JESUS, OUR TEACHER

MARK 10:1-16

JESUS, OUR TEACHER

“As his custom was, he taught them.” Mark 10:1b RSV

Jesus was a teacher. All through the gospels we learn that Jesus taught with authority. He had a new message to be carried down from generation to generation and it is still being taught today.

Crowds followed Jesus up to the mountain top, down to the seashore, in the synagogue. Wherever he went, crowds gathered to hear him teach. People were astonished at his teaching. Are you?

Jesus went back to Nazareth for a visit and on the Sabbath day he went to the synagogue as was his custom. He was invited to read the scripture from the book of Isaiah, [Luke 4:18-21] After having read the scripture he sat down and said, “Today the scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” His teaching was not accepted then, however. We know it to be the truth today.

           

It was Nicodemus who said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God.”

Dear Friend, you are also a teacher; a teacher by what you say, by the way you live, by your concern for others and by your speech. Be careful how you teach.

Jesus, my teacher, inspire me to teach the work you call me to do. Amen.

~ Lib Carico