Jesus, the greatest teacher ever?!!?
Today we begin to look at Luke 5. In this story Jesus is teaching the people. And as Jesus is teaching more and more people keep gathering because they are drawn to it and to Him. The story says that more people kept coming until He was surrounded. So He met some men with a boat and they allowed Him to jump in it to teach the people.
As we begin the study, I wanted to take just a moment to reflect on the teaching of Jesus. We don’t learn a lot from the Bible about what drew people to Jesus. Not once does it say Jesus was funny, nor does it say that Jesus was entertaining. As we read through His sermons they seem to be very simple but never simplistic. The one common theme seems to be that when Jesus spoke people responded with “awe” and “amazement”. We are told in other places that He spoke with authority. We also know that His primary message was the word of God and specifically the kingdom of God.
I wonder if we have the same desire in our souls to listen to the teaching of Jesus. I wonder as we sit in our comfy chairs, if perhaps He is calling us to take a walk spiritually with him around the Sea of Galilee to find renewal in His presence and to be filled with awe and amazement by His words. Every word that comes out of His mouth is the word of God and it simultaneously is perfectly good and right and wise. Do we hunger for His teaching and the teaching He told his Apostles to pass down to us?
In my experience the answer to this question for the believer is always a resounding YES! I do not know of any believer who doesn’t find the teachings in the scriptures to be a source of life, encouragement and great challenge. But, I do know many who are not seeking nourishment from the word, it is a daily battle.
FOOD for thought. . .
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