Jesus the Great Teacher I

Tuesday 18 April
READ: John 3:2
MORE LESSON: John 13: 13 (NKJV)

In the text, Nicodemus called Jesus ''rabbi''; which in the Jewish language, simply means ''teacher''. Therefore Nicodemus was calling Jesus, 'teacher'. He further attested that Jesus was a God-sent teacher; ...we know that thou art a teacher come from God...: Jn 3: 2. Jesus is the greatest teacher. He was a teacher that loved what he did, Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught: John 7: 14. Jesus taught everywhere He had the opportunity. Even in the mist of the feast, He taught. Jesus wasn't merely a teacher by title; He was a practising teacher. This is why teaching is one of the noblest professions.
Dr. Luke writing in the book of Act 1: 1 says, The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. Jesus is the greatest teacher and in His life we see the quality of a great teacher. The greatest quality of a teacher is doing what he teaches. It is the same fact that Nicodemus saw in the life of Jesus that made him come to Him and commended Him as a teacher from God. Nicodemus said, ...we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him: John 3:2. Jesus was commended as the greatest teacher not just because of the things He said but the things He did. A great teacher teaches right and does right.
Whether in the church, school, home or work; if you desire to be a great teacher like Jesus, you must be a doer and not just a talker. Until you do the words that you teach, you are limited as a teacher. Many people desire great things in life and they think it is simply by knowing how to talk. Talk is cheap; you must be a doer. Many people think that ministry is all about preaching from the pulpit. So they are angry that they are not given the pulpit to preach. Jesus was not even called 'pastor'; he was called 'teacher'. Of course, Jesus is the great shepherd (John 10: 14), but the people didn't call Him that; they called Him a teacher because that was what they could see and relate to in His life. He was called a teacher because He not only spoke, He did as He taught, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock: Matt 7:24-25.

Prayer/Action
* Help me Lord to be a doer of what I teach like You, in Jesus’ name.
* Oh Lord cause me to be a good teacher in word and deed, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I forbid satan and his agents from having any memorial in my day, in the name of Jesus.