'The Life of The Teacher.'
Romans 5:1-5.
Jesus Christ is the Pattern Teacher. The Great and Good
Teacher.
He taught from anointing, purity and a loving heart.
a) 5:1. Because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us: -
1-We are made right in God's sight by Faith.
(Inner confidence in what Christ has done for us. We are desiring and endeavouring to live in the result of the Cross, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ)
2-We have peace with God. (A conscience in good condition)
Free from every disease of conscience: -
A - Real guilt because of real sin disease. The Remedy - 1 John 1:7.
B-False
guilt disease. The Remedy - Romans 8:1, 33 & 34.
C-Twisted
compromising disease. The Remedy Hebrews 12:1-3.
D-Hardened disease. The Remedy - Isaiah 61:1.
b) 5:2. Because of our Faith: -
1-We have a humble awareness of our place of high
privilege in God.
2-We have forward-looking
confidence.
3-We have forward-looking
joy.
Living in unbelief can leave us in pride. Insecurity. Depression.
c) 5:3-4. We are learning to grow through our life experiences.
d) 5:5. We are having a growing appreciation of the richness of God's Love for us through the Holy Spirit's ministry to us.
We should not make an idol of our unhealed past - rather, we should allow the Word of God (Psalm 107:20) and the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13) to facilitate God's Restoration of our lives in a consistent and ongoing way.
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Summary.
A) The Life of the Teacher should be a life of wholeness.
b) The Life of the Teacher should be a life of humility.
c) The Life of the Teacher should be a life in the
ongoing process of becoming more Christlike.
d) The Life of the Teacher gives life to those people
whom the Teacher teaches.
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Chris.
(Selected from the late Reverend Chris Harrison's QT
Notes, by Priscilla)
