There is no substitute for the preaching and teaching of God's Word.

Each weekday on enjoying the journey, Scott Pauley leads us in a brief study of Scripture.

Today, on the weekend pulpit, we are happy to share a full-length Bible message given through Scott's pulpit ministry.

These messages were recorded live in a local church or gospel event in recent days.

It is our prayer that the message will be a help to you today.

Would you open the Word of God with me, please pleased in the New Testament to the book of Acts?

And I want to take you, at least in this first session, to a little foundational section in Acts chapter number six.

Now, you're going to be ahead of everybody that didn't come to Sunday school this morning, so go ahead and congratulate yourself for that, all right?

And you can tell them when they come in later. I already know where the preacher's going.

But look at Acts chapter 6 beginning in verse number one. This is the early church, and I might even say,

this is what a church in revival looks like. Have you ever wondered if you've ever seen a real revival?

What does it look like?

Look at Acts chapter 6, verse number one.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, that sounds nice.

Doesn't that sound nice?

How many of you'd like to live in the first part of that verse?

Yes?

Rick, keep reading.

There arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration can i just remind you that everything god ordains satan opposes

and everywhere god is working satan is fighting some people have this idea if revival comes, oh, if revival comes, then it's just

going to be this warm, fuzzy feeling all the time. We all just hold hands and sing kumbaya, my Lord,

and it's just, it's wonderful. Well, it is wonderful when revival comes, but it is also spiritual

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