I. Teaching is required<\/p>\n
A. Matthew 28:19-20 – Commanded<\/p>\n
B. Acts 2:40-42 – Example<\/p>\n
C. Hebrews 5:11-12 – Ought to become <\/p>\n
II. Learning is required<\/p>\n
A. I Peter 2:1-3 – Ought to be desired<\/p>\n
B. Must grow in order to retain what you have – II Peter 1:5-11<\/p>\n
III. Like any family, the children need special care and attention<\/p>\n
A. We are the house of God and need to know how to behave – I Timothy 3:15<\/p>\n
B. We need to know how to hold on firm – Hebrews 3:6<\/p>\n
IV. To prevent problems<\/p>\n
A. Israel destroyed by a lack of knowledge – Hosea 4:6<\/p>\n
B. A lack of knowledge leads to no changes – I Corinthians 3:1-3<\/p>\n
C. Learning and understand causes growth – Matthew 13:19-23<\/p>\n
D. Keep from being led astray – Ephesians 4:11-16<\/p>\n
V. The best time to learn is when you are starting out<\/p>\n
A. A child desires milk – I Peter 2:1-3<\/p>\n
B. A feature of the early Christians – Acts 2:42; 5:42<\/p>\n
C. As with Jesus, temptations often come hard after conversion – Mark 1:9-13<\/p>\n
1. Less experience<\/p>\n
2. Less knowledge<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFundamentals of Christianity\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Purpose of Learning I. Teaching is required A. Matthew 28:19-20 – Commanded B. Acts 2:40-42 – Example C. Hebrews 5:11-12 – Ought to become II. Learning is required A. I Peter 2:1-3 – Ought to be desired B. Must grow in order to retain what you have – II Peter 1:5-11 III. Like any family, the children need special care and attention…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26590,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25758,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-to-teach\/what-is-teaching\/","url_meta":{"origin":65154,"position":0},"title":"What is Teaching? (Learning to Teach)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"What is Teaching? 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