Teaching
I had to do a paper for a class at church, it was called, "How Jesus Taught". I love to teach the Word. That is my calling. He used different methods and met people at the point of their need. He used things and situations that people were familar with. I want to follow His example of teaching. When I was growing up, we had a good Bible teacher in the form of Mr. Joseph Neal. I learned a lot from Mr. Neal. I would hear stuff and go home and look it up. There was a hunger to learn more...
Jesus taught through the use of miracles. There was the woman who pressed through the crowd, believing that if she could touch the hem of His garment she would be well. Her pressing and faith made her well. Sometimes we have to press our way through a situation to get God's best. Sometimes a person that is in need or hurting can't hear what Jesus is saying, because the need is too great.
Jesus taught with authority. The way He spoke and the things He said, He spoke with authority. We can do the same thing; speak the Word with authority. Even the Centurian recognized that Jesus was a man of authority. When the Centurian came to seek healing for His servant, Jesus was ready to go with Him. The Centurian said, "I am a man of authority, when I tell someone to come , they come, when I tell someone to come, they come, all you have to do is say the word and I know my servant will be healed." Jesus marveled at this man's faith.
Jesus taught with love and compassion. There were people that came to hear Him with great needs. He had compassion on them. As I mentioned in my last blog, I was with a bunch of women who opened up and shared needs. Not only their needs, but the needs at church and at a camp, where kids have so many needs, it will blow your mind. I almost cried as I heard the needs of some of the children that are in the foster care system. How people just take them in for the money, how some of them use camp as a way of dumping them. A few years back I went to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis TN. I will never forget the experience. I had adjust disorder. What that is, is that you feel such compassion for the things you hear and see, you can't understand how people could go on in their world as if nothing was going on. We are in a lost and dying world. There are people who need to know that Jesus loves them.
Some of this generation, they don't have a concept of hell. They are going through enough sufferng already. They face unbelieveable pain and suffering and mistreatment already and feel nothing can be any worse than what they are going through now. We have to be aware of this and share the message of the cross. Jesus not only taught people, but He loved them as well. Part of the song, "Dust on the Altar" still comes to mind. "Tears that were once shed for a brother in need, they are now called old fashioned, they are no longer seen." Not only must we shed tears and pray for the lost and those in need, we have to help them....
Jesus taught through the use of miracles. There was the woman who pressed through the crowd, believing that if she could touch the hem of His garment she would be well. Her pressing and faith made her well. Sometimes we have to press our way through a situation to get God's best. Sometimes a person that is in need or hurting can't hear what Jesus is saying, because the need is too great.
Jesus taught with authority. The way He spoke and the things He said, He spoke with authority. We can do the same thing; speak the Word with authority. Even the Centurian recognized that Jesus was a man of authority. When the Centurian came to seek healing for His servant, Jesus was ready to go with Him. The Centurian said, "I am a man of authority, when I tell someone to come , they come, when I tell someone to come, they come, all you have to do is say the word and I know my servant will be healed." Jesus marveled at this man's faith.
Jesus taught with love and compassion. There were people that came to hear Him with great needs. He had compassion on them. As I mentioned in my last blog, I was with a bunch of women who opened up and shared needs. Not only their needs, but the needs at church and at a camp, where kids have so many needs, it will blow your mind. I almost cried as I heard the needs of some of the children that are in the foster care system. How people just take them in for the money, how some of them use camp as a way of dumping them. A few years back I went to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis TN. I will never forget the experience. I had adjust disorder. What that is, is that you feel such compassion for the things you hear and see, you can't understand how people could go on in their world as if nothing was going on. We are in a lost and dying world. There are people who need to know that Jesus loves them.
Some of this generation, they don't have a concept of hell. They are going through enough sufferng already. They face unbelieveable pain and suffering and mistreatment already and feel nothing can be any worse than what they are going through now. We have to be aware of this and share the message of the cross. Jesus not only taught people, but He loved them as well. Part of the song, "Dust on the Altar" still comes to mind. "Tears that were once shed for a brother in need, they are now called old fashioned, they are no longer seen." Not only must we shed tears and pray for the lost and those in need, we have to help them....
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