Sonny Okosun - Who's Like Unto Thee TEACHER-ABILITY: APOLLOS LEARNED AND GREW (Acts 18: 24-28). The book of Acts portrays Apollos as an excellent teacher. God greatly used him in a number of cultures and he became known as the Apostles' right hand man. However, Apollos teachability with his willingness to always learn makes him unique. He never thought he had learned so much that he could not improve. Luke points out seven facts about this man. He: 1. Came from a cultured city (v. 24) 2. was an educated man (v. 24) 3. knew the scriptures well (v.24) 4. has been taught the Christian Faith (v. 25) 5. has an obvious gift (v. 25) 6, taught truth accurately (v. 25) 7. taught truth passionately (v. 26) Church History tells us that Apollos was such a good teacher that most people would have rather listened to him than to the Apostle Paul. That’s quite a feather in his cap. This might cause some learners to assume that Apollos had everything together. Notwithstanding, Apollos "knew only the baptism." John: 18: 25). He understood repentance. He understood what it meant to surrender to God. He was not familiar with the deeper truth of discipleship or the Spirit-filled life. So Aquila and Priscilla mentored him by taking the time to listen, evaluate, relate, and explain "The way of God" (18.26.) Contemporary Leaders face the danger of contentment with the status quo. After all, if a leader already possesses influence and has achieved a level of respect. Why should the learning keep growing? 1. Your growth determine who you are 2. Who you are determines who you attract. 3. Who you attract determines the success of your Organisation/Business Leaders must remain teachable. Consider five guidelines to cultivate a teachable attitude: 1. Cure your destination ailment. Lack of teachability is rooted in achievement. If one stops growing, it will result poor leadership. 2. Overcome your success. Success often hinders teachability. Look not at past trophies but future goals. 3. Swear off short cuts. Everything valuable has a price. The longest distance between two points is a short cut. 4. Trade in your pride. Admit you do not know everything, though you do know some things. 5. Never pay the price twice for the same mistakes. Growth means that one will make mistakes but must learn from each of them. Always, some will try to take advantages of your generosity e.g. CREATES LIMITED GROUP GLOBAL, GOD’S TIME MINISTRIES, www.google.com/+OsagumwengieJesuorobo/posts etc. Remain blessed. Amen and Amen Signed and dated 12 March 2014 by Rev Osagumwengie Jesuorobo, Dip. Management, Higher Cert.Ed. Advocacy, BA (Hons), M.Sc (Terrorism Studies), MBA (General specialised in Project Management and Consultancy), Assoc. CIPD, Assoc. CMI, Presidential who s who, Cambridge who s who, Fellow CLGG, etc. MD & Chief Executive, CREATES Limited Group Global including God’s Time Ministries Global. www.google.com/+OsagumwengieJesuorobo/posts createslimitedgroup@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CREATESLIMITED/media uk.linkedin.com/pub/osagumwengie-jesuorobo-mba-assoc-cipd-acmi/20/218/24b/

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