GRACE AMBASSADORS

Be a Good Student

This originally appeared as an email delivered on
Saturday, December 26th, 2020.

There are millions of teachers. Here is a warning from the apostle Paul: they are not all right.

“But they are a teacher, how can a teacher be wrong?”

Just because someone is a good teacher, or a good speaker does not mean they are a good student. Every false Bible teacher has failed as a student of the Bible.

You can teach anything from the Bible if you leave out enough details or add enough commentary. Yet, you cannot be a good student of the Bible unless you confine your study to the Bible: every detail, nothing more.

How do you save yourself from being captive to false teaching? Do not study a teacher, study the Bible. Teachers need checked by scripture; good students do the checking. You do not need to teach a lesson or preach a sermon to do a Bible study.

False doctrine can be taught well. It can sound good (Rom 16:18). It just does not sound like the Bible, for those who have ears to hear. Be a good student of the Bible.

Teachers are fallible, the Bible is not.

Let God be true,

Justin “student first” Johnson

Full List of Email Tips
This was originally published in the weekly Grace Ambassadors email sent free to subscribers.