Priscilla Bible Study
Scripture Reference
Acts 18: 2 - 26
Romans 16: 3
1 Corinthians 16: 19
2 Timothy 4: 19

The gracious way Priscilla and Aquila dealt with Apollos is an example to us all. They might have stood up and corrected him publicly -- making him embarrassed or defensive. Instead they remained quiet in public. They invited him to their home. They "explained"....more adequately." Rather than stress where Apollos was wrong, they affirmed what was right and went on from there. What a guide to correcting error without losing the person!

1. What surprises you most when you read Acts 18?

Paul had traveled from Athens Greece to Corinth and stayed at Priscilla and Aquilla's house or tent for they all three shared in the craft of tentmaking. Priscilla I am not sure but she was possibly Roman or came from Italy while Aquilla was a Jew born in Pontus of Asia minor. They were Christian workers who traveled sharing about Jesus Christ. I see that both Aquilla and Priscilla were church starters wherever they traveled. Paul develops a close friendship with them. Because of the Jews rejecting the Gospel of Jesus Paul washes his hands of them and says: he will preach unto the Gentiles. What is awesome is that both of them instructed Appollo's. Today you would call them discipler's or mentors. Paul speaks continuously about Jesus is the Christ to the Jews. Paul even takes Aquilla and Priscilla and sails to Syria.

2. What best illustrates Priscilla and Aquila's virtues as servant-leaders?

Their walk was their talk. Aquilla and Priscilla opened their home up to share and be used to share about Jesus Christ. They opened their lives and went wherever Jesus would be accepted. It appears they were well grounded in their new faith and took serious about mentoring others who needed a deeper understanding of the truths of God. They were ready to pick up and follow Paul as a leader and share in the caring the Gospel to the Gentiles.

3. How do you envision Apollos?

Apollos was an Alexandrian Jew who came to Ephesus before Paul did. He had the gift of retoric and he thought before he spoke. He had a vast knowledge of the Old Testament teachings and taught with great passion. When he taught in the synogogue he spoke with boldness and authority that John had taught him. I see him as a good looking man, persuasive, and gifted. He definately was teachable because Aquilla and Priscilla share more about the scriptures testifying that Jesus was Christ.

4. In their lives, Priscilla and Aquila encountered Paul and Apollos -- one was a teacher to them and one they taught. Who was one of your early mentors?

Paul was their teacher and Apollos was their student.

Whom have you in turn mentored -- or could you mentor?

Mentoring to me is a very serious commitment to one you are working with. I take it not lightly and know that every word I share or teach or instruct better be the very Word of God. I mentor young women, single women, married women, women who's husbands don't attend church, and any woman who desires a closer walk with our Savior. It is a very serious matter to mentor for your life must line up to what you teach. Mentoring calls for consistant self-examination. And we mentor because our Lord has instructed us to in the Word. I right now have made a serious commitment to mentor one of our SHC ladys. I pray that God will use us both for his glory and that we will learn of his great riches together.

5. What are the primary gifts God has given you for Christian service?

Teaching, wisdom, evangelism. Minor gifts are singing for Jesus or encouraging others to worship the Lord in song.

6. On a scale of 1 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree), how do you feel about each of the following statements;

a. Women in leadership was acceptable in the New Testament Church 10
b. Women in leadership is acceptedable in the church today.10
c. God encourages women to be all they can be.10
d. Women can realize their full potential in the church.10
e. Gender doesn't matter; what matters is using our gifts for Christ.8

Gender does matter in some leadership roles. So I have to put an 8 because the scripture bears that out. Women are not to ursurp authority over men and I think that here gender does count. We must use the gifts God has given us and the church if instructed right accepts women in leadership as gifted. For our God is the giver of the gifts and none of us has that ability to put any man or woman in a position or place if God hasn't called them. When I saw Henry Blackaby he share we do not have to convince anybody of our gift for God will reveal it in His time. So we can as women rest assured if God calls us He will lead us and reveal that giftedness to others.

7. What type of role do you have in the church?

Sunday School Teacher, Women's Bible Study Leader, Praise Leader, and Prayer Director,

Deacon's Wife

What role would you like to have?

I want to write devotions or a devotional book to encourage men and women in their faith. I desire to write the deep truths of the Lord and apply them today.

What keeps you from that?

It will take money someday when I do submit a year's devotions for publishing. I am praying if its God's Will that before I die, there will be a book that I wrote by the Power of God's Spirit. I desire to challenge the lukewarm church of today.

8. Priscilla and Aquilla were a model of partnership in marriage. Regarding the possiblity of discovering a mate, it's important to you to find someone....... who not only knows the Lord Jesus Christ but is faithful in every aspect of his Christian life. That we will serve the Lord with gladness and be open to move wherever he leads.(finish this statement)

9. How can you as a couple use your gifts to serve God and others?

Grow in our faith together. Spend time in God's Word together. Reach out and touch others even if we are not use to opening our home up. Start a plan to reach out to the ones who desire to grow up in Jesus. Have a home bible study. I have always wanted to open my home for a bible study for couples.

How would finding a ministry or service project in which to share affect your marriage?

We would both totally affirm one another and thank God for using us. My husband is totally supportive as I have even taught him in a couples group. I am very blessed to have a spouse who encourages me to grow up in Jesus. I praise God for his love and unselfish spirit in letting God use me. I feel the same way about Jerry, wherever God desires him to serve, I am right by his side.