“Let me hear Your lovingkindness in
the morning; for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for
to You I lift up my soul...teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let
Your good Spirit lead me on level ground” (Psalm 143:8,10).
The Triune God is a teaching God.
He is three:
- The Father teaches (John 6:45; 8:28).
- The Son teaches (John 6:59; 7:14,28,35; 8:20;
18:20).
- The Spirit teaches (John 14:26).
He is one: “Remember the day you
stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble
the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn [ילמדון, passive form of verb “to teach”] to fear
Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach [ילמדון] their children’...now this is the commandment, the statutes
and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach [ללמד] you, that you might do them in the land
where you are going over to possess it, so that you and your son and your
grandson might fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His
commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days
may be prolonged. O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it
may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the
God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear,
O Israel
God’s character as Teacher is
foundational to who He wants His people to be: “But the eleven disciples
proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated...and Jesus
came up and spoke to them, saying...‘Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations...teaching them to observe all that I commanded you’” (Matthew 28:16,18-20).
Blessed Trinity, teach Your Church
today and make us learners, that we may go and teach You among the nations (starting
with, but never ending with, our children and grandchildren) for Your eternal
glory!
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