Our Daily Bread

A good teacher

In all things [show] yourself to be a pattern of good works. —Titus 2:7

While a student at Bryan College, I came to know Bible teacher Irving Jensen. He was well- known for his course on Bible-study methods, and he has published dozens of books and magazine articles on the subject. He believed deeply in what he taught and was a very effective and influential teacher.

Jensen was so effective because he lived what he taught. His speech was sometimes hesitant, and he didn’t use flashy classroom techniques, but he loved his students and taught us to love the Word of God by the way he lived and what he taught. He lived out the words of Titus 2:7-8, “In all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.”

We are to back up what we say about Christ with a lifestyle that is above reproach and cannot be condemned by our enemies. Our lives are to be so exemplary that people around us are attracted to the truth about Christ (v. 10).

Our words and our way of living should exemplify the message of Christ. By words and by deeds — that’s how to be a good teacher. — Dave Egner

A teacher is more than a person who knows,

He instructs with his words and his ways;

Lord, give us the grace to reveal who You are, And to model Your truth all our days.

— Egner

READ: Titus 2:1-10