"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 things that I said to you."
John 14:26 (NKJV)
Most Christians have a favorite Bible teacher. It may be their pastor, a home group leader, a teacher in a Bible school, or some minister they have heard somewhere in person or on television. But no matter who it is, it seems we all have a teacher that we always enjoy listening to and we always seem to learn something great from them. We read in Ephesians 4:11 that the teacher is one of the gifts that Jesus gave to the Church, so teachers must be important. In churches and Bible schools there are many great teachers today but we must realize that the best Bible teacher of all is the Holy Spirit.
While we may enjoy the speaking style some person has or the way they relate their topic to an everyday life situation, if we are learning something about the Bible while listening to our favorite teacher we need to understand that it is really the greatest teacher of all, the Holy Spirit, who is revealing the truth to us. If we look to the Holy Spirit, the best Bible teacher of all, and not just to the person we may be listening to, we will receive the truth we need when we need it. If we just get focused on the person that is speaking and we don't realize that the person is only a channel and a vessel that the Holy Spirit works through we may miss something.
Jesus said that He would send the Holy Spirit to us and that the Holy Spirit would help us by teaching us all things. This is so wonderful because the Holy Spirit lives in us and He knows exactly how to teach us and reveal God's Word to us to answer the questions that we have and to help us deal with the situations we face in life. We must learn to listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to us through the Word of God and expect Him to speak to us through the man or woman of God we are hearing in our church, home group, or wherever. The Holy Spirit is the best Bible teacher of all and He will teach us what we need to know when we need to know it, and He can use a variety of people to do it.
John 14:26 (NKJV)
Most Christians have a favorite Bible teacher. It may be their pastor, a home group leader, a teacher in a Bible school, or some minister they have heard somewhere in person or on television. But no matter who it is, it seems we all have a teacher that we always enjoy listening to and we always seem to learn something great from them. We read in Ephesians 4:11 that the teacher is one of the gifts that Jesus gave to the Church, so teachers must be important. In churches and Bible schools there are many great teachers today but we must realize that the best Bible teacher of all is the Holy Spirit.
While we may enjoy the speaking style some person has or the way they relate their topic to an everyday life situation, if we are learning something about the Bible while listening to our favorite teacher we need to understand that it is really the greatest teacher of all, the Holy Spirit, who is revealing the truth to us. If we look to the Holy Spirit, the best Bible teacher of all, and not just to the person we may be listening to, we will receive the truth we need when we need it. If we just get focused on the person that is speaking and we don't realize that the person is only a channel and a vessel that the Holy Spirit works through we may miss something.
Jesus said that He would send the Holy Spirit to us and that the Holy Spirit would help us by teaching us all things. This is so wonderful because the Holy Spirit lives in us and He knows exactly how to teach us and reveal God's Word to us to answer the questions that we have and to help us deal with the situations we face in life. We must learn to listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to us through the Word of God and expect Him to speak to us through the man or woman of God we are hearing in our church, home group, or wherever. The Holy Spirit is the best Bible teacher of all and He will teach us what we need to know when we need to know it, and He can use a variety of people to do it.
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