From the recording 77 Lessons of Life #34-44
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Lesson 38 of 77
Divine Teachers Pt 3
{See Lessons 23, 67}
By Lawrence Demetrius
Yahweh chooses, develops, and ordains Divine Teachers. Prophet Daniel writes,
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
[Dan 12:3, 10]
The Lord Jesus said,
All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
[Mt 28:18-20]
Apostle Paul writes,
How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
[Rm 10:14, 15, 17]
What Divine Teachers speak and do or fail to speak and do affect the lives of others.
Yahweh said through Prophet Hosea,
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to ME…
[Hos 4:6a]
The Lord Jesus said,
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
[Mt 5:13, 19]
All mortals have inherited a fallen nature per the fall of Adam and Eve. Blessedly, through Christ the Word all mortals can be restored to divine worship, as it is their ultimate duty. However, only a select few out of every generation born into the earth from Adam, are chosen to be exclusive worshipers unto Yahweh. Unfortunately, most mortals, like Cain will choose to fulfill the desires of their fallen nature, rather than fulfill the Will of God. King Solomon writes,
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep HIS commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[Eccl 12:13, 14]
The Lord Jesus said,
He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[St Jn 3:18-21]
The select few who choose to be reconciled to Yahweh through faith filled obedience to HIS directives, are endowed with authority and power to lead others back into divine worship, by their speech and practice of righteousness. Prophet Isaiah writes,
THE LORD GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: HE wakeneth morning by morning, HE wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
[Isa 50:4]
King Solomon writes,
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
[Pro 14:25]
The Lord Jesus said,
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
[Mt 20:16]
Apostle Paul writes,
And He <Christ> gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
[Eph 4:11-13, 29]
The words and works of Divine Teachers express the value and quality of spiritual living, per principles provisioned by Yahweh, through HIS Scribes, Prophets and Teachers from Enoch to Christ and His Original Apostles. Enoch writes,
The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom – which Enoch the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam saw.
And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I lifted up my voice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth:
Hear, ye men of old time, and see, ye that come after, the words of the HOLY ONE which I will speak before the LORD OF SPIRITS <Yahweh>.
It were better to declare them only to the men of old time, but even from those that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom.
Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by the LORD OF SPIRITS as I have received according my insight, according to the good pleasure of the LORD OF SPIRITS by WHOM the lot of eternal life has been given to me.
Now three Parables were imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the earth.
[Eno 37]
The Lord Jesus said,
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms concerning Me.
Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.
[Lk 24:44, 45]
As Yahweh’s teachers teach and obey HIS principles, HE prospers them therein. Moses said to Joshua,
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
[Jos 1:8]
King David writes,
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
[Ps 1:1-3]
Apostle James writes,
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgeteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
[Jam 1:22-25]
Per His Parable of the Sower the Lord Jesus said,
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
[Mt 13:23]
Divine Teachers are likened to fountains from which divine insight and power flow. King Solomon writes,
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
[Pro 13:13-15]
As do all born-again believers, Divine Teachers possess within their spirit nature the characteristics of Yahweh through Christ the Word and the Holy Ghost, namely love. Apostle Paul writes,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
[Gal 5:22, 23]
Let all your things be done with charity.
[I Cor 16:14]
Apostle John writes,
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
[I Jn 3:18]
Divine Teachers are divinely protected from all that come to destroy their well-being and purpose. Yahweh said through Prophet Isaiah,
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of THE LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith THE LORD.
[Isa 54:17]
King Solomon writes,
For THE LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
[Pro 3:26]
In the fear of THE LORD is strong confidence: and HIS children shall have a place of refuge.
[Pro 14:26]
But THE LORD is faithful. WHO shall stablish you and keep you from evil.
[II Thes 3:3]
Apostle John writes,
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
[I Jn 5:18]
The Lord Jesus said,
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
[Jn 10:10]
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which THOU hast given Me; for they are THINE.
I pray not that THOU shouldest take them out of the world, but that THOU shouldest keep them from the evil.
[Jn 17:9, 15]
As Yahweh is the confidence and strength of HIS teachers, they can always trust the insight HE imparts to, within, and through them. Regarding this insight Apostle Paul writes,
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.
[I Tim 4:16]
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