It's December!! It's go time people! So far this year we've been teaching Old Testament stories in Sunday school, but December 1st we jumped right into the Christmas story, starting with Gabriel appearing to Mary. The Christmas story is my very favorite story to teach. Even at age four, our little pupils know the story really well, but it's still easy to surprise them with tidbits like, the wise men didn't actually show up for another couple years after Jesus' birth! Or the fact that the Bible doesn't actually specify a donkey bringing Mary and Joseph into Bethlehem. Pow! Their little minds are blown, just like that! Because the kids don't know everything.
Which brings me to Acts 18:25. Apollos is teaching in the synagogue and introducing people to Christianity. He "... spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John." We can only assume Apollos knew Jesus through prayer and that the Holy Spirit filled him, giving him the perfect words to bring others to Christianity. He didn't know everything, Priscilla and Aquila gave him further information, but the truth is, they didn't know everything either. We don't have to know everything!
I don't know about you guys, but I'm often scared to get into any kind of religious debate, or even amicable conversation, because I know I won't have all the answers. The good news is, we don't have to know every single thing. It's helpful to know Scripture and it's necessary to know Jesus, but we will never ever have all the details... and that's okay. We can still be effective. We can still bring people to Jesus.
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