January 18, 2026
Acts 6:1 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number… English Standard Version
Acts 2:41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. English Standard Version
Acts 2:47 …And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. English Standard Version
Acts 6:1 “… a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
DIVISION IS THE ENEMY OF MULTIPLICATION
Gongysmos (γογγυσμός) gongysmos - murmuring, muttering, grumbling, whispering dissatisfaction under the breath.
Proverbs 26:20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. New International Version
Acts 6:2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” English Standard Version
MULTIPLICATION REQUIRES ORGANIZATION
Acts 6:5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. 6 These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. English Standard Version
MULTIPLICATION REQUIRES DELEGATION & ACTIVATION
Ministry Math:
Control = Addition
Empowerment = Multiplication
John 4:1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John 2 Although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. New International Version
Acts 6:7 And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. English Standard Version
Acts 7:57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.