Welcome to the Next Level Podcast, episode 43, at 6 and 7, I am your residential

layman, Tray Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.

Hey Mike, how are you doing?

Very good, Tray.

Another two chapters today.

Another two?

I like this.

Well, I'm ready.

Let's just get right into it if you're ready.

Yeah, Acts 6 and 7 today, and a lot of this is familiar to people, which of course

will work in our favor because I'm not going to read through the entirety of both chapters.

But typically, Acts 6, when people come to this or when they hear it in church, they're

thinking about the selection of deacons and whatnot.

And more or less, that becomes the exclusive focus on it.

But there are two things in here in the early part of chapter 6 that I'm going to read

and just comment about briefly and then go off into the whole issue with Stephen and

his sermon.

So beginning in Acts 6, first verse we read, now in these days, when the disciples were

increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their

widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.

Now, of course, the daily distribution will stop here for a moment is this sharing of

wealth, having all things in common that we've actually encountered two places earlier.

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