TEACHERS
God as teacher
• Exodus 4:12; 1 Kings 8:36; Job 35:10-11; 36:22; Psalms 25:4-5, 8-9; 32:8; 71:17; 90:12; 94:9-10, 12; 119:12; 143:10; Isaiah 2:3; 28:26; 30:20; 48:17; John 6:45 (cf. Isaiah 54:13); 8:28; I Thessalonians 4:9
Christ as teacher
(See CHRIST; titles and functions of, Rabbi or Teacher; preaching and teaching of; message, preaching, teaching or testimony about)
Holy Spirit as teacher
(See SPIRIT, HOLY)
true teachers:
(See DOCTRINE, some biblical teachers of)
examples of
♦ Abraham
♦ Moses
♦ Bezalel and Oholiab
♦ Aaron and his sons
♦ parents (i.e., to children)
♦ Israel's judges
♦ the angel of the Lord (i.e., the pre-incarnate Christ)
♦ officials and Levites
♦ Ezra the scribe
♦ Joiarib and Elnathan
♦ the psalmist
♦ David
♦ fathers, mothers and other teachers of godly wisdom
♦ the Preacher
♦ Zadok and his sons
• Ezekiel 44:15, 23
♦ teachers who keep God's commandments and teach them
♦ John the Baptist
♦ the apostles
♦ teachers in the church at Antioch
♦ teachers focused on teaching
♦ Spiritually gifted teachers for the church body
♦ Paul as a teacher
♦ qualified elders
♦ Timothy
♦ faithful men
♦ the Lord's bond-servants
♦ Christians in general
proper response to
♦ be humble
♦ pay attention to them
• Isaiah 48:17-18 (cf. Proverbs 5:13)
♦ realize that pupils are not above their teachers
♦ practice their teachings
♦ follow their example
♦ share with them (i.e., in Christian giving)
♦ remember their words
examples of
♦ prophets who teach falsehood
♦ teachers of idolatry
♦ idols as false teachers
♦ teachers who do not keep God's commandments and teach others to do likewise
♦ teachers of strange doctrines
♦ teachers of the law who lack understanding
♦ teachers who accommodate the hearers' desires
♦ teachers of destructive heresies and depraved character
♦ teachers who mock at supernatural intervention
♦ teachers of error who are unprincipled men
♦ teachers who promote immorality and idolatry
proper response to
♦ be warned about them
♦ be reminded of them
♦ be holy and steadfast in contrast to them
• 2 Peter 3:14, 17
♦ judgment of
teachers of the law:
♦ Jesus sitting in the midst of them:
♦ Jesus observed by them:
♦ Gamaliel as one of them:
♦ inconsistency in practicing their own teaching:
♦ regulations for women concerning teaching
♦ various other uses
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.