How can a teacher remain humble and open to correction?
Quick Answer
A humble teacher invites questions, checks his own claims against Scripture, admits uncertainty and corrects a previous teaching when the evidence requires it.
Key Scriptures
– Acts 20:28 – Overseers must take heed to themselves as well as the flock.
– 2 Timothy 3:14-17 – Scripture is useful for correction and equipping.
– James 3:1-2 – Teachers should recognize their accountability and fallibility.
Detailed Biblical Study
The speaker applies the challenge directly to himself. He says he prays for wisdom when responding to Bible questions and accepts that he could repeat the same errors he once condemned in another movement. His proposed safeguard is resisting the temptation to defend his own published beliefs and letting the text remain the authority. Growth may require changing a teaching one has given for years.
Related Teaching
WOLVES – In The Wilderness
In WOLVES – In The Wilderness, the speaker examines the warning about wolves from Ezekiel and Zephaniah through Yeshua and Paul. The Teaching describes how exploitation, coercion, doctrinal distortion, and self-promoting leadership can arise within the covenant community. Drawing on Deuteronomy 13 and 8, it also presents false teaching as a test of fidelity in the wilderness. A central concern is the sincere but self-deceived teacher, who may gradually replace correction by Scripture with arguments defending established opinions. The closing discussion calls for Berean testing, humility, appropriate correction, and care rather than judgmentalism.