Acts 18 - Apollos

And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews..... But Gallio took no notice of these things. (Acts 18:14-17)

I am just thinking that... sometimes, we do not even have to open our mouth, God has already taken care of the situation for us.

"for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city." (Acts 18:10)

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... they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (Acts 18:26)

Aquila and Priscilla were wise to take Apollos aside before explaining to him the way of God more accurately.

I feel that they were wise in love. For they took note of how publicly correcting him would probably bring some embarrassment to him. Because it is not that Apollos was preaching heresies; he was just not so accurate at some points.

Some points for us to consider are:

Are we also wise in love, making the extra effort to take a brethren aside to correct and teach more accurately, or we simply refute them publicly?

Do we even make the effort to correct a brethren when we hear inaccuracies in his sermon?

Sometimes we may be intimidated by the speaker's eloquence and how he is mighty in the Scriptures (Acts 18:24-25). We think that surely this brethren knows more than me! However, when we hear something that didn't quite sound right or accurate and we make no effort to clarify or correct him, that is not love too.

So, not saying anything is not loving our brethren.

Saying something but harshly and publicly might not be so wise, and is not love too.

We really need wisdom in our love.

On the other hand, if we were Apollos, do we have the humility to listen and correct ourselves?