At church Sunday we were given the website for the Five Fold Survey. The survey asks multiple questions that give you and idea of what your ministry gifts are. I took the survey today to prepare for service and here were my resluts:
So it looks like I'm supposed to be a teacher, which might explain why I can't stop listening to information and reading books about faith:
One who holds forth the truth and is excited by it (didaskalos). The teacher looks for ways to explain, enlighten, and apply truth.
◦Biblical example—Apollos in Acts 18.
◦Jesus’ example—He was often referred to as Teacher or Rabbi. His “students” often remarked that his teaching was different because he taught with authority.
◦Mature Teachers enjoy reading and studying the Bible and helping others to understand it.
◦Secular examples—lecturers, trainers, school teachers.
◦Core question Teachers ask: Are the people of God immersing themselves in scripture and incarnating it?
◦Characteristics of an immature Teacher: The good thing about Teachers is their profound love of scripture. The bad news is that scripture can be the end rather than God. Immature teachers tend to forget that scripture is a thing that brings us to God. Scripture isn't the point. God is the point. They can suffer from Bibliolotry where they idolize scripture and put it over their relationship with the living and breathing God that we come to know by means of reading and incarnating scripture. There are few things more beautiful than watching a Teacher learn from a Prophet because their ability to teach goes to a new level as all of their teachings drive people to the arms of the Father. Also, immature teachers can rely on their own intellect to "wow" people rather than the authority that is given from scripture and from the Holy Spirit. People's comments about Jesus were that his teaching possessed an authority that they didn't see in the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees. Likewise, the writer of Hebrews says, "Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith." A teacher's authority doesn't come from how smart they are but from the Word of God and the power of a transformed life. An immature teacher will often forget this.
So it looks like I'm supposed to be a teacher, which might explain why I can't stop listening to information and reading books about faith:
One who holds forth the truth and is excited by it (didaskalos). The teacher looks for ways to explain, enlighten, and apply truth.
◦Biblical example—Apollos in Acts 18.
◦Jesus’ example—He was often referred to as Teacher or Rabbi. His “students” often remarked that his teaching was different because he taught with authority.
◦Mature Teachers enjoy reading and studying the Bible and helping others to understand it.
◦Secular examples—lecturers, trainers, school teachers.
◦Core question Teachers ask: Are the people of God immersing themselves in scripture and incarnating it?
◦Characteristics of an immature Teacher: The good thing about Teachers is their profound love of scripture. The bad news is that scripture can be the end rather than God. Immature teachers tend to forget that scripture is a thing that brings us to God. Scripture isn't the point. God is the point. They can suffer from Bibliolotry where they idolize scripture and put it over their relationship with the living and breathing God that we come to know by means of reading and incarnating scripture. There are few things more beautiful than watching a Teacher learn from a Prophet because their ability to teach goes to a new level as all of their teachings drive people to the arms of the Father. Also, immature teachers can rely on their own intellect to "wow" people rather than the authority that is given from scripture and from the Holy Spirit. People's comments about Jesus were that his teaching possessed an authority that they didn't see in the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees. Likewise, the writer of Hebrews says, "Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith." A teacher's authority doesn't come from how smart they are but from the Word of God and the power of a transformed life. An immature teacher will often forget this.
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