I took the trouble to look up every verse that spoke of a teacher and teaching to ascertain the answer to this question as there is a dearth of Spirit appointed teachers in the body of Christ.
There are plenty of people who think they are a teacher because they have been to Bible College but I cannot find anywhere in scripture where it says that going to Bible College makes you a teacher, or being a shepherd makes you a teacher.
What I did find however amongst the verses was this. In Ephesians 4 v 11 it says that "And indeed He gave some to be apostles, and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers;"
What stood out to me was the phrase "He gave some to be..."
This suggests to me that there is only one person that can make you a teacher (instructor in Greek) is Jesus himself. If he has not made you a teacher, then you are not a teacher regardless of what you may claim.
That being the case, how does Jesus make anyone a teacher? There are two ways that I know of and they are by anointing or by prophecy (the same as with any of these ministries).
I know of one way you do not become a teacher and that is to attend a denominational bible college and get approved by denominational leaders to lead a church. Without an anointing or a prophetic word you will not be a teacher so trying to be one will only rob the congregation of the ministry of a true teacher because they will expect you to do all the teaching because you are...ordained by man.
If you are not ordained by Jesus to be a teacher, the best thing to do is invite someone with a teaching ministry to come and stay in the fellowship for say a year and for him to teach as he is anointed to do. Just like Paul and other ministries did.
One of the characteristics of an anointed teacher is that they teach line upon line. They start at the beginning and finish at the end and in between, they give the required steps to get to the end.
They are not interested in being flighty and all over the place just so as they can entertain the troops. And they certainly don't harangue and lambast the listeners to try and get them to comply with what is being said.
A true teacher will set out the case and let the words speak for themselves, believing that the words will be anointed and achieve their specific aims. A person who cajoles and harangues does not have much faith in what they are saying if that is what they do.
Being a teacher in the body of Christ is not unlike being a teacher in a school. Every teacher in school always prepares their lessons in advance of the class so that they can run smoothly through the lesson so that the students get the maximum benefit from the lesson.
I had to drive for 45 minutes to one school I taught at and during that time, I used to run my lessons through my mind to see if I could improve upon what I had already prepared. Often I would remember a situation that could be used as an illustration for the lesson to help sheet home what I was wanting to teach.
Bottom line is that teaching is hard work even with an anointing for it as a good teacher will anticipate the questions they might be asked. I remember teaching legal studies to year 12 students and I delved into the subject so comprehensively that I felt that the students could not ask me a question I could not answer without having to refer to a textbook.
I went through the whole year and I didn't pick up a textbook once.
So, where am I in the scheme of things? One thing I had no desire to be was a teacher in the body of Christ. I had my sights on other things. However, when God speaks you listen if you have any common sense.
God nailed me right out of the blue and over a period of several weeks he gave me an anointing for teaching through prophecy from four different men on four different occasions at four different meetings at four different venues.
I was totally gobsmacked or should that be Godsmacked and when I came round to the fact, my whole outlook changed and the scriptures became a living, living word and I saw things that I had never noticed before.
Plus my personal library grew with books that threw light on the word of God.
There are plenty of people who think they are a teacher because they have been to Bible College but I cannot find anywhere in scripture where it says that going to Bible College makes you a teacher, or being a shepherd makes you a teacher.
What I did find however amongst the verses was this. In Ephesians 4 v 11 it says that "And indeed He gave some to be apostles, and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers;"
What stood out to me was the phrase "He gave some to be..."
This suggests to me that there is only one person that can make you a teacher (instructor in Greek) is Jesus himself. If he has not made you a teacher, then you are not a teacher regardless of what you may claim.
That being the case, how does Jesus make anyone a teacher? There are two ways that I know of and they are by anointing or by prophecy (the same as with any of these ministries).
I know of one way you do not become a teacher and that is to attend a denominational bible college and get approved by denominational leaders to lead a church. Without an anointing or a prophetic word you will not be a teacher so trying to be one will only rob the congregation of the ministry of a true teacher because they will expect you to do all the teaching because you are...ordained by man.
If you are not ordained by Jesus to be a teacher, the best thing to do is invite someone with a teaching ministry to come and stay in the fellowship for say a year and for him to teach as he is anointed to do. Just like Paul and other ministries did.
One of the characteristics of an anointed teacher is that they teach line upon line. They start at the beginning and finish at the end and in between, they give the required steps to get to the end.
They are not interested in being flighty and all over the place just so as they can entertain the troops. And they certainly don't harangue and lambast the listeners to try and get them to comply with what is being said.
A true teacher will set out the case and let the words speak for themselves, believing that the words will be anointed and achieve their specific aims. A person who cajoles and harangues does not have much faith in what they are saying if that is what they do.
Being a teacher in the body of Christ is not unlike being a teacher in a school. Every teacher in school always prepares their lessons in advance of the class so that they can run smoothly through the lesson so that the students get the maximum benefit from the lesson.
I had to drive for 45 minutes to one school I taught at and during that time, I used to run my lessons through my mind to see if I could improve upon what I had already prepared. Often I would remember a situation that could be used as an illustration for the lesson to help sheet home what I was wanting to teach.
Bottom line is that teaching is hard work even with an anointing for it as a good teacher will anticipate the questions they might be asked. I remember teaching legal studies to year 12 students and I delved into the subject so comprehensively that I felt that the students could not ask me a question I could not answer without having to refer to a textbook.
I went through the whole year and I didn't pick up a textbook once.
So, where am I in the scheme of things? One thing I had no desire to be was a teacher in the body of Christ. I had my sights on other things. However, when God speaks you listen if you have any common sense.
God nailed me right out of the blue and over a period of several weeks he gave me an anointing for teaching through prophecy from four different men on four different occasions at four different meetings at four different venues.
I was totally gobsmacked or should that be Godsmacked and when I came round to the fact, my whole outlook changed and the scriptures became a living, living word and I saw things that I had never noticed before.
Plus my personal library grew with books that threw light on the word of God.
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