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Articles by - Mike Muzzerall

Mighty In The Scriptures

 Febuary 2023

In reading the book of Acts, we come across a Jewish believer by the name of Apollos. There are a few things we can glean from this brother. The Bible says that Apollos was an eloquent man, instructed in the way of the Lord, and fervent in the Spirit. He taught diligently the things of the Lord and was mighty in the Scriptures.

A LEARNED MAN
Apollos was aner logios (Greek), “a man of words/ideas.” As a learned man, he was adept in communicating his ideas to others. God used his knowledge of God’s Word as an instrument to spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Having a knowledge of God’s Word today helps us to share Christ with others. We are more confident when we have a knowledge of God’s Word. We are more capable of sharing the gospel with the lost if those ideas come from God’s Word.

FERVENT IN THE SPIRIT
He was fervent in spirit (zeōn tōi pneumatic). Zeon literally means “to boil.” He certainly was not lukewarm about the things of the Spirit but was on fire for the things of God. Today, God is looking for men and women who are fervent in the Spirit; those who are on fire for the things of God and fervent in letting their light shine.

DILIGENTLY TAUGHT THE THINGS OF GOD
Apollos diligently spoke and taught the things of God. The knowledge of God’s Word and his fervency in the Holy Spirit was put into action. We experience trials to produce a testimony and learn to teach. We must not keep our knowledge and experiences to ourselves. We must diligently speak the things of God to the lost. Thayer’s Greek Dictionary tells us that the Greek word used for diligently (akribōs) also means “exactly and accurately.” We are to diligently and accurately present the gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost.

BOLDLY
“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” (Acts 18:26). He spoke with confidence, boldness, and an assurance. Although learned in the Scriptures, he was humble enough to allow Aquila and Priscilla to expound unto him the way of God more clearly. We must live in a state of learning, growing, and fine-tuning our understanding of God’s Word if we want to be used mightily for the kingdom of God.

MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS
““For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ” (Acts 18:28). Apollos was effective in his ministry because he used Scripture to reveal Christ. Seeing that this was around twenty years after the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, we know that the vast majority of the New Testament was not available to Apollos. It is therefore clear that God used his boldness and knowledge of the Old Testament to convince many Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

WE HAVE THE BIBLE
We have a greater source of the revelation than Apollos had. We have the Old and New Testaments. We see Christ in the Gospels, the message of the cross in the epistles, and fulfillment of the Messianic prophesies throughout the New Testament. We need to study God’s Word to become mighty in the Scriptures. In boldness, we need to share God’s Word to a lost and dying world. Will you be a modern-day Apollos? Will you study God’s Word and allow the Holy Spirit to make you mighty in the Scriptures?



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