Are You Willing to Die for This?

Jesus came and taught mankind how to reconcile with God.  Jesus came and taught man how to live in light of the love of God.  Jesus came and taught with such clarity that it divided right from wrong. Jesus knew that He was going to die before He ever began teaching but He found it worthy, not to die, but to teach the truth.

Jesus died because of what He taught.  

Tyndale was convinced that the Truths of the Bible should be available to all men.  Tyndale hid and translated the Bible into common English.  It was printed, published and distributed in light of certain persecution and jailing.

Tyndale was burned at a stake, with a fire lit with his bibles, for what he taught.

What are you willing to die for?  Are you willing to die for the last point you made?  Are you willing to die for the last thing you taught?  Unfortunately, even if you answer “Yes” to these questions – you still may miss the incredible beauty of those that have been willing and, in some cases, have died for what they taught. They knew that each time they taught could be their last time to teach and they chose the topic, the message ,only from the list of truths that they would be willing to die to teach.  Many of these great saints never physically died because of what they taught but they chose a path of “death” when they chose to set aside their life, the value of living, themselves and their “rights".  

If your answer to this point was, “I am willing to die for what I teach,” then ask yourself now, “Am I willing to die before I die for what I teach?”  Are you ready to work long hours, for free, with stress, with trial, and with opposition even when teaching is successful?  Are you willing to change your schedule, surrender your calendar and to give everything to the Truth that you teach?  Will you live in a hut in the middle of the woods just to have the freedom, time and opportunity to teach one person one great truth?  Will you put in time, and how much time, to pass on truth to the next generation of learners?  Will you prepare?  Will you show up?  Will you teach year after year while keeping 2 jobs, loving your family and giving up all other privileges?  Will you crawl over your insecurities, humble yourself and learn to teach?

Do you have to teach to live? Is everything else counted as loss in order that you can be available to help someone else get truth?

Are you willing to die for what you teach?
If not, then change the topic and teach truth.

Are you willing to die to teach?
If not, stop cheating the students, quit and make room for a real teacher.