The Teacher Must be Taught
July 9, 2024•115 words
The man who holds the office of teacher must apply himself to the reception of truth before he attempt to communicate it, and in this manner become the means of conveying to the hands of others that which God has committed to his own. Wisdom is not the growth of human genius. It must be sought from above, and it is impossible that any should speak with the propriety and knowledge necessary for the edification of the Church, who has not, in the first place, been taught at the feet of the Lord.
—John Calvin and James Anderson, Commentary on the Book of Psalms, vol. 2, "Psalm 49" (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2010), 237.