Teaching

The importance of teaching

“goads” prod the sluggish to action, while “embedded nails” furnish a kind of mental anchorage. “Shepherd” is almost certainly a reference to God himself.

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Teaching given by parents

Proverbs 22:6 NASB95

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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The apostles’ teaching

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The gift of teaching in the church

Romans 12:7 NASB95

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

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Ways of teaching believers

Through example

1 Thessalonians 1:5–6 NASB95

for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

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Through dialogue with the teacher

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Through explanation of ceremonies

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Through proverbs

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Through the law

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Through mutual edification

Colossians 3:16 NASB95

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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Through the instruction of different groups within the church

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The distinction between teaching and preaching

Acts 15:35 NASB95

But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord.

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Examples of major themes taught in the NT church

Righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ

Romans 3:21–22 NASB95

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

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Freedom in Christ from the demands of the law

Galatians 5:1–3 NASB95

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

The humility of Jesus Christ

Philippians 2:5–8 NASB95

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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The supremacy of Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:18 NASB95

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

The superiority of Jesus Christ

Hebrews also shows Jesus Christ to be superior to the angels, the high priest and the sacrifices.

Godly behaviour

Ephesians 4:22–24 NASB95

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

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