Teaching
What is teaching?
• Something every human needs
What is teaching?
• Something every human needs
• Something modeled by Jesus
Luke 2:46-47
• “After three days they found him in the
temple courts, sitting among the teachers,
listening to them and asking them
questions.”
Matthew 4:23
• “Jesus was going throughout all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and
proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom.”
Matthew 5:2
• “He opened His mouth and began to teach
them.”
Mark 6:34
• “When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large
crowd, and He felt compassion for them
because they were like sheep without a
shepherd; and he began to teach them many
things.”
Luke 5:3
• “And he got into one of the boats, which
was Simon’s and asked him to put out a
little way from the land. And He sat down
and began teaching the people from the
boat.”
John 3:2
• “this man came to Jesus by night and said
to Him, Rabbi, we know that You have come
from God as a teacher, for no one else can
do these signs that you do unless God is with
him.”
Matthew 28:18-20
• Matthew 28:18-20 says, “Then Jesus came to
them and said, “All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. Therefore go and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always, to the very end of the
age.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
• “Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is
one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your
strength. These commandments that I give you
today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them
on your children. Talk about them when you sit
at home and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you get up.”
Titus 2:3-8
• “Likewise, teach the older woman to be
reverent I the way they live, not to be
slanderers or addicted to too much wine, but to
teach what is good. Then they can train the
younger women to love their husbands and
children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be
busy at home, to be kind, and to subject to
their husbands, so that no one will malign the
word of God.
Titus 2:3-8
• Similarly, encourage young men to be selfcontrolled. In everything set them an
example by doing what is good. In your
teaching show integrity, seriousness, and
soundness of speech that cannot be
condemned.
Why is teaching important?
• It facilitates growth
Hebrews 5:11-14
• “We have much to say about this, but it is hard to
explain because you are slow to learn. In fact,
though by this time you ought to be teachers, you
need someone to teach you the elementary truths
of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not
solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an
infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about
righteousness. But solid food is for the mature,
who by constant use have trained themselves to
distinguish good from evil.”
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• You have noticed or others have told you
that you have a natural ability to
communicate in a way that people
understand and that promotes true learning
and change
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• You have an intense desire to search out
truth and to search out answers
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• You have an intense desire to search out
truth and to search out answers
• You feel compelled to point out errors – it
just bugs you to see things incorrect and you
want to fix them so badly!
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• You know that teaching requires a ton of
work, long before you stand in front of your
audience – studying, organizing, searching
for illustrations, making visuals, preparing
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• You know that teaching requires a ton of
work, long before you stand in front of your
audience – studying, organizing, searching
for illustrations, making visuals, preparing
• Sometimes you can be more focused on
facts than on people
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• Teachers can see when people “get it” and
it brings you great joy
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• Teachers can see when people “get it” and
it brings you great joy
• Teachers often struggle with doubt, which
only fuels them more to find truth and share
it with others
Teaching as a spiritual gift
• Those with the gift of teaching have a
supernatural ability to communicate
information in such a way that those
listening and watching cannot help but learn
and be motivated to live out the truths that
have been taught.
Romans 12:6-7
• “We have different gifts, according to the grace
given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him
use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving,
let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach.
1 Corinthians 12:28
• “And in the church, God has appointed first of all
apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then
workers of miracles, also those having gifts of
healing, those able to help others, those with the
gift of administration, and those speaking in
different kinds of tongues.”
Ephesians 4:11-13
• “It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to
be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to
be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s
peoples for works of service, so that the body of
Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in
the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God
and become mature, attaining to the whole
measure of the fullness of Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-13
• Equip believers to serve
• Build up believers
• Lead toward biblical unity and
knowledge
• Lead toward spiritual maturity
James 3:1
• “we who teach will judged more
strictly.”
Henrietta Mears
Henrietta Mears
• “It is my business as a Sunday School
teacher to instill divine discontent for
the ordinary. Only the best possible is
good enough for God. Can you say,
“God I have done all that I can?”