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Jul 2, 2014 · On first hearing it sounds odd. Christ the Teacher sounds a bit more normal. Teacher is indeed an important title for Jesus with obvious biblical warrant: he’s constantly teaching and instructing; he’s pictured as a teaching prophet, a teaching king, and a teacher of wisdom comparable to Solomon the Wise. So Christ the Teacher is a good title.
- Jesus Was A Teacher
- Jesus’s Context
- Taught with Parables
- Taught with Cultural Texts
- Taught Through Symbolism and Events
The documents describing Jesus’s career—the four Gospels—make clear that he was a teacher. He proclaimed, and he instructed; the New Testament makes little distinction between these two activities. In dozens of instances, his contemporaries referred to him as “teacher” or a related term such as “rabbi,” and he accepted the description (Mark 10:17–1...
Recent scholars seek to understand Jesus in his historical context. Some take the Hellenistic culture of the Roman Empire as the appropriate frame. Philosophical teachers in the Hellenistic context moved about from place to place. Accordingly, Jesus has been cast as a Cynic philosopher, a magician, or a spirit-possessed sage.3 How Jesus understood ...
Jesus taught in the tradition of a wisdom teacher in Israel. He rarely used scholarly or technical language. He employed wisdom sayings, or mashalim—including puns, similes, metaphors, and proverbs sometimes in extended discourses. None of his techniques were unknown in the culture, and he used them with proficiency. Parables were already recorded ...
Jesus was an authoritative teacher who challenged his society’s leadership from their own national texts. Modern-era parallels include Martin Luther King Jr., who challenged America through biblical narrative and the Declaration of Independence; Nelson Mandela challenged white South Africa; or Mohandas Gandhi, who challenged Great Britain. In each ...
Jesus’s symbolic acts teach a new reign of God. Nearly everything Jesus did educated his disciples about his new world order. He selected precisely twelve leading disciples. He healed untouchables such as blind persons, lepers, and an unclean female with an incurable flow of blood. He fed five thousand in a desert area with bread. He inverted the r...
Sep 5, 2022 · Jesus is a role model for parents, teachers, and Christian Educators. His unique style, creative methods and immersive approach can influence and motivate us. The Gospels present Jesus as a teacher par excellence. Jesus’s method and style of teaching were radically different. Jesus captured the listeners’ interest, made the content relevant ...
Mar 15, 2019 · Jesus is the Master Teacher of the Ages Because of Why He Is. The Bible teaches, “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was God” (John 1:1). The Word eternally existed. The Word was eternally deity (God). There was never a time when He was not God (a member of the Godhead). But He became flesh (by being ...
Aug 25, 2019 · Jesus was a complex preacher and teacher. Let’s consider some of His qualities and ponder the sort of balance that He manifests. I. His authority – The Scriptures often speak of the “authority” with which Jesus taught. The Greek word translated as “authority” is exousia, which means teaching out of (one’s own) substance, speaking ...
Jesus was a theological educator. He was, of course, much more than that, but certainly no less. He taught the twelve, and he taught the crowds. The Gospels frequently call him ‘teacher’ or ‘rabbi’, suggestive of the popular reputation he gained for teaching. Indeed, more than once he identified himself as a teacher, confirming the assessment of others: ‘You call me “Teacher” and ...
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Sep 1, 2015 · Jesus, while setting high standards, offers forgiveness, not as a way of denying perfection but as a way to facilitate our advancement by grace and trust. XIV. His equipping and authorizing of others – Good teachers train new teachers. Jesus trained the Twelve and, by extension, other disciples as well. He led and inspired them.
