Page 10 - 03b The Seven Churhces-Smyrna

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

and Aquila, when Apollos, who received the

Gospel, or at least a part of it, in Alexandria,

came to Ephesus. Apollos was fervent in the

Spirit, and taught with power; for he was an

eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures;

but he knew only of the baptism of John. When

he preached in the hearing of those with

Paul abode in Corinth, and who had studied

with the great Apostle, Aquila and Priscilla

detected his ignorance of the outpouring of

the Spirit, and the eloquent man received

instruction from those who had recently come

into the truth. One can, in imagination, picture

the sacrifice which seems necessary on the

part of those who accepted Christ in this

central stronghold of paganism. Light and

darkness met face to face, and paganism made