The Importance of Teaching

Its Emphasis

1. TEACHING DEFINED
1. The Passing of Information
1. Two generations (Deuteronomy 4:10Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
   See All...; Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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2. Three generations (Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
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3. Four generations (2 Timothy 2:2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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1. Paul
2. Timothy
3. Faithful men
4. Others also
4. Accountability of generations (Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
   See All...; Exodus 34:7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
   See All...; Numbers 14:18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
   See All...; Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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2. The Building of People
1. The responsibility of a teacher is to instruct the students (Proverbs 5:13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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2. By defining three words connected to teaching, we can gain an idea of the goal of teaching.
1. Inform - to place a form or shape within somone (Romans 6:17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
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2. Instruct – to place a structure or order within someone
3. Edify – to build up; connected to the word edifice which is a building
2. THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES
1. In the Old Testament
1. In the law
1. Inform and its various forms (1)
2. Instruct and its various forms (3)
3. Teach and its various forms (22)
4. Total (26)
2. In the writings
1. Instruct and its various forms (40)
2. Teach and its various forms (73)
3. Total (113)
3. In the prophets
1. Inform and its various forms (1)
2. Instruct and its various forms (11)
3. Teach and its various forms (34)
4. Total (46)
2. In the New Testament.
1. In the gospels
1. Instruct and its various forms (3)
2. Teach and its various forms (61)
3. Total (64)
2. In the Book of Acts
1. Inform and its various forms (5)
2. Instruct and its various forms (1)
3. Teach and its various forms (20)
4. Total (26)
3. In the epistles
1. Instruct and its various forms (7)
2. Teach and its various forms (46)
3. Total (53)
4. In the Book of Revelation
1. Teach and its various forms (2)
2. Total (2)
3. COMPARED TO PREACHING
1. In the Old Testament
1. In the law
1. Teaching (26)
2. Preaching (0)
2. In the writings
1. Teaching (113)
2. Preaching (9)
3. In the prophets
1. Teaching (46)
2. Preaching (3)
2. In the New Testament
1. In the gospels
1. Teaching (64)
2. Preaching (38)
2. In the book of Acts (Acts 5:42And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
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1. Teaching (26)
2. Preaching (38)
3. In the epistles
1. Teaching (53)
2. Preaching (64)
4. In the Book of Revelation
1. Teaching (2)
2. Preaching (1)
4. IN THE MINISTRY OF KEY MEN
1. Christ (Acts1:1)
1. The emphasis on teaching
1. Teaching (46)
2. Preaching (19)
2. Demonstrated by His title
1. Master (Matthew 10:24-25 [24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. [25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
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2. Rabbi (John 1:38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
   See All...; John 3:2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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3. Rabboni (John 20:16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
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4. Prophet (Matthew 21:11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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5. The overriding emphasis in the gospels is not that of Christ as the prophet or preacher, but as the teacher.
2. Paul (1 Timothy 2:7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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5. FOR THE PASTOR
1. The Qualifications of a Bishop
1. In 1 Timothy 3 (1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
   See All...; 2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
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2. In Titus 1 (Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
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2. Set Forth in the Pastoral Epistles
1. To Timothy (1 Timothy 4:11These things command and teach.
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2. To Titus (Titus 2:1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
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6. AS AN OFFICE
1. At the Church at Antioch (Acts 13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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2. Gifts to the body (1 Corinthians 12:27-28 [27] Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. [28] And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
   See All...; Ephesians 4:11-15 [11] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; [12] For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: [13] Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [14] That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; [15] But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
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