Teacher's Pet (4 of 5)
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6:37-45
OPEN: A great scholar was once asked about a young man who was in his class. The person said, ''So and so tells me that he was one of your students.'' The scholar just smiled sadly and said, ''Well, he may have attended my lectures, but he was not one of my students.''
What was that scholar saying? He was saying this young man showed up for class... but he wasn't really THERE! He didn't really take the teacher's teachings seriously. He wasn't there to learn - he was there to get a passing grade.
Jesus said: ''A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.'' Luke 6:40
In other words a TRUE disciple isn't someone who shows up for class. They're not there just to put in their time. A true disciple is someone who wants to be LIKE their teacher. They are people who soak up everything they can learn because they want to please that instructor.
In fact, a true disciple is someone we might call ''the teacher's pet''. I looked up the term ''Teacher's Pet'' online and this is one of the definitions I found: A Teacher's pet is ''a student in a class who is liked best by the teacher and therefore treated better than the other students.'' (Cambridge Dictionary - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/teacher-s-pet)
(PAUSE)
I want to be Jesus' ''teacher's pet.''
I want Him to like me BEST.
In fact, God says He's looking for folks like that. One of my favorite passages is in 2 Chronicles 16:9 NKJV and it says ''the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him....''
God isn't looking for the smartest kid in class. He's looking for those who want to be His teacher's pets, for men and women whose hearts are loyal to Him. And when He finds them He's gonna SHOW Himself STRONG on their behalf.
Yes sir... I want to be Jesus' te ...
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6:37-45
OPEN: A great scholar was once asked about a young man who was in his class. The person said, ''So and so tells me that he was one of your students.'' The scholar just smiled sadly and said, ''Well, he may have attended my lectures, but he was not one of my students.''
What was that scholar saying? He was saying this young man showed up for class... but he wasn't really THERE! He didn't really take the teacher's teachings seriously. He wasn't there to learn - he was there to get a passing grade.
Jesus said: ''A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.'' Luke 6:40
In other words a TRUE disciple isn't someone who shows up for class. They're not there just to put in their time. A true disciple is someone who wants to be LIKE their teacher. They are people who soak up everything they can learn because they want to please that instructor.
In fact, a true disciple is someone we might call ''the teacher's pet''. I looked up the term ''Teacher's Pet'' online and this is one of the definitions I found: A Teacher's pet is ''a student in a class who is liked best by the teacher and therefore treated better than the other students.'' (Cambridge Dictionary - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/teacher-s-pet)
(PAUSE)
I want to be Jesus' ''teacher's pet.''
I want Him to like me BEST.
In fact, God says He's looking for folks like that. One of my favorite passages is in 2 Chronicles 16:9 NKJV and it says ''the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him....''
God isn't looking for the smartest kid in class. He's looking for those who want to be His teacher's pets, for men and women whose hearts are loyal to Him. And when He finds them He's gonna SHOW Himself STRONG on their behalf.
Yes sir... I want to be Jesus' te ...
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