Our text for today is Acts 18: verses 1 through 3.
“Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.”
Aquila and Priscilla were a sharing couple in every sense of the word. They shared a home with each other. They shared the work of tentmaking, supporting themselves and the ministry of Christ. When Paul came to Corinth, they opened their home to him, sharing their space, their meals, and their lives in a gesture of selfless hospitality.
Their spirit of selflessness extended beyond practical needs. They shared the gospel together, teaching others about Christ. Their names are mentioned six times in Acts. Three times, his name is first, and three times, her name is first. She was his partner in life and in teaching others about God.
Later in Acts 18, they encounter Apollos, a gifted preacher who needed teaching. Together, Aquila and Priscilla took Apollos aside and explained “the way of God more accurately” (Acts 18:26). Their shared efforts helped Apollos become an even more effective minister of the Word.
This couple also shared in the work of the church. Their home became a meeting place for believers, a sanctuary where the early church gathered for worship and fellowship (Romans 16:5).
If it is true that “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle,” then Aquila and Priscilla were candles in the early church. They remind us that sharing is at the heart of Christian living.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.