(30) Seven Marks of a Healthy Christian

Who do you look up to? Who do you want to be like? The apostle Paul helps us answer that question, "Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us (Phil. 3:17).

At the end of Acts 18 Luke helps us keep our eyes on a worthy example, an Alexandrian Jew named Apollos. As with most such models, the Bible is modest on biographical details. The point of Apollos' life was not to draw attention to himself but to Christ (1 Cor. 11:1). We do know that Apollos hailed from Alexandria, Egypt. He ministered in Ephesus and Corinth, building upon Paul's ministry, watering the seed Paul planted (1 Cor. 3:6). He became a prominent preacher in Corinth to the point that he unintentionally developed a carnally loyal following (1 Cor. 3:4). He apparently also spent some time ministering with Titus on the Island of Crete (Titus 3:13). Church history suggests that he finished his days as an elder in the Corinthian church.

So, what does Apollos teach us about a well-lived Christian life?