Aug
23
Written by:
Bob Flynn
8/23/2008 2:46 PM
"You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God's law gives you complete knowledge and truth." (NLT)
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father. General Douglas MacArthur
Our hope is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that sets us free lest we too become the hypocrites of the faith putting the Bible under our arm to use as a seven-day deodorant pad.
Romans 2:20
"a corrector3810 of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth," (NASB)
"An instructor3810 of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law." (KJV)
"You think you can instruct3810 the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God's law gives you complete knowledge and truth." (NLT)
"an educator3810 of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth —" (NET)
G3810
παιδευτής
paideutēs
pahee-dyoo-tace'
From G3811; a trainer, that is, teacher or (by implication) discipliner: - which corrected, instructor.
"Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined3810 us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?" (Hebrews 12:9 NLT)
This word occurs only twice in NT
Instructor
INSTRUCT'OR, n. A teacher; a person who imparts knowledge to another by precept or information. 1 Cor 4.
1. The preceptor of a school or seminary of learning; any president, professor or tutor, whose business is to teach languages, literature or the sciences; any professional man who teaches the principles of his profession.
Corrector
CORRECTOR, n.
1. One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable to truth or propriety, or to any standard; as a corrector of the press; a corrector of abuses.
2. One who punishes for correction; one who amends or reforms by chastisement, reproof or instruction.
3. That which corrects; that which abates or removes what is noxious or inconvenient; an ingredient in a composition which abates or counteracts the force of another; as, an alkali is a corrector of acids.
Turpentine is a corrector of quicksilver.
Educator
ED'UCATOR, n. One who educates.
The hypocrisy of the Israelites here embody the same attitude we see today in a great many religions. The attitude that we possess the only true knowledge! But for the Christian the true Word is Jesus Christ and He possesses us. It is easy to tell someone else how they must live while at the same time living in the quagmire of self-deceit. Our hope is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that sets us free lest we too become the hypocrites of the faith putting the Bible under our arm to use as a seven-day deodorant pad.
"Such people claim they know God, but they deny Him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good." (Titus 1:16 NLT)
A Soldier's Wish
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life. And, while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle, but in the home, repeating with him our simple daily prayer, "Our Father Who art in Heaven...."
-General Douglas MacArthur