Higher Standard
“Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.” – James 3:1
In 2004, a Berlin driving instructor who taught more than 1,000 motorists how to drive said he never got a driver’s license because he was too nervous to retake the test after he failed the first time – 43 years ago.
“I flunked it because I drove too fast at a roundabout and didn’t come to a complete standstill at a stop sign,” the instructor, identified by police as Wolf-Dieter.
“I was too afraid to try again,” he said. Police caught him after a minor accident with a Polish truck recently. He told police he never had a license. He said it was his first accident after four decades of driving cars, tractors, and even tanks as a former East German army soldier.
The Lord Jesus was a teacher and He has a high expectation for teachers.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
“It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers” – Ephesians 4:11