Instruction(education, learning, object teaching, teaching)
Summary
Teaching or training designed to impart knowledge and wisdom, with both human and divine sources emphasized in Scripture.
☩Parental Instruction
Parents bear primary responsibility for instructing their children in God's ways. The book of Proverbs repeatedly urges children to heed their father's instruction and not forsake their mother's teaching. This instruction encompasses moral wisdom, practical guidance, and knowledge of God's law.
☩Divine Instruction
God Himself is presented as the great instructor of His people. The psalmist asks God to teach him His statutes; the prophets call Israel to attend to divine instruction. This instruction comes through Scripture, through circumstances, and through the Spirit's illumination of truth.
☩Response to Instruction
The wise receive instruction gladly, while fools despise it. Receiving instruction leads to life and blessing; rejecting it brings destruction. The one who loves instruction loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is brutish. Even affliction can serve as divine instruction, teaching lessons that prosperity cannot.
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See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Instruction," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).