Like Our Great Teacher 效法伟大的老师
Dexu Xia
The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. Luke 6:40
In a viral video, a three-year-old white belt karate student imitated her instructor. With passion and conviction the little girl said the student creed with her leader. Then, with poise and attentiveness, the little ball of cuteness and energy imitated everything her teacher said and did—at least she did a pretty good job!
Jesus once said, “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher” (Luke 6:40). He told His disciples that to imitate Him included being generous, loving, nonjudgmental (vv. 37–38), and discerning about whom they followed: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (v. 39). His disciples needed to discern that this standard disqualified the Pharisees who were blind guides—leading people to disaster (Matthew 15:14). And they needed to grasp the importance of following their Teacher. Thus, the aim of Christ’s disciples was to become like Jesus Himself. So it was important for them to pay careful attention to Christ’s instruction about generosity and love and apply it.
As believers striving to imitate Jesus today, let’s give our lives over to our Master Teacher so we can become like Him in knowledge, wisdom, and behavior. He alone can help us reflect His generous, loving ways.
By: Marvin Williams
What parts of Jesus’ life are you seeking to imitate these days? When is it most difficult for you to imitate Christ, the Master Teacher?
Jesus, my Great Teacher, help my discipline and attentiveness to be worthy of You!
学生不能高过先生；凡学成了的不过和先生一样。—路加福音6章40节
在网路上疯传的一段影片里，一个穿着空手道白带的3岁小女孩正认真地模仿她的教练。小女孩带着激情，坚定地跟着她的教练大声朗诵学生信条，接着，这个可爱且精力充沛的小家伙便以从容和专注的态度，认真模仿教练所说和所作的每一件事，至少她做得挺好的！
耶稣曾说：“学生不能高过先生；凡学成了的不过和先生一样”（路加福音6章40节）。祂告诉门徒当效法祂的样式，包括慷慨、有爱心、不论断人（37-38节），而且耶稣也要他们认清自己跟随的对象，因为“瞎子岂能领瞎子，两个人不是都要掉在坑里吗？”（39节）祂的门徒必须看清楚，依此标准，法利赛人并没有资格当导师，因为他们是瞎眼的向导，只会让人遭殃（马太福音15章14节）。门徒也需要明白跟随耶稣这位老师的重要性，基督门徒的目标是要学习越来越像耶稣。对他们而言，认真学习基督教导的慷慨与爱并且实践出来，乃是极其重要的。
今天，我们这些努力效法耶稣的信徒，要将生命献给耶稣这位伟大的老师，使我们在知识、智慧与行为上能更像祂。只有祂能帮助我们在生命中反映出祂那慷慨、慈爱的待人方式。
作者： 魏马文
近来你正积极效法耶稣的哪些特质？
哪些时候你感到最难效法基督
这位伟大的老师？
耶稣，我伟大的老师，请帮助我认真效法祢，
让我的生命不辜负祢的教导