August 8, 2021
GROUP TIME – Part 6
PRISCILLA AND AQUILA – THE ORIGINAL POWER COUPLE
HOW TO GET STARTED:
It’s easy! Circle up with your friends and talk about the passage. We’ve set up the study with the same weekly routine.
A key practice of growing believers is readying, studying, and applying Scripture together.
The Scripture for our lesson today is: Acts 18:24-28
Each week we’ll READ the passage aloud, PRAY to ask the Holy Spirit to guide discussion, then follow these steps:
- DISCOVER: What is the passage saying?
- Analyze: look for emphasized statements, repeated words, and the flow of the passage.
- How would you summarize or paraphrase these verses?
- LEARN: What is the passage teaching?
- Ask the group to discuss the passage. What do they see?
- What was Apollos teaching? What was he missing?
- According to the verses, what were Apollos’ strengths at this point in his ministry life?
- How did Priscilla and Aquila respond to his teaching (v. 26)?
- What do verses 27-28 teach us about Apollos’ impact as a minister of the gospel?
- When we read that Apollos was competent in the Scriptures and showed that Jesus was the Christ based on “the Scriptures,” what Scriptures did he know and use? (Leader: only the Old Testament)
- Read 1 Cor 1:12; 3:4-9; 4:1-6. Apollos had a significant ministry in Corinth and Paul regarded him well. Discuss Priscilla and Aquila’s role in Apollos’ ministry.
- APPLY: What is our response?
- What is the Holy Spirit saying to you about this passage? Is He convicting you to do or change anything?
- Are you competent enough in the Scriptures to show that Jesus is the answer? Discuss as a group specific studies or personal practices that have helped you grow in this area.
READ the passage aloud one more time and allow people to pray out loud in response.