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Favorite Scriptures, Poems, & Quotes
He set no age limit for His students.
Little children were admitted
as
well
as
the aged. He had no textbook but His
Father's Word. He held no college
degree, yet scholars were instructed by
Him.
Never
a
teacher had such
KNOWLEDGE. He knew students and
their needs. He knew all about the past
and the future. He knew every atom of
the universe. He even knew what
students were thinking.
Never
a
teacher had such
AUTHORITY. When He finished class
one day, His students were "amazed at
His teaching, because He taught them
as
one having authority and not like their
other teachers."
Never
a
teacher had such INCENTIVE.
There was
a
responsibility laid on Him
that caused Him to teach, even if it meant
public ridicule, arrest, imprisonment, and
death itself. That incentive
was
always
student-centered.
Never
a
teacher had such RAPPORT
with students. He
was
"gentle and lowly
in heart," and His students learned from
Him. He used ordinary things and events
like lamps, salt shakers, sowers and
reapers, losing sheep and coins, and
a
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