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! Looking For Unity – 12
!! *Out-of-Balance or Out-of-Bounds – 02*
!! *Apollos – A Case Study*
The distance of history provides a buffer from the immediate pressures of real-time and allows us to consider a challenging situation less passionately than we might if the circumstances were right in front of us.
That is the value of an historic case-study.
The first-century story which unfolded in the lives of *Apollos*, *Priscilla*, and *Aquila* yields many principles that should guide our own hearts when we grapple with similar dynamics.
Had Aquilla and Priscilla placed Apollos in the category of /*Out-of-Bounds*/ because he only knew the baptism of John, they would have lost the opportunity to bring Apollos into balance by explaining the way of the Lord more perfectly (*Acts 18:24-28*).
Unnecessary division would have occurred, and the Churches of Christ would have lost the enriching ministry of a man mighty in the Scriptures but still lacking balance.
As it turned out, unity prevailed, Apollos evened out, and /“greatly helped those who believed through grace.”/
(*Acts 18:27 NKJV*)
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