{"id":10020,"date":"2019-04-26T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:48:27","slug":"problems-to-avoid-when-adapting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/problems-to-avoid-when-adapting.htm","title":{"rendered":"Problems to Avoid When Adapting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’ve been looking at lessons on being adaptable Bible teachers from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. If you haven’t read any of those posts, click on the links below:<\/p>\n

Perspective Needed to Adapt<\/a>
\nPurpose Behind Adapting<\/a>
\nParticulars of Adapting<\/a><\/p>\n

While adapting is biblical based on passages like the one we’ve been looking at, it does bring some challenges.<\/p>\n

Possible Problems Bible Teachers Need to Avoid as They Seek to Adapt<\/h2>\n

Sometimes we can begin with the right intentions but over time lose sight of the real purpose behind adapting. Classes then become little more than entertainment or worldly chatter.<\/p>\n

Sometimes we can go too far, compromising the truth of God’s Word or losing Christ-like integrity in the process. We become like them instead of winning them to the Lord or establishing them in His Word.<\/p>\n

How the Apostle Paul Avoided These Problems when Adapting to Those He Served<\/h2>\n

Having the right perspective and purpose behind adapting, as seen in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, certainly laid the foundation for avoiding the above mentioned problems. Here are two more takeaways from Paul’s example in being adaptable:<\/p>\n

1) He knew where to draw the line. Notice he said “I” adapted, not the message or who God is.<\/p>\n

I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. (1 Cor. 9:22)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We don’t change God to make Him more palatable for our generation. We don’t make Jesus or God according to our liking. God is who He is as described in the Bible.<\/p>\n

The truth, or message, did not change, just how it was presented. All Scripture is inspired and useful (2 Tim. 3:16-17). Who are we to pick and choose what is relevant and what can be disregarded?<\/p>\n

2) He kept the focus where it belonged. Paul concluded these thoughts with, “I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings” (1 Cor. 9:23).<\/p>\n

We do what we do for the advancement of the Gospel, not for our own sakes, and not even just for the sake of our students. There’s a bigger agenda to which God invites our participation. If we fall prey to compromising the message or losing Christ-like integrity in the process of adapting, we won’t see lives changed. We will be robbing the cross of its power (1 Cor. 1:17-18). However, when we see people come to know Jesus as their Savior, and grow in their relationship with Him, we’re experiencing the power of the Gospel (Rom. 1:16) at work. That’s the real blessing in teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been looking at lessons on being adaptable Bible teachers from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. . . .<\/p>\n

While adapting is biblical based on passages like the one we\u2019ve been looking at, it does bring some challenges. . . . Continue reading Problems to Avoid When Adapting<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teacher-qualities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t