Act 18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Apollos a man who would know the truths of God yet not in their entirety. So upon hearing him speak in the synagogue they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Unfortunately their is no discourse on how they approached him and how they talked in detail, but it seems to be the more important thing that they were prompted enough to go ahead and correct the brother. They moved toward him instead of distancing themselves because he didn't know the entire truths revealed by God. And granted this was a special time in the church where people were hungry and their were many that needed to fully understand the full revelation of God through the power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit whom He sent on our behalf.
Dear God teach me not to shy away from differences in teachings or beliefs but help me to move toward those to bring about your truths with grace that we may act as one body unto you. Father I do pray if there are any issues within our local cults that I would move toward them instead of distancing myself. That I would graciously correct according to your truth and not my own hang ups or even insecurities. Amen.
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An excellent observation of that passage in Acts. How would the history of Christendom be different if we would lovingly engage people who have misunderstandings about the gospel instead of labeling them and casting them aside. Praise God that Apollos received the correction.
We have to keep this in balance with the verses about not associating with false teachers.
I think that maybe a good starting point is to clarify that approaching someone to correct their misunderstandings on Scripture is different from enjoying Christian fellowship with them.
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