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Acts 18:23-19:41 Acts 18:23-19:41 Today we might say of Apollos – He had the whole When Something is Missing package – Smart, Eloquent – fervent = charismatic – engaging, knew the word –– Mighty in scripture Have you ever met someone – who had the right – A)The kind of guy many Churches today would Christian lingo – said the right things – Had look for to fill their pulpit and be their Pastor – knowledge – scriptural insight. A)But the more that you talked to them – you had B)One problem – He wasn’t born again yet- talk this thought – I don’t know what it is –but there is about missing something! something missing here? C)V.25 He only knew of the Baptism of John – He B)In our study tonight we are going to see that the was preaching John’s message – Apostle Paul – experiences that very thing 1)Repent the messiah is coming! 1)When he meets some men in the city of Ephesus in Acts 19 26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him C)We are picking up tonight in Acts 18 V24 aside and explained to him the way of God more 1)Where we are introduced to another Dynamic accurately. leader in the early Church – a man by the name of Apollos. Remember Aquilla and Priscilla – Awesome couple we met in Ch. 18 – Paul went to Corinth 24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at A)They took Paul in he worked with them making Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the tents – they learned from him the word. Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent B)He ended up taking them to Ephesus w/ him in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of {left the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. C)This Simple husband and wife – God ended up Apollos was the kind of man who would stand out using to reach this impressive orator Apollos in any gathering. Eloquent, fervent A)He knew the Old Testament Scriptures— D)Aquilla and Priscilla recognized some thoroughly deficiencies in Apollos’ understanding, but they It says here He was mighty in the Scriptures.” did not correct him in public. 1)They lovingly took him aside - There was no B) He was also unusually learned. scorn, criticism, or rejection. They did not embarrass BB)Alexandria, the place of his birth, rivaled him. Athens’s reputation for knowledge. 1)The greatest library in the world was in Alexandria. E) They lovingly completed his theological picture- 700,000 volumes they explained to him the way of God more accurately. C)That city was the home of Euclid, Philo and other famous Philosophers. Result: Apollos of Alexandria at this time became born again—baptized with the Spirit. D)So Apollos was a learned man – and he was A)This godly couple’s attitude made all the also “an eloquent man” difference. 1)It was said of the preaching of MLJ - “logic on fire.” B)Apollos Though eloquent and polished, showed himself to be humble and teachable – E)They might have said the same about Apollos 1)Great lesson - The truth of Christ and life in the 1)Passionate: fervent in spirit. Spirit come to those who are humble enough to listen and to be taught. C)Notice what happens next V.27 D)John Wesley’s conversion began a movement 27 And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the that historians rank with the French Revolution brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive 1)and the Industrial Revolution as one of the great him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those historical phenomena of the nineteenth century. who had believed through grace; 28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the E)Wesley’s preaching may have even saved Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. England from a revolution similar to that of France. Apollos became an incredibly effective minister of the gospel. The Story of Apollos and John Wesley teach us A)Similar thing happened to John Wesley that it is possible to know the Word – not be saved. B)Wesley grew up in a godly home – godly parents A)They also remind us that we can only take – Dad was a Pastor and mom – well she was a others as far as we have come ourselves Saint in every sense of the word. 1)Everything about Susanna Wesley gushed forth B)Do we want to see others – madly in love with godliness Jesus? 1)Then we need to be madly in Love with Jesus C)John was himself a Brilliant young man – attending prestigious Oxford College there in C)Do we want to see others – living in the fullness England. of the Spirit? 1)Then we need to be living in the fullness of the Wesley chose to follow in his fathers footsteps Spirit enter the ministry. A)After graduation – He embarked on a trip to D)So Apollos ends up in Corinth and Dr. Luke America – picks up the story with Paul arriving back in Ephesus B)Georgia to be exact to try and convert the American Indians in Georgia - but he utterly failed. And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came C)Forced to return to England he wrote, “I went to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to to America to convert the Indians; but, oh, who them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you shall convert me?” John Wesley believed?” Upon his return to England – Wesley encountered So Paul meets this group of men in Ephesus who some Christians his own age -who were different Dr. Luke describes as disciples. than any he had ever met before. A)Note The term Disciples is used 27 times in the A)Being around them made him Question his book of Acts and the term Disciple is used 5 times faith. B)So 32 times we have people referred to as B)He went to one of their meetings one evening Disciples and truly gave his heart to Christ – BORN 1)In 31 of the 32 times it refers to someone who was AGAIN THAT NIGHT. a believer in Jesus and was following Jesus. – 1)He said: He sensed the Lord filling him forgiving him – from that point everything C)The thing I want you to notice here is that Paul changed. is assuming these guys are saved. 1)I think Dr. Luke uses the term Disciple to make C)Prior to that John Wesley, was a man who that point clear. knew more theology and was more dedicated than most believers, What we are going to discover is that these guys 1)But he did not know Christ or the saving power like Apollos are only Disciples of John B – not yet of the Holy Spirit. Jesus A)But Paul thinking they are saved – but sensing B)But it is the Holy Spirit getting more of you! something is missing asked – Did you receive …. 1)Sail Analogy 2)Ocean Analogy B)Did you receiver the Holy Spirit when you believed? C)And even if you know you have been Baptized in the Holy Spirit – C)What is Paul talking about? 1)Paul spoke of our need in Ephesians 5:18 to be 1)He is not talking about the indwelling of the continually being filled with the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit – because that happens at Conversion D)See it is very easy for us to revert back to the D)YOU give your heart to Jesus – embrace the tendency to rely upon our flesh! Gospel – He comes to live in your heart – by faith E)But we need to constantly be recognizing our So Paul is referring to here is the Baptism of the need for Spiritual empowerment to: Holy Spirit – that empowering 1)Live the Christian life – Serve God – be A)Recall – happened to the Disciples Acts 2 – after witnesses... they were saved! So Paul assuming these guys are born again – B)Happened to Paul after his conversion – Rd to asked Did you receive he HS when you believed? Emmaus So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” C)But in Acts 10 Cornelius and his whole house 3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you get saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit the same baptized?” day! So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 1)Sometimes it happens all at once 4 Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they Here is the thing that we need to realize – when it should believe on Him who would come after him, happens – you know it that is, on Christ Jesus.” A)Something changes – me – spoke in tongues and 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the my desire for God word grew a lot name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and B)Greg Laurie – He didn’t speak in tongues but they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Now the he received a boldness to share his faith more men were about twelve in all. 1)And suddenly he found that his sharing was much more effective A)So not only had these guys not received the Spirit – they hadn’t accepted Christ – yet C)The sad thing in the church today is there are many people who are born again B)Paul preaches and Jesus to them and they are 1)But have never been baptized in the Holy Spirit saved and baptized in the Spirit at once! D)Sometimes I can tell – they know Jesus – but C)This began a major move of God in the City of there is something missing – Ephesus.
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