The Best Bible Study You Ever Taught
And
most Bible teachers know that God’s Word is the key to Christian growth. In
fact, most of the people you teach know that to be the case. But here is the
difference. As a teacher, have you learned what you are teaching? To say it
another way, are you putting into practice what you have learned from the Word?
James
reminds us of the dynamic of being doers of the Word in James 1:21-27 saying
“receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James
goes on to give an illustration of a man who looks into the mirror and forgets
what he looks like, being like someone who learns from the word and doesn’t
apply it to himself. Finally in James 1:26-27 James gives examples of what it
means to really have a religion of value and it is practically doing what God
was revealed in his Word. This same sentiment can be seen in Luke 8:21, Matthew
7:21, John 13:17, and Romans 2:13.
What
a difference it makes if you come to your Bible study or step into the pulpit
having already let the Word of God change your heart, striving to put into
practice the truths that you have mined from God’s Word. If you have let your
Biblical knowledge translate into life practice you become a powerful teacher
for the Gospel. Then when you speak, you can speak as if you are speaking the
oracles of God (1 Peter 4:11) because you are doing it in the strength of God
that you have experienced as you have put God’s Word into practice.
If
you have ever wondered how that Christian sage in your church is able to rattle
off the best devotion at the drop of hat it is because he has already lived out
and is living out what he is teaching. He has found the key to growing in
Christ is regularly listening and studying God’s Word and then putting it into
practice. The formula is easy: study the Word-put into practice what you
learn-teach others.
If
you will approach the Word of God as a humble learner willing to do what God
reveals to you in his Word and put it in practice, you will be preparing
yourself to deliver the best Bible study ever.
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