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<title>What Is the Gift of Teaching?</title>
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<div class="head">What Is the Gift of Teaching?</div>
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<p>God has given certain people the gift of teaching.</p>
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<blockquote><p>And God has appointed these in the church; first apostles, second prophets, third teachers (<a id="nbi456-si1" onClick="return mV('1Cr',12,28);">1Cr 12:28</a>).</p>
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<p>And He Himself gave some <i>to be</i>...teachers (<a id="nbi456-si2" onClick="return mV('Eph',4,11);">Eph 4:11</a>).</p></blockquote>
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<p>The gift of teaching is a God-given ability to properly interpret and explain Gods Word to others. It is something given with the gift of being a pastor, but it is not the same gift. A teacher can be a pastor but he does not necessarily have to be.
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<p><b>Essential</b></p>
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<p>Proper teaching is essential to the life and service of the church. Jesus instructed us to love God with all our minds.</p>
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<blockquote><p>You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (<a id="nbi456-si3" onClick="return mV('Mat',22,37);">Mat 22:37</a>).</p></blockquote>
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<p>We must have sound teaching to be able to do this.
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<p>The gift of teaching was an essential part of the early church. The Bible says of the Apostle Paul:</p>
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<blockquote><p>And he continued <i>there</i> a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them (<a id="nbi456-si4" onClick="return mV('Act',18,11);">Act 18:11</a>).</p></blockquote>
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<p>The Apostle Paul taught young Timothy so that he could teach others.
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<p>A husband and wife, Aquila and Priscilla, taught Apollos, a man mighty in the Scriptures, so he also could teach others:
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<blockquote><p>So he [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately (<a id="nbi456-si5" onClick="return mV('Act',18,26);">Act 18:26</a>).</p></blockquote>
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<p>Teaching was crucial to the early church.
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<p>The Bible also warns of the great responsibility of being a teacher:</p>
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<blockquote><p>My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive the stricter judgment (<a id="nbi456-si6" onClick="return mV('Jam',3,1);">Jam 3:1</a>).</p></blockquote>
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<p>Though the gift of teaching is God-given, it can be developed by the individual. In fact, a person with the gift of teaching should spend time to become more learned in God's Word. Proper teaching is essential to the growth and development of the church.</p>
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