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Romans 12:1-8
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. 6 We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; 7 ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; 8 the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Teaching
On the first day of school, the stern, old teacher stood and the front of the classroom. He wanted to make the point that anyone could succeed in his class with the right effort. And so, he addressed his class, and said, "If any of you feel you are incapable of learning, I would like for you to please stand up right now. It was a rhetorical question. In his 30+ years of teaching, no one had ever stood up, of course, simply proving his point. But this time, after the usual long, awkward pause, one boy slowly stood to his feet. The teacher, surprised and a little confused said to the boy, "Young man, you really believe that you are incapable of learning?" The boy responded, "No sir...I just hated for you to be the only one standing, what with you being our teacher and all!"
Reasons to Teach Others the Bible:
1. You learn something better when you teach it to someone else --"But I couldn't possibly teach the Bible...I don't know enough about it!" (Share my story of learning by teaching).
