The Effective Bible Teacher

We desperately need an army of Effective Bible Teachers. What is an Effective Bible Teacher? An Effective Bible Teacher teaches so that people live according to the Bible. Effective Bible Teachers create doers of the Word and not hearers only. Effective Bible Teachers make disciples. Effective Bible Teachers result in classes that pray, people who serve, and individuals who read their Bibles and follow what it says. Effective Bible Teachers create people who love the Lord God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Effective Bible Teachers lead people to know their spiritual gifts and serve according to their gifting. Effective Bible Teachers teach people to abide in Christ. Effective Bible Teachers love the people in their group. They hang out with them. They serve them. They have them in their homes. They are with them. Effective Bible Teachers lead people to love. They lead people to lay down their lives in service to others. They lead people to care. Effective Bible Teachers lead people to love the Word as they love the Word. The Psalmist said it is sweeter than honey. In another place, "Oh how I love the law." It was not mere duty and obligation. It was delight. Effective Bible Teachers make a difference. Their classes are different because of the way they teach. Their people are different because of their influence on their lives. Their corner of the world is different because it is infected by people who are salt and light.