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Discipleship Focus: Teacher
- Teacher: One who holds forth the truth and is excited by it. The teacher looks for ways to explain, enlighten, and apply truth. A teacher's authority doesn't come from how smart they are but from the Word of God and the power of a transformed life.
As I spoke in my theological commentary, I love how this chapter
ends. Moses receives all of these
teachings about sacrifices from God. And
what does he do? He turns around and
teaches them to the people! And then, of
course, he lives it out, too. This is
what it means to be a teacher.
The teacher is concerned about God’s Word being introduced into
the lives of the spiritual community.
The teacher is concerned about God’s Word being used to transform the
lives of the people within God’s community.
This is exactly what we see Moses doing here. He hears from God and immediately teaches it
to the people. He lives it out. He practices what he preaches so that the
people can learn from his words and his actions.
But he’s not looking to create carbon copies of himself. He’s not looking for the glory to rest upon
himself. His goal is to draw other
people to God, not himself. He uses
himself as the example, but God is the goal.
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