WEDNESDAY - 14TH AUGUST, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THEIR LITTLE THINGS - Making Full Proof Series 004
Acts 18:25, KJV
"This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John."
Taking off from where I stopped yesterday, I want you to see that you can shine your little light. I had said in the previous devotional that we are all debtors of what we receive and was taught us. As such, we must manifest it at least to the degree we have been taught. It'll be disappointing if you were invested in heavily but manifested lesser.
Here's Apollos who has been instructed in the way of the Lord, burning with zeal, he spoke and taught diligently and accurately the things concerning Jesus though he was acquainted only with the baptism of John. This man though lacking the knowledge of the gospel message or of the gift of the Holy Ghost passed what he was taught and remained a minister of same until his knowledge was upgraded. He didn't withhold or repay his teacher (whomsoever that may be) badly by not manifesting what he was given or withhold to spread the values he knows to be truth (which is actually truth indeed).
John came preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins (Luke 3:3). That's all Bro. Apollos was taught and with fervency of heart, he communicated it effectively to others. It means if the fuller knowledge on Christ has been taught him before he ever launched out, he would have lived and preached same as a debtor of it. He sincerely thought all that was is the baptism of John and of that one, he remained a faithful steward - stressing and teaching it to length. However, he needs to be informed that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ, whose coming John foretold, pointing Him out as the Christ through his baptism by which he identifies Him. Also, the divine conception, birth, of the doctrine, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus might have been told him and that Jesus proved Himself to be the Christ, not only by his miracles and resurrection, but by his baptizing his disciples with the Holy Ghost and with fire, as John had foretold earlier.
Yesterday, I told you Jesus Himself said to onlookers about John, "ye were willing to rejoice in his light." John brought a light, he brought a message but it wasn't the full message. John himself was awaiting perfection through Christ's revealing. However, people were satiated by it until He who baptizes with fire and the Holy Ghost appears. When Jesus ascended, this became a reality as the disciples received the outpouring of the Spirit which equips them for ministry. It is this that ushers the church into a new era of ministry entirely. The truth I want you to take away is this, "seek to be a debtor of any investment in you. Apollos knows only the baptism of John and that one, he taught it like a lively fellow. He was ignorant of the gospel but when he sure learnt of it, he moved on to live up to that again.
"27...the brethren wrote exhorting the disciples to receive him: who when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace. 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ."
You see, the whole truth on something may not always be realized as a whole or delivered as a package. It might need to come in parts until your knowledge is full on that subject. However, keep taking dressing. That's why the Bible encourages us to study to show ourselves approved unto God... As we study, we'll stumble on new layers of truth which when added to the already accumulated ones will make a complete man. God may not chastise you for living up to a truth you know to be all that is at a time; however, once He brings new equipping and you chide it away in despise, you'll be called to judgement for not acting and living up to that newly revealed truth. Jesus told the woman at the well, "now is the time that they that worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth." It means, irrespective of what has been believed, that old order is being sentenced to death and is now supplanted by a new order. Now, this is the new thing being commanded all men to live up to. The time of ignorance God has overlooked but once He commands anyone to repentance who still tarries in his sin (or old knowledge), God will be blameless while the fellow might not be excused. Brethren, God will be giving you various adjustments and growth opportunities in your walk with Him. You'll often need to learn, unlearn and relearn or upgrade your knowledge at times. Just ensure you're humble to go that mile by taking correction as it'll be done in the spirit of humility in the closet while you never forget to be a faithful steward of what you've received.
PRAYER: Aid my incomplete knowledge. Let me come across the teachers, resources that'll complete me. Give me special insight of the Bible for proper doctrinal and revelational stance.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 22:22-23:1-11 & Job 36-39
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