Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Are You Teachable?

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. John 14:26 NASB

Scripture at a Jewish Synagogue
Israel
He will teach you. Are you teachable…open and willing to learn? School has just started again and there are a variety of students out there. Those who are eager to learn and those who only go to school because they have to. Do we sit at Jesus feet—eager to learn or reluctantly sitting there because someone else wants us to…go to church or Bible Study? In his teaching on That the World May Know series Ray Vander Laan has described Jewish customs and history in Jesus time. Both boys and girls at about age five began going to elementary school, the Beth Safer, at the synagogue. They learned to read, write and memorize large portions of scripture—like the whole first five books of the Old Testament—the Torah. After that level of school was completed girls no longer attended school and the boys went on to learn their family’s trade. Some of the boys continued to study with the rabbi, learning the prophets and studying interpretations of the Torah. Students who continued to study with the rabbi, wanting to be like the rabbi—wanting to be a rabbi—would often leave home and travel with the rabbi for extended periods of time. That is how it should be for us…to want to be like Jesus—that we would spend time with Him…learning scripture and applying it to our lives. Jesus is encouraging us in this passage from John 14 to trust the Holy Spirit to teach us all things and to bring God’s Word to our memory. What has He taught you today?

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit—teach me and give me wisdom to understand more about Jesus that I can become more like Him every day. Help me to be compassionate, loving, understanding, forgiving, honorable, obedient, and even a good teacher. Bring to my remembrance all of Jesus’ teachings that I can share them with others and apply them to my life.  

Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 31-33
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