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Transformation Comes Through Ordinary People

This week we’re going to see the profile of an ordinary Christian. This person is not an Apostle or a church leader; he’s just an average guy. But it’s because of guys like him that the church is transformed.

 

Stephen has one principle that he lives by, one principle that makes him the kind of guy who keeps people
together; one principle that keeps everything going forward; one principle that makes him an enjoyable person to
 be around.  That principle is this:  “It’s not about me.”  People like Stephen gladly do whatever needs to be done.  There were a lot of widows in the church Stephen was part of that needed assistance.  So he served.  Sometimes you serve simply because there is a need. 

 

Stephen didn’t “wait tables” because that’s all he was qualified to do.  He was a serious student of the Word of God and a powerful preacher.  In fact, he preaches the longest sermon in the book of Acts with the most
powerful effect—the conversion of Saul.  The Holy Spirit is showing us something through this.  Ordinary people filled with the Spirit can do everything an Apostle can do.  Lives are transformed through the service of ordinary
people.