Thank you for this timely teaching. I am currently re-examining a number of Christian doctrines I’ve imbibed over the past 40 years and many of Steve’s teachings are helping me to navigate these issues with an open - but discerning heart. 🕊️
Moses was the meekest man in all the earth. Meekness, humility are related to teachablness. You can get a long way by cultivating a teachable spirit. A poem for your enjoyment. From earth, to sun, beyond the stars We see thy spender from afar With fainting breath, a fading eye We know Eternity draws nigh Beneath, above, beyond the sky We see thy face, thy August Eye In silent chorus we refrain While in our hearts we whisp thy name We bow our heads in reverent dread You sent your Son, you raise the dead Turn down our hearts, adorn thy bed Thou hast a place to rest thy head O' Seraphim O' Cherubim Thrice Holy hymn enjoin Eternal light, Almighty friend In Endless love, we say Amen! JS 2017
If you have a teachable spirit better make sure that the person or church teaching you is not a cult. Nothing wrong with not changing because what you've believed for years could very well be correct.
A rightly teachable spirit is looking for God to teach them, whether through teachers, friends, enemies, experience, or especially the Bible. But when I used to hear the phrase "teachable spirit" or "remain teachable" on the radio, every day on the radio, from the mid-70's, until the time I quit listening to most of so-called Christian radio, they were still saying "keep teachable, including the most dishonest wolves there were. We only want to remain teachable because we want to learn and know the truth. A good attitude toward being teachable has nothing to do with being gullible, unlike what those wolves on the radio think. They want us to be gullible enough to learn to mouth everything they want us to think. The ones most inclined to political propaganda, encouraged "teachability" but they really wanted us gullible, willing to swallow everything that those wolves wanted us to believe. It isn't that it is not good to reexamine our own thinking, but let us make sure that God is guiding our learning, but let's avoid and refuse the ones who want to control us for their own ulterior reasons. There are times that there are more dishonest influencers, and this is one of them. If we want to learn to be wise, we are going to have to discern between the ones who have real wisdom and the ones who just want to control us, because we won't benefit from manipulation and false teachings from a bad teacher, and there are a lot out there now. Just submitting ourselves to the wolves will not help us grow, and it may have a disastrous effect on our faith and our performance. Remember when Paul said that the Galatians (I think) were okay with it if some teacher abused them, spat on them, etc. So Paul was saying it was not only okay for them to resist the teaching of these wolves, it was what they should do. We should be willing to yield to truth and wisdom, but not to the wheeler dealers who deal in their influence on us.
Become so radically teachable that you finally become catholic. That is the goal. Set aside your own understanding, man made belief’s, and preconceived notions and believe in the church Jesus himself founded.
My only comment about Steve Gregg is many times when I listen to him he doesn't really tell you exactly what he believes on anything, he kind of keeps people hanging in the air. So if he's telling us to have a teachable spirit my only comment to that is you better watch out who's teaching you because well if I have to open up and let somebody else teach me like a Jehovah's Witness because he's saying well maybe I need to change Maybe I could be Wrong about something well here you go with Mormons or jw teaching you. So be careful about having a teachable spirit you might get taught straight into hell
I understand exactly what Steve is conveying about being and becoming more teachable. This "teachableness" is truly for those who are mature and maturing more and more in Christ. Many scriptures very well back that up. The growth of true maturing in Christ comes and continues ultimately by the teaching of God's Holy Spirit, *who is the Spirit of truth* of whom dwells in each believer to guide and lead them into all truth BY OBEDIENCE to God's word.
You are going to discard the Scriptures in this approach?! He is not talking about having your mind so open that your brain falls out. I have not yet heard Steve's teaching on this, but I suspect that a teachable spirit in his terminology is closely related to humility, a recognition that you might be wrong in your thinking and have much more to learn. Quite a Biblical concept.
@@warnerchandler9826 I once heard a lesson by Steve Craig on the three views of hell, and that's what I'm trying to say he comes out with these different views but he never tells people what he really believes. That tends to cause confusion with people because they will take on that same way of thinking and what they used to believe about the Lake of Fire or hell they will start to have doubts well which one is correct? And I think that's what Steve does he confuses people more than helps.
@@davidstamburski9487Probably a mischaracterization due to a simple misunderstanding on your part. Steve always points his audience toward the actual Scriptures. When examining doctrines, he compares them thoroughly with the Scriptures in order to discern truth from error. That would seem to be both appropriate and wise. Otherwise, people would put faith in a man or man's system rather than the Word of God.
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Transcript: opentheo.org/i/4107282860161919671/a-teachable-spirit-2019
This is probably one of Steve Gregg's best messages as far as I'm concerned. This and 'refuse to be offended'..
Very wise, we need to be open and check everything by the bible seeking guidance through the Holy Spirit
Thank you Steve - great message! Having a teachable spirit is an important attribute throughout ones life. 🎉
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So true!
Thank you for this timely teaching. I am currently re-examining a number of Christian doctrines I’ve imbibed over the past 40 years and many of Steve’s teachings are helping me to navigate these issues with an open - but discerning heart. 🕊️
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Totally agree ...it hurts to change views...but extremely exciting and changes our prayers ....and future and everything....!!!
Moses was the meekest man in all the earth. Meekness, humility are related to teachablness.
You can get a long way by cultivating a teachable spirit. A poem for your enjoyment.
From earth, to sun, beyond the stars
We see thy spender from afar
With fainting breath, a fading eye
We know Eternity draws nigh
Beneath, above, beyond the sky
We see thy face, thy August Eye
In silent chorus we refrain
While in our hearts we whisp thy name
We bow our heads in reverent dread
You sent your Son, you raise the dead
Turn down our hearts, adorn thy bed
Thou hast a place to rest thy head
O' Seraphim O' Cherubim
Thrice Holy hymn enjoin
Eternal light, Almighty friend
In Endless love, we say Amen!
JS 2017
If you have a teachable spirit better make sure that the person or church teaching you is not a cult. Nothing wrong with not changing because what you've believed for years could very well be correct.
A rightly teachable spirit is looking for God to teach them, whether through teachers, friends, enemies, experience, or especially the Bible. But when I used to hear the phrase "teachable spirit" or "remain teachable" on the radio, every day on the radio, from the mid-70's, until the time I quit listening to most of so-called Christian radio, they were still saying "keep teachable, including the most dishonest wolves there were.
We only want to remain teachable because we want to learn and know the truth. A good attitude toward being teachable has nothing to do with being gullible, unlike what those wolves on the radio think. They want us to be gullible enough to learn to mouth everything they want us to think. The ones most inclined to political propaganda, encouraged "teachability" but they really wanted us gullible, willing to swallow everything that those wolves wanted us to believe. It isn't that it is not good to reexamine our own thinking, but let us make sure that God is guiding our learning, but let's avoid and refuse the ones who want to control us for their own ulterior reasons. There are times that there are more dishonest influencers, and this is one of them. If we want to learn to be wise, we are going to have to discern between the ones who have real wisdom and the ones who just want to control us, because we won't benefit from manipulation and false teachings from a bad teacher, and there are a lot out there now. Just submitting ourselves to the wolves will not help us grow, and it may have a disastrous effect on our faith and our performance. Remember when Paul said that the Galatians (I think) were okay with it if some teacher abused them, spat on them, etc. So Paul was saying it was not only okay for them to resist the teaching of these wolves, it was what they should do. We should be willing to yield to truth and wisdom, but not to the wheeler dealers who deal in their influence on us.
Become so radically teachable that you finally become catholic. That is the goal. Set aside your own understanding, man made belief’s, and preconceived notions and believe in the church Jesus himself founded.
Or maybe Lutheran, they are close to Catholicism.
My only comment about Steve Gregg is many times when I listen to him he doesn't really tell you exactly what he believes on anything, he kind of keeps people hanging in the air. So if he's telling us to have a teachable spirit my only comment to that is you better watch out who's teaching you because well if I have to open up and let somebody else teach me like a Jehovah's Witness because he's saying well maybe I need to change Maybe I could be Wrong about something well here you go with Mormons or jw teaching you. So be careful about having a teachable spirit you might get taught straight into hell
Watch the whole talk. He addresses it at the end.
I understand exactly what Steve is conveying about being and becoming more teachable. This "teachableness" is truly for those who are mature and maturing more and more in Christ. Many scriptures very well back that up.
The growth of true maturing in Christ comes and continues ultimately by the teaching of God's Holy Spirit, *who is the Spirit of truth* of whom dwells in each believer to guide and lead them into all truth BY OBEDIENCE to God's word.
You are going to discard the Scriptures in this approach?!
He is not talking about having your mind so open that your brain falls out.
I have not yet heard Steve's teaching on this, but I suspect that a teachable spirit in his terminology is closely related to humility, a recognition that you might be wrong in your thinking and have much more to learn. Quite a Biblical concept.
@@warnerchandler9826 I once heard a lesson by Steve Craig on the three views of hell, and that's what I'm trying to say he comes out with these different views but he never tells people what he really believes. That tends to cause confusion with people because they will take on that same way of thinking and what they used to believe about the Lake of Fire or hell they will start to have doubts well which one is correct? And I think that's what Steve does he confuses people more than helps.
@@davidstamburski9487Probably a mischaracterization due to a simple misunderstanding on your part. Steve always points his audience toward the actual Scriptures. When examining doctrines, he compares them thoroughly with the Scriptures in order to discern truth from error.
That would seem to be both appropriate and wise. Otherwise, people would put faith in a man or man's system rather than the Word of God.