When, recently, I was asked to give a very short account of the role of the teacher of the word of God, this was the outline I came up with:-

1. The teacher’s conviction – 2 Tim 3:16 ‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.’
2. The teacher’s vocation – Eph 4:11 ‘It was [Christ] who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.’
3. The teacher’s privilege – Eph 3:8 ‘Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach…the unsearchable riches of Christ.’
4. The teacher’s nurture – 2 Tim 1:6 ‘I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.’
5. The teacher’s co-operation – Acts 13:1 ‘In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers.’
6. The teacher’s warning – Jas 3:1 ‘Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.’
7. The teacher’s commission – Mt 28:20 “…teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”