preach? Luke 24:47. Did he also command them to pray? Matt. 6:9. Has He joined these two together for the ministry? 1 Tim. 2:7, 8. How were men set apart for the office o f a deacon? 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:22. (3 ) Multiplication of Members, v. 7. What was the effect o f the apostles’ preaching? Acts 12:24; 19:20. Who adds to the church? Acts 2:47. How many believers were received in the church after "one sermon on the resurrec tion ? Acts 2 :41. Were multitudes o f men and women added to the church? Acts 5:14. Did thousands o f Jews become believers? Acts 21:20. Why are multitudes not coming to the Lord today? 2 Tim. 4:3,.4. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The presence o f the old nature is manifested in murmuring. (2) The people who find most fault are the people who have the least cause. (3) The church had yet ot learn Paul’s rule: Careful for nothing; prayerful in everything; thankful for any thing. Phil. 4:6. (4) The matter o f moment for the preacher is the ministry o f the Word. (5) The preacher must pray if he would preach with power. (6) To fulfill the duties o f a deacon one must be filled full o f the Spirit. (7) Unless the deacon be a man o f faith, he will not be a faithful man. (8) When the W ord is multiplied, a mul titude will be won.
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