Rod Parsley Daily Devotional 1 June 2024, Saturday Message
TOPIC: The Gift of Teaching
My brothers, not many of you should become teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
– James 3:1
Teaching is a double-edged sword. Although the body of Christ desperately needs this gift, there are those who will try to exploit the teaching gift for their own benefit. For the time will come when people will not endure sound doctrine, but they will gather to themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, having itching ears, and they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn to myths (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
The teaching gift manifested by the power of the Holy Spirit instructs the saints in sound doctrine and biblical truth. Jesus said in Matthew 5:19, “Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
There is a reward for those who teach the truth, but Jesus said those who do not teach the truth will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. Teaching must be done under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit, anoint me to speak the truth of God’s Word.
Further Reading
2 Samuel 18:1-19:10
John 20:1-31
Psalm 119:153-176
Proverbs 16:14-15
Rodney Lee Parsley is a prominent American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist. He is senior pastor of World Harvest Church, a large nondenominational church in Canal Winchester