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168 P r e a c h i n g a n d Te a c h i n g
LESSON
7
The Meaning of
Teaching
Once the net has been gathered in following the preaching of
the Word, the fisher of men must turn to biblical exhortation. He
must consider ways in which Christians who have responded to
the message of salvation will live in the world. Since they have
acted upon the gospel message and turned around, accepting
God’s forgiveness and finding new life in the Son, they must
learn to interpret their experience in the light of everyday life.
Teaching is the means by which the church seeks to explain what
being a Christian means in one’s personal and community life.
Teaching is necessary to conserve the results of evangelism.
Through teaching new believers are taught what is expected of
them and what is provided for them in the Christian life. As they
receive teaching and are changed by it, they respond by growing
spiritually and maturing.
As we respond to the teaching of the Word of God, we
become stronger men and women of faith, able to withstand the
tests of spiritual infancy at first and later the cunning deceit of
the enemy (Ephesians 4:14). And we progressively grow more
like Jesus as we behold His glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). May
our goal ever be to be responsive to His working in our lives
(Ephesians 3:20).