SATURDAY - 11TH APRIL, 2026
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
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Acts 18:26, KJV
"And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly."
If you saw the first issue in this untitled series, you'll see we talked about not binding heavy religious burdens or yokes on people especially when God, the bishop of their souls doesn't make that demand on them.
We saw that in Acts 15 where certain brethren from Judea taught that the Gentiles (who are now born again like they are) must be circumcised (cut in the flesh - foreskin) like they (Jews) have been cut before their born again experience. However, God made a nonsense of this. Circumcision was never part of God's prerequisites to being born again. Rather it is belief in the resurrection of Jesus' Christ (Rom. 10:9).
It is on this premise that I prayed that you will not be a stumbling block to young converts. Through you, people will not fall, become confused or bothered by irrelevances that God Himself doesn't list as acceptable for salvation. Instead of being a stumbling block to convert - standing on their way to salvation and free grace, you'll rather be a teacher and discipler of converts, instructing them in the perfect way of God.
And that's what happens in today's issue. Let's read about the man called Apollos that certain beloved couple take unto themselves to teach the way of the Lord more perfectly.
Acts 18:24-26, KJV
"24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25 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.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly."
Despite the giftedness of Apollos, he is still lacking in something. Guess what? He only knows the baptism of John. The baptism of John only emphasizes repentance because a greater than John was coming. However, what about when that greater than John had arrived? Since Jesus has arrived and has been experienced (has even died and ressurected at this time), the message in the mouth of Apollos should be the full message of Christ, especially the completed works of Christ.
That should be the message. On this note, this couple took him aside (that is privately not publicly) and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly.
They didn't disgrace him. They didn't correct him in the crowd. They took him unto themselves (as if he were their own child) and taught him by explaining God's way more perfectly to him.
Isn't this a blessing? Isn't this a blessed act against the one we read of in Acts 15 where certain men from Judea and certain of the disciples - of the Pharisee background canvass for the circumcision of the Gentiles? While one set of people was binding a heavy yoke on the neck of the people, one was instructing them perfectly in the way of the Lord. So, the question is, "Which will you be? Where will you belong?"
Will you be amidst the believers who becomes a stumbling block to the young ones or fall amidst those who help the young ones to discover and learn Christ better. May it not be said of you that you who should be a teacher of the perfect things of God is now the one leading others into imperfections. May you be like this couple who expounds the perfect things of God to Apollos. May you be a discipler of babes in the things of God.
PRAYER: Lord, may I not be used of the devil to bring saints into captivity. Rather, may I open their sights to their precious inheritance in Christ.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 3:1-4:24, Luke 14:7-35, Psalm 80:1-19, Proverbs 12:27-28
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