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Paul’s vow
Paul, in all his letters never mentioned this vow.
Luke doesn’t know or doesn’t expound on this vow.
IT WAS BETWEEN PAUL AND GOD!
Probably a Nazarite vow.
Separated: would cut their hair, ate or drank nothing from the grape vine.
When the vow was over they would cut their hair and make sacrifices in the temple.
Paul was a Jew.
It may have been to stay in Corinth as long as he did.
Two people in the bible were called to a lifelong Nazirite vow: Samson and John the Baptist.
Adrian Rogers of the early church.
"We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon."
“I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
All his point would start with the same letter, or follow an alliteration.
ALIVE.
He was fantastic.
Well I want to introduce you to the first century version of Adrian Rogers.
Apollos.
Apollo- Greek god, son of Zeus.
Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more.
He was most likely a Hellenistic Jew.
Born a Greek and converted to Judaism.
Alexandria - 2nd largest city in the Roman Empire.
Hub of Science and education.
Home of Philo, the Jewish philosopher.
Septuagint - Greek translation of the Tanakh (The Old Testament)
Paul mentioned Apollos several times in his letters.
Martin Luther suggested that Apollos was the author of Hebrews.
Apollos was n important figure in early church history.
The beginning:
Teaching of John the Baptist
The Lesson
Priscilla and Aquila:
Took him aside.
Explained to the the way of God more accurately.
HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT?
You go hear someone speak that is more educated, a much better speaker than you.
Passionate and riveting, they have the audience in the palm of their hand.......but they miss the mark concerning their topic.
Not wrong, but incomplete.
We might talk about them.
We might dismiss them completely.
We might confront them in public to embarrass them.
Priscilla and Aquila were patient and no doubt fulfilling Ephesians 4:15
Apollos:
He is gifted, smart, educated, sophisticated and he has the talent to make an audience laugh or cry on the emphasis of one syllable.
And he finished speaking and these two Rome rejects, tentmakers, come tell him that he doesn’t have all the truth.
And instead of getting puffed up.
He listens to the truth of the Gospel.
Apollos became what he was because he humbled himself before the Lord.
Pride prevents learning
Puffs Up.
How do we humble ourselves, so that we don’t miss the truth.
You need to know that you will learn things from talking to people with whom you don’t agree.
Ad hominem - Logical fallacy Against the man.
John says its raining
John is ugly
Therefore it isn’t raining.
That sounds ridiculous, but listen to any political debate.
That’s what happens.
Racist/Liberal/Right wing/fascist/Bible thumper.... so that people will dismiss anything that is said.
Resist the comeback
Seek first to understand, then to be understood
3. Process your thoughts in private
4. Listen and learn the arguments of the opposition.
5. Learn to think critically
Pre-mid-post trib rapture.
6. Remind yourself that you aren’t that great.
Marcus Aurelius hired an assistant to follow him as he walked through the Roman towns square.The assistant’s only role was to, whenever Marcus Aurelius was praised, whisper in his ear, « You’re just a man.
You’re just a man.
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