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1Cor_16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. 

This scripture is an important passage in the New Testament. Although it’s nice that Aquila and Priscilla sent a warm greeting, let’s key in on the source of the warm greeting.

Testing by Fire

There needs to be some testing about what has been learned. After all, what would being a student be like without being testing. The kind of testing a student goes through as a disciple of Jesus is not about what they know, but about what they do and how they maintain their faith in times of testing and temptation.

We all go through testing and being tempted at one time or another, and we see in the bible that even Jesus was tempted by the devil.

Co-Workers

Rom_16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 

Once again we see the Apostle Paul mention Aquila and Priscilla in one of his letters. Aquila and Priscilla are always mentioned together in Paul’s letters, which suggest that they shared equally in the service to the Lord.

Subbing for Jesus

Matt 23:8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 

This verse is one of those teachings by Jesus that seems opposite to all the thinking we have about teachers. He says you are not be be called a teacher, yet we see in the letters from the Apostle Paul that teachers are a part of his plan for the church.

Created for Ministry

Act_18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.

Priscilla and Aquila were Jewish Christians like many of the first believers, yet what we see here is their ministry as a couple at work.

Teacher from God

God sends believers to help other believers to learn and grow in the faith. As a teacher sent from God we should be careful to teach exactly what’s meant by God and not water down the message of God based on who’s listening right? This can easily be confused with teaching a message that has been developed specifically for an audience's level of understanding.

My Lover My Friend

Songs of Solomon 5:16 -“His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.” 

Marriage has many facets like a diamond and like a good diamond, a good marriage is hard to come by in the world we live in today and It’s so easy to divorce your spouse for any reason and Sadly according to the stats, the majority of marriages, Christian and non-Christian end in divorce.

Woe to You Teachers

[Mat 23:23 NIV] 23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 

This’s a tough teaching for the religious leaders of Jesus’s day. Jesus was making sure they knew that they would be held accountable for not practicing what they teach. Just because someone is a good teacher it does not mean they are living faithfully.