Hello.
Ok, there is a lot going on here in the response posts. I have read your posts Chicken_Brent, you have a decent grasp on the gospel of the grace of God. Distinctions made in scripture by God are important to our learning and personal growth as we study. Here is what we are to understand about the gospel of our salvation, as the church the body of Christ, when it comes to resurrection, and the testimony of God in this age of grace and the ministry of reconciliation, Jesus Christ died, was buried and God the Father raised him from the dead for our justification. Put on the faith of Christ, develop the mind of Christ according to our ministry, that is our high calling.
When we trust in the "faith of Christ" believing the testimony of God about His Son, we are crucified with Christ, baptized BY the Spirit into his death, quickened and raised with Christ by the faith and operation of God, according to the doctrine of our gospel, sealed unto the day of redemption as purchased possessions. We are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, as the inheritance and glory of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.
As believers, sealed & saved, we possess the life of God now, in earthen vessels, the inner man, precious treasure, Christ in you. And, we are instructed to take heed how we build the doctrine of life eternal, gold silver precious stones, wood hay stubble, so you see we can have wrong thinking when it comes to the instruction for our house of doctrine, the key is our methods of approach to bible study.
As one of the posters pointed out, there is a distinction in the ministries conducted by John the Baptist and by Christ, and the 12 Apostles and the apostle Paul... Apollos was instructed in the way of John the Baptist's ministry, you know what that means, he was still looking for the messiah, following a doctrine of a ministry that wasn't to be at work, a ministry decreased(house of Moses), as the ministry of Christ increased (house of David).