Biblical teaching is more than just doctrine, theology, and information. It must be formational to equip God’s people to live the truth. Each of us has a role and responsibility to help one another grow in maturity and faithful obedience to His Word.
Observations:
- Correct instruction is the mark of maturity
- Correct instruction must be rooted in the scriptures
- Correct instruction starts with foundational doctrine
- Correct instruction leads to Godly character
- Correct instruction may frequently be informal
- Correct instruction is the practical lived reality of Christlikeness
Conclusions:
- You are expected to participate in Christian instruction
- Correct Christian instruction must be formational not merely informational
Application:
- Evaluate your example
- Exercise the truth
- Embody Christ
- Enroll as a student
Colossians 3:16
“Let the Word of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”
Hebrews 13:7
“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”
Romans 15:14
“I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.”
1 John 2:27
“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as he has taught you, remain in him.
Hebrews 8:11
“No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.”
John 14:26
“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
James 3:1
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.”
James 1:22-25
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”