A Christian Home In Corinth

Corinth was one of the most wicked cities in the Roman Empire. It was known as “Little Rome.” The idolatry and immorality that consumed the city was anything but the perfect environment to raise a family. Yet, Aquila and Priscilla give us a portrait of a truly Christian home in an evil place. It is possible!

If you wait until circumstances improve, or others are willing to change - you will miss your opportunity. God designed the Christian life to be lived in any situation and in every age. Christ is the One who makes having a Christian home possible -even in Corinth.

Christ and Your Affliction

Why were Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth? They were not on a leisure trip. They did not move there because of the appeal of the city. They had moved to Corinth because of hardship. In Acts 18:2, Scripture says Aquila had“lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome)...” Even the Lord’s parentheses are inspired. Don’t miss the divine parenthesis in the life of this couple. God was working in their trial to bring them closer to Himself and His purpose.

We are not in the hands of chance or coincidence. The life of a believer is guided and guarded by Providence. When Andrew Murray was going through a period of intense suffering, he wrote in his journal: “I am here (1) by God’s appointment, (2) in His keeping, (3) under His training, (4) for His time.”

Our world is constantly changing, and personal circumstances will change, but Christ is always the same.“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). Christ can help you have a Christian home in Corinth.

Christ and Your Location

God is not bound by geography. He is not bound by anything except our unbelief! Aquila and Priscilla lived in pagan cities like Rome and Corinth, and yet they found their stability in the truth of God’s Word. Their identity was in Christ. In worldly places, God connected Aquila and Priscilla to fellow Christians, granting them fuller understanding and an enlarged purpose.

Things change, but the Lord does not. His words echo through the millennia,“I am the LORD, I change not...”(Malachi 3:6). Remember that it was in Corinth where they would meet the Apostle Paul. Along the journey, God provides meaningful friendships with other believers.

People and places change, but Christ is with you wherever you are.“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me” (Psalm 139:8-10). Christ can help you have a Christian home in Corinth.

Christ and Your Occupation

The Lord has an amazing way of putting people together for His own purpose. Aquila and Priscilla were tentmakers by trade, and this is the very reason they came to be so closely associated with the Apostle Paul (Acts 18:3). Imagine living and laboring with Paul every day!

There is a tendency in our thinking to divide secular and spiritual work. For the follower of Christ, all ground is holy ground, and all work is to be to the Lord (Colossians 3:23-24). In the words of 2 Corinthians 6:1, we are “workers together with him.” As we connect our work to His work, we will see Him working with us (Mark 16:20). Daily tasks sometimes change, but the larger work of Christ has not changed. He wants to use you wherever you are to serve Him and bring others to Him.

"Each of us have different occupations, but all of us who know Christ are part of the same work."

Whatever your affliction, location, or occupation, God is at work in your life, and His timing is perfect. Christ can help you have a Christian home in Corinth.