"T" is for Teacher

 In New Testament times, the role of the teacher was well defined.  Jesus role was that of what was called in the Greek, “didaskalos”, meaning ‘teacher’ or master, and it fell within the parameters of the Rabbi.

In Matthew 5:1 and Luke 5:3 it mentions that Jesus ‘sat’ while He taught.  This was the way the contemporary teachers of that day did their teaching and He often appeared at the synagogues where He would do His teaching.

The disciples are compared to students, and they often referred to Jesus as ‘Master’ or ‘Teacher’.  When Jesus appeared to Mary in the garden after His resurrection, she called Him “Rabboni”, which is a form of ‘Rabbi’ meaning ‘teacher.

Jesus as a teacher, was to bring man closer to the kingdom of God.  He was the ‘ultimate’ of teachers, since He was personally One with God.  In His words: “I and my Father are one.” (John 10:13)

Jesus is our “Rabboni”, our “Master”, and our “Teacher”.  Yet He is a humble teacher.  In John 13:13 he washed the disciples feet and said “You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so…(vs.14) If I then have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet…” He taught by example.
                                                 He was the ‘ultimate’ Teacher.

Even after Jesus had returned to Heaven, His instruction was the basis of the teaching in the epistles and the rest of the New Testament.  The role of teaching, even today, is a gift given by the Holy Spirit and this teaching and preaching is all based on the instruction of Jesus and the witness of His resurrection.
                                                  He was the ‘ultimate’ teacher.

Jesus, the Teacher, gave this command to His disciples is Matthew 28: 19,20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.  Amen.”

                                              He is our awesome, ‘ultimate’ teacher.