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Favorite Elementary School Teacher
Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus [Galatians 3:24-26].
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did this in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said that. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. In the Greek original the word tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that time the boy become a man was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did this in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said that. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. In the Greek original the word tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that time the boy become a man was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Favorite Elementary School Teacher
Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus [Galatians 3:24-26].
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did this in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said that. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. In the Greek original the word tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that time the boy become a man was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did this in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said that. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. In the Greek original the word tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that time the boy become a man was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Favorite Elementary School Teacher
Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus [Galatians 3:24-26].
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did it in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said it. For real. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. The original Greek word for tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that moment when the boy become a man, he was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Do you remember who your favorite grade school teacher was? If you’ve put on the years like me, that is a tall order to fill. But I remember mine! No, I cannot recall his name, but I remember him. He was my fourth grade English teacher. He had somewhat of a resemblance to my father, same general size and build. Maybe that contributed to my embracing him.
But what I really liked the most about him was what he did. During English class he would read aloud to us a chapter at a time from the Hardy Boys mystery books. I used to love those books! This teacher did it in order to interest us in reading books on our own. He led by example, and it worked! Not just me, but many other students took to reading books because of this teacher. He left a lasting legacy.
In Galatians 3 the Apostle Paul recalled his own favorite school marm. He said the Law was his favorite school marm. No, I’m not making that up! Honest. Paul said it. For real. Just read the verses in Galatians we quoted at the start of this post. Still don’t see it, huh? Okay, then let me explain it to you.
The NASB translation I employed in the quote twice uses the word tutor to depict the function of the Law. The original Greek word for tutor is transliterated into English as our word pedagogue. If you go to an English dictionary and look up the word pedagogue, you will discover one of its meanings is “a teacher or school teacher”. See! Told you. The Law was Paul’s favorite school marm.
There is a reason I say the Law was a school marm or a grade school teacher, rather than a high school teacher or college professor. If you read Paul’s teaching in Galatians, he tells us that the Law was given to lead us to Christ. It served a purpose only until the fullness of the times had come, viz., until the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and rose again for our justification. Now that Jesus has accomplished that part of His ministry, we Christians are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, not through obedience to the Law as under the Old Covenant.
The pedagogue of Paul’s day was a knowledgeable and educated Greek slave, whom a wealthy Roman father put in charge of his infant son. The pedagogue had to educate the boy about the duties and responsibilities of being a Roman leader in society. This required education in a broad field of studies. Once the boy reached the age when his father felt he was ready to step out into the world and serve as a citizen, then the boy became a man and the father’s heir. At that moment when the boy become a man, he was no longer under a pedagogue.
So it is, you see, that the pedagogue was a school marm who taught boys and not men. The importance of this for us Christians can be expressed by these questions:
• Are we maturing spiritually to the point that we don’t need to be governed by do’s and don’ts?
• Are we beyond the pedagogue stage?
• Do we instead learn by sitting alone at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to teach us directly?
If not then we are still living as if under the Law, and that is not a good thing.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
