Becoming a Good Teacher

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Becoming a Good Teacher

• Personal spiritual development in the area of
  teaching.

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Introduction

• At one point or another knowing it or not you
  have taught another personsomething.
• You may have taught by way of step-by-step
  instruction lecture warning or example.
• You may have taught something simple that was
  easy to explain or something complex enough that
  demanded lecturing, examples and other means of
  illustrations.
• Over the years of your teaching experiences you
  have refined your ability of teaching others.

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Introduction

• When it comes to teaching Gods word and our
  spiritual development
• Some (many?) of us may not view ourselves as fit
  to be teachers of His word.
• We also learn that being a teacher of Gods
  wonderful truths it is an eventual must as we
  grow spiritually.

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Introduction

• Thus, this lesson is focused on how we can grow
  as servants in the Lord in the area of teaching
  His word.
• Things within our control that we can use to make
  improvements in our growth in becoming better
  teachers of Gods word.
• Working with what God has given us.

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The Making of a Good Teacher

• Your talent (in the realm of teaching)
• Clearly, we are not born teachers, and not all of
  us are blessed with the same kind of talents in
  service to our Lord. Rom. 126-8
• Further, some are given a greater measure of
  talents to teach (Matt. 2515, 20ff), thus some
  are naturally gifted as good teachers, while
  others may take longer to grow into being good
  teachers.
• Finally, while all of us may never teach
  formally, there comes a time we (within our God
  given abilities) should grow to a level of
  maturityso as to become teachers of Gods word.
  Heb. 512

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The Making of a Good Teacher

• Your attitude (from stewardship to desire)
• Jesus attitude to teach (and heal/help) others
  was compelled by his compassion for them. cp.
  Matt. 935-38
• In essence, Jesus taught his disciples to have
  the same attitude and to pray the Lord of the
  harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
  Matt. 938
• Your attitude toward others reflects
• Your compassion regarding the souls of others.
• Your commitment to fulfilling the Lords will out
  of stewardship. Cp. 1 Cor. 916-18

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The Making of a Good Teacher

• Your effort From Bible reading to Bible study.
• Naturally, it is difficult at best to be a good
  teacher if you dont know the subject matter
  (whether it be a scripture or a topic).
• The more you spend time reading on your subject
  matter the more acquainted you become with it (be
  it a passage of scripture or a topic).
• The same can be said for Bible study.
• The bottom line the amount of energy you put
  into your reading/study goes a long way into
  making a good teacher.

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Developing a Desire to Teach

• Pray often to our God. Phil. 46
• Pray for those who need to hear Gods word our
  children, family members, neighbors, co-workers,
  etc.
• It is hard to have compassion on people we do not
  pray for.
• It is hard to have a sense of urgency without
  constant prayer with respect to teaching His
  will.
• Pray for wisdom to teach the truth out of love
  for the purpose of saving souls and edifying the
  body.
• Make supplication in how God can use you to
  fulfill His will in teaching His word.

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Developing a Desire to Teach

• Build your knowledge of Gods word.
• Read/study your Bible every day.
• The more you read and study, the more you will
  grow in appreciating and benefiting your time in
  Gods word.
• NOTE Bible reading like strenuous exercise can
  be taxing on the mind, but we become conditioned
  only by exercising in continuous reading.

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Developing a Desire to Teach

• Build your knowledge of Gods word.
• Build a library of biblical resources
  (dictionaries, concordances, interlinears, etc.).
• Time in Gods word is essential, but there are
  times when tools are necessary in our being able
  to understand what we read.
• NOTE Many spend hundreds or thousands of dollars
  on recreational activities or things, but cannot
  afford the tools necessary to become good
  teachers of Gods word. Think!

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Developing a Desire to Teach

• Spend quality time with those you need to teach
  children, family, relatives, friends, neighbors,
  brethren.
• Time spent with others will only increase your
  love for them and bring opportunity(ies) to teach
  them.
• Such time will also give you insight on what they
  need to hear and how you can prepare yourself to
  teach them.

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Conclusion

• It is important that we all grow to a point where
  we can become teachers of Gods word.
• There must, however, be a desire for personal
  spiritual growth if we are to build the
  compassion and urgency necessary to becoming good
  teachers of Gods word.