The Things Which You Have Heard
By Jon Walker
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 (NIV)
God wants you to teach someone who can then teach someone else.
- He wants you to teach others about the spiritual insights he’s deposited in you.
- He wants you to teach others about the practical steps you’ve taken to become more and more like the face of Jesus.
- He wants you to teach others about the ways he’s stretched your faith.
- He wants you to teach others how they can discover life in Christ.
- He wants you to teach them the skills necessary to go on mission.
God’s plan calls for us to build other faithful believers, to disciple them to become one with Jesus, so they can then disciple others.
You may be wondering if you’re capable of doing this, but the apostle Paul says you can make a choice to “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom . . .” (Colossians 3:16 NIV). It is God who teaches through you, giving you a supernatural wisdom and confidence to disciple others in the great truths of the faith.
Frankly, you have more knowledge, training, and resources at your disposal than believers did in the first century church, when they were told to entrust to the faithful the things which you have learned (2 Timothy 2:4).
Trust the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to flow from you and give you the words, the wisdom you need to pass on what God has taught you.
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