“Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.” Titus 2:2 “Older men”, by virtue of age and experience, serve as natural role models for younger men. People who reached age 80 were regarded as remarkable. The median age of death, according to inscriptions…
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground” Psalm 143:10 “Your good Spirit” is a rather unusual statement of praise to the person of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament. “Lead me” … an early writer described it like this, “The Spirit…
“He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.” Colossians 1:28 Paul was not content to see people born again. He took the responsibility of leading them on to maturity. He moved them from infancy to infantry. Spiritual babies have great…
“Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” John 14:23 Christ promises that He and His Father will come to dwell in those who hear and believe His Word, and that He will send to them…
“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…
“What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.” 2 Timothy 1:13-14 Alone in prison and abandoned by many of his friends, Paul fondly…
“This is what the Lord says – your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” Isaiah 48:17 The Hebrew for “Redeemer” is also thought of as “arbiter” and “witness”. In light of the…
“The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.” Psalm 119:64 God’s Word of love is like the sun, filling and brightening everything it touches. In light of God’s mercy, the world might still hear an echo of God’s description of Eden (“God saw all that he had made, and it was…
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 “Start children off” is a Hebrew phrase that has the sense of “dedicate.” “The way they should go” could refer to the moral route or to the career path of the child….