Christ the
Great Teacher
His Reputation
and Power
What report did the
officers bring who were sent by the
chief priests and Pharisees to take
Jesus?
“No one has ever
spoke the way this man does,”
the guards declared. John 7:46.
How did Christ
teach the people?
“Because he
taught as one who had authority,
and not as their teachers of the
law.”
Matthew 7:29.
Note – “The
teachings of the scribes and the
elders was cold and formal, like a
lesson learned by rote. To them the
Word of God possessed no vital power.
Their own ideas and traditions were
substituted for its teaching. In the
accustomed round of service they
professed to explain the law, but no
inspiration from God stirred their
own hearts or the hearts of their
hearers.”
Why was
Christ’s preaching so
impressive?
“They were amazed
at his teaching, because his
message had authority.” Luke
4:32.
With what was He
filled?
“Jesus, full
of the Holy Spirit, returned from
the Jordan and was led by the Spirit
in the desert.” Verse 1.
How freely was the
Holy Spirit given Him?
“For the one whom
God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God gives the Spirit without
limit.” John 3:34.
Predicted
Parables Astonish Men
How had
Christ’s teaching by parables
been foretold?
“I will open my
mouth in parables, I will
utter hidden things, things from of
old.”
Psalm 78:2.
How was this
fulfilled?
“Jesus spoke all
these things to the crowd in
parables; he did not say anything to
them without using a parable.”
Matthew 13:34.
What
question did Christ’s wonderful
teaching call forth?
“Coming to his
hometown, he began teaching the
people in their synagogue, and they
were amazed. Where did this man
get this wisdom and these
miraculous powers?” they asked.
Verse 54.
Jesus
Exalts the Law
What did Isaiah say
Christ would do with the law?
“It pleased the
Lord for the sake of his
righteousness to make the law
great and glorious.” Isaiah
42:21.
Because some
thought He had come to destroy the
law, what did Christ say?
“Do not think
that I have come to abolish the Law
or the Prophets; I have not come to
abolish them but to fulfill them. I
tell you the truth, until heaven and
earth disappear, not the smallest
letter, not the least stroke of a
pen, will by any means disappear from
the Law until everything is
accomplished. Anyone who breaks one
of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do the same
will be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven, but whoever
practices and teaches these commands
will be called great in the kingdom
of heaven. For I tell you that unless
your righteousness surpasses that of
the Pharisees and the teachers of the
law, you will certainly not enter the
kingdom of heaven.” Matthew
5:17-20.
His
Burning Testimony
What
testimony did Nicodemus bear
concerning Him?
He came to Jesus at
night and said, “Rabbi, we
know you are a teacher come from God.
For no one could perform the
miraculous signs you are doing if God
were not with him.”
John 3:2.
What
did Christ’s words at
Jacob’s well lead the woman of
Samaria to ask?
‘Then, leaving
her water jar, the woman went back to
the town and said to the people,
Come, see a man who told me
everything I ever did. Could this
be the Christ?”
John 4:28,29.
How were the two on
the way to Emmaus affected by
Christ’s conversation with them?
They asked each other,
“Were not our hearts burning
within us while he talked with us on
the road and opened the
Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32.
In
His teaching, to what did Christ
direct attention?
And beginning with
Moses and all the Prophets, he
explained to them what was said in
all the Scriptures concerning
himself. He said to them, “This
is what I told you while I was still
with you: Everything must be
fulfilled that is written about me in
the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms.”
Then he opened their minds so
that they could understand the
Scriptures. Verses 27, 44, 45.
How
did He encourage His disciples to
look for the fulfillment of prophecy?
“So when you
see standing in the holy place the
abomination that causes
desolation,’ spoken of through
the prophet Daniel – let
the reader understand -
then those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains.” Matthew
24:15,16.
“Blest
they who seek
While in
their youth
With spirit
meek,
The way of
truth.
To them the
Sacred Scriptures now display
Christ as
the only true and
living way;
His precious
blood on Calvary was given
To make
them heirs of bliss
in heaven.
And e’en
on earth the child of God can trace
The
blessing of
his Savior’s
grace.
For them
He bore
His
Father’s frown;
For them
He wore
The
thorny cross,
Nailed to the
cross,
Endured
its pain,
That His
life’s loss
Might be
our gain.
Then haste to
choose
That
better
part,
Nor
e’en refuse
The Lord thy
heart,
Lest
He declare,
‘I
know ye not,’
And
deep despair
Should be
your lot.
Now look to
Jesus, who on Calvary died,
And trust on
Him who there was crucified.”
Christ
and the Book – Christ was a
faithful student, a consistent user,
and a perfect expounder, of the
Scriptures. He met temptation with
the Scriptures; He proved His
Messiahship by the Scriptures; He
taught from the Scriptures; and He
told His disciples to look to the
Scriptures as their counselor and
guide for the future.
