The Sunday School Teacher’s Weapon

One of the greatest encouragements Sunday School teachers can experience is the assurance that they are using God-given means to communicate God’s plan and will to their students.

Sunday School teachers have the promise that they can trust in an unchanging God and that the message they bring to the children will not be without effect. If they are unsuccessful in focusing the children’s attention on the lesson and moving their hearts, it is not because of the lesson itself but due to other factors.

God stands by His revealed Word as the Savior of immortal souls. He promises that everyone who accepts His Word will be cleansed from all sin. This is where the strength of the Sunday School teacher lies. As long as he or she brings the simple truths of Scripture to the children understandably and sensitively, not neglecting earnest prayer, success will not fail to materialize. God will abundantly pour out His promised blessing.

John Bunyan, who was completely alienated from God, was not reached by a church or a preacher but by a few simple, uneducated women. They spoke vividly of the rebirth they had experienced, much as Jesus had once explained it to the ruler of the Jews. Despite the simplicity of their words, such power emanated from them that Bunyan was deeply moved, and his heart was shaken by the truth. The simple words of these women, who possessed no great knowledge, followed him like a shadow wherever he went.

“I left the group,” he said, “but their words wouldn’t let me go. My thoughts were so caught up in the kingdom of God that I couldn’t get away from it, despite all the pleasures I indulged in.”

What a great example of divine revelation! John Bunyan was led into the presence of ordinary women, and his attention was drawn to their simple words. He heard only a few minutes of God’s greatness and miraculous saving power, and yet this was enough to turn a sinful man into a man of God whose spiritual legacy continues to impact us to this day.

Do our Sunday School teachers take this fact to heart in the right way, that they have been given a wonderful power to lead people to the joy of salvation? Do they still need to be encouraged to truly apply the Word of God after they are convinced of its tremendous power? Therefore, let us boldly testify of the glorious name of Jesus wherever the opportunity presents itself. This is the weapon with which we can extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one!

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