Teachers Who Become Like Children

The modern technique of the teachers in schools and churches today bring devastation to the culture.

When a teacher, whether in school or a church gathering attempts to win the affection of their students through adoption of their lingo, their antics and foolishness, that teachers is reducing himself to one of them instead of teaching the students by example to rise above childish foolishness to guide them into adulthood.

Teachers are not in school to become like the children. Teachers are in school to help the students grow into responsible adults with goals and a work ethic as well as learning the nature of maturity.

Becoming like the sinful man does not make the sinful man become better or to repent. Rather, becoming like the sinful man or the childish student to win them is nothing more than enabling. Enabling through acceptance of their ways as well as through validation through imitation.

1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."

"More is caught than taught" is a saying I learned over the years. How we act teaches more than what we say. According to the researchers only 7% of communication is words, that means that 97% of communication is our own personal example.

If you meet someone who jokes all the time to defer someone from engaging in meaningful and important discussion, you have met someone who is teaching by example to avoid all important matters and to indulge in constant foolishness.

It is not the job of a teacher to make children feel good about themselves. A good teachers gives children the skills to rise above their infantile nature pressing on toward adulthood. As a small child I had strict teachers that I loved. They didn't have to become like a child for me to enjoy them. I enjoyed them because they showed caring in making me learn even when I might have been a little lazy. Their determination to cause me to learn was seen as love and valuable. Those how hated the strict teachers were those who had rebellion in their hearts and didn't care about learning.

Many people in our culture today place more value on "fun" and "foolishness" than they do on learning and excellence. In short, the teachers and the students are both lazy. The job of the teacher is to present challenges for the children to learn and the job of the children is to work to learn those lessons.

We now have not only foolish teachers in school who care more about their paycheck and being loved by their students than they do about whether or not the child learns valuable lessons to carry on in the world after they leave school.

Philippians 3:17
"Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us."

Do we want others to imitate foolilshness they see in us? OR, do we want others to see how we walk with Christ and desire to imitate us as we imitate Christ?

May it never be said of us that we are living more foolishly than wisely. What a condemnation it is for anyone to say to us; "you are such fun all the time."

James 3:1-18
"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

It is good to take inventory once in awhile asking the question: "do I spend my days in worthless pleasures, or do I seek to become more holy by knowing the mind of Christ?"