Acts 6

Conflict is a normal part of life as people with different personalities and perspectives interact with each other. It is important that we handle conflict in a godly way and apply all the resources we have in Christ to do so. Having people with authority in place to play a role in it helps too. The passage also reenforces the importance of division of responsibility. It is great that these people being known, and having wisdom and the Holy Spirit is highlighted as well as the people being pleased by the selection. And handling conflict well can lead to people recognizing the power of Christ within us and recognizing their need for Him. And the message of Christ does permeate every strata of society as the truth of His being, teaching and sacrifice touches hearts and minds. And yet it is amazing the ends people will go to discredit the message and those who deliver it. And when they can’t come up with anything to validate their rejection of it, they get upset and make things up. How wonderful it is when the presence of Christ and the Spirit within us shines through in spite of what others are doing to us. It just becomes a further affirmation of the greater value that is found in Jesus than what is found outside of Him.