Living As He Lived

According to leading Educators, the number one qualification of A good teacher is enthusiasm for the subject being taught. Our word “enthusiasm,” comes from the Greek, and it means “God within.” “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The New Testament writers portray Jesus as a teacher with unbounded enthusiasm for His subject. So much so that He literally gave His life for it. Moreover, Peter and the other disciples discovered His enthusiasm to be highly contagious, to the point that when He said “Follow Me,” they gave up everything and followed.

Through the ages, even those who do not accept Jesus as Lord and Savior recognize Him as one of the world’s great teachers. But for those who do accept Him as Lord and Savior, Jesus is not just teacher par excellence, He is the Course. For those who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, He not only teaches the Word of God, He is the Word of…