In the process of studying the call of Teacher (Ephesians 4:11), Dr. Saundra Wall Williams began to study the teaching methods of Jesus Christ. In her study, she found that Jesus used the instructional framework of incorporating instructional methods, models, and strategies as His method of teaching.

This framework is used in teaching today. However, His teaching went beyond current day models, strategies and methods. When Jesus taught people were healed and delivered. People were transformed because of His teaching and the power of the words He spoke. The people said that Jesus taught as “one having authority”.

And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, 29 for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Matthew 7:28-29 NKJV)

And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Mark 1:22 NKJV)

And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority. (Luke 4:32 NKJV)

Jesus taught with power and authority so that there was change in the lives of the people. Teaching in the authority and power as Christ did requires that we teach in spirit and in truth.

Spirit is the power and anointing of God.
Truth is the Word of God through the message and witness of the teacher.

Teaching in Spirit and in Truth is the foundation of T.E.A.C.H. This foundation is called TEACHing™. TEACHing™ means that you teach in Spirit and in Truth. God has ordained the faculty of T.E.A.C.H. Ministries to spiritually equip by TEACHing in Spirit and in Truth!

    SPIRIT (Power and Anointing)
  • “But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.” (1 John 2:27)
  • “If your brother speaks through the spirit, you will be washed and cleansed each time his spirit comes out and touches you, no matter how familiar the subject or how many times you have heard that particular theme. Any teaching or doctrine which does not result in reviving the spirit can only be considered dead letter.” (From: The Release of the Spirit by Watchman Nee)
  • Teaching is not just learning content. It is the release of God’s Spirit through His spoken Word. Unless the Spirit is released, no true teaching has happened! It is important to be as concerned about the release of the Spirit as we are with words we are teaching.
  • The anointing is as important as the words which are taught. If the anointing is not present, then the words have no power. The teaching of correct doctrine without the anointing of the Holy Spirit is of no value.
  • In order to connect with people in the spirit, you must BE what you teach; and you must know of whom you speak. You can speak of God only to the extent that you truly know Him. (Dr. William Suttles, Christian Life School of Theology)
    TRUTH (Word of God through the message and the witness)
  • The Message is the Word we have been given to teach.
  • The Witness is the experience of knowing what we teach for ourselves (“it lives in us”). We do not minister what we do not yet know as reality in our own experience.
  • When you have that witness, you know that the message you are teaching is true.
  • We cannot teach something that we have not experience in yet. We can only T.E.A.C.H. (in spirit and in truth) those things that we have come to know as reality in our own lives.
  • You cannot understand (teach), what you have not become (message and witness)
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  • The more dealings of God that you experience, the more of God’s word you can teach.