People need to be equipped to deal with life — the good and the bad. They need to learn how to take what they know about God’s Word and use it in their everyday lives. What is a Christ-like response to all that’s happening in today’s world?
Bible Teachers have a God-given Responsibility to Equip People
So Christ himself gave … pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Eph. 4:11-13)
How Bible Teachers Fulfill Their Role as Equippers
A look at the original word for “equip” in Ephesians 4:12 will help Bible teachers understand how to equip their students. The Greek word “katartismos” comes from the same word in Matthew 4:21 and Mark 1:19, katartizo, used of fishermen mending or preparing their nets. There were at least four ways they would tend to their nets:
repairing
reinforcing
readying
readjusting
In their role as equippers, Bible teachers will similarly help students in these ways to equip them. Click on the above links to learn how to be involved in the equipping processes in each of those ways. Learn even more by ordering the Bible Teacher’s Role.
God bless your ministerial endeavours. Eirene