Christ Jesus also stated that He would be our teacher as we have seen so for within this study. Today I will take us just a bit farther with Christ. But first lets see what Pastor Hoekstra has in regards of Grace our Teacher. And then with the use of the ESV translation and our LORD's help I will uncover our Divine teacher.
"The Lord Promising His Spirit to Teach Us"
"The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things . . . When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all the truth." (John 14:26 and 16:13)
"We have been meditating upon the Lord's promise to build His Church or Family. "I will build My church" (Matthew 16:18). One aspect of this promise is the qualitative development of the spiritual life of GOD's people. To properly develop spiritually, the Lord's people need to learn the Truths of His word. The Holy Spirit is promised to us to fulfill that need.
With the coming of the Spirit (in His ministry as Helper to the family or church) was a matter of promise: "The Helper, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name." When the Father would fulfill this promise (on the day of Pentecost), one of the primary purposes would be the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit. "He will teach you all things," is the Promise. This teaching work of the Spirit is to involve leading us into all the hidden Truths within the word of GOD. "He will guide you into all the truth." This role harmonizes fully with one of the titles of the Spirit: "When He, the Spirit of truth, has come."
Our need for the Spirit's teaching ministry is an absolute necessity. We cannot learn the secret things or hidden truths of GOD on our own intellectual capabilities (Deuteronomy 29:29). " 'For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,' says the LORD. 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts' " (Isaiah 55:8). The thoughts and ways of GOD are as far above our thoughts and ways as the heavens are above the earth. Jesus gave similar insight concerning the heavenly kingdom that He invited people to enter by following Him. "My kingdom is not of this world . . . My kingdom is not from here" (John 18:36). Consequently, we need the Holy Spirit to be our teacher concerning this kingdom.
GOD loves us beyond measure. The death of His Son demonstrates that without question. "For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in (en, as in being united to or conjoined to) Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). For all who will come by faith and, thereby, love Him in return, He offers blessings far beyond what human minds can grasp. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which GOD has prepared for those who love Him" (1Corinthians 2:9). Yet, these wonders can be known. "But GOD has revealed them to us through His Spirit" (1Corinthians 2:10). These spiritual treasures are hidden within the word of GOD to be unfolded to us by the Spirit of GOD."
Christ our Teacher:
Matthew 4:23 "Christ Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people."
Matthew 5:1-2 "Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him. He opened His mouth and taught them."
Matthew 7:28-29 "When Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
Mark 6:30-44 "The apostles returned to Jesus and told Him all that they had done and taught. And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things. When it grew late, his disciples came to Him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." To this He answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish." He commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish He looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He divided the two fish among them all. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men."
Luke 4:14-15 "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about Him went out through all the surrounding country. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all."
Luke 5:1-11 "On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on Him to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people from the boat. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at Your word I will let down the nets." When they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O LORD !." For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him."
John 3:1-3 "Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that You do unless GOD is with him." Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
John 7:14-18 "About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when He has never studied?" So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but His Who sent me. If anyone's will is to do GOD's Will, he will know whether the teaching is from GOG or whether I am speaking on My own authority. The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the One who seeks the glory of Him Who sent Him is true, and
in Him there is no falsehood."
John 8:1-11 "Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He came again to the temple. All the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do You say?" This they said to test Him, that they might have some charge to bring against Him. Jesus bent down and wrote with His finger on the ground. As they continued to ask Him, He stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." And once more He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before Him. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."
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