One of the characteristics of a sacrificial follower of Jesus Christ is aggressive teachability. JR Miller shares his story of learning to be teachable, sometimes the hard way.

5. . . . but fools despises wisdom and discipline .
PROVERBS 1:7

6. Teachable: capable of being instructed or taught.
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7. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his
learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.
PROVERBS 9:9-10

8. “The more you know, the more you realize you
really don’t know much at all!”
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9. Discernment: perception in the absence of judge-
ment with a view to obtaining spiritual direction
and understanding.
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10. Discernment: perception in the absence of judge-
ment with a view to obtaining spiritual direction
and understanding brought about from the
Scriptures.
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11. But as for you, continue in what you have learned
and become convinced of, because you know
those from whom you learned it, and how from
infancy you have known the holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17

12. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, so that the man of God may be
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17

13. 1. Those who don’t know they ought to be
teachable and/or discerning.
2. Those who are not teachable and/or dis-
cerning.
3. Those who are both teachable and discerning.

14. THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW

15. THE UNTEACHABLES

16. . . . the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
PROVERBS 10:14
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17. THE UNTEACHABLES

18. THE UNTEACHABLES

19. THE TEACHABLES

20. The next day Moses took his seat to serve as
judge for the people, and they stood around him
from morning till evening. When his father-in-law
saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he
said, “What is this you are doing for the people?
Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these
people stand around you from morning till
evening?”
Moses answered him, THE TEACHABLES
quot;Because the people
come to me to seek God's will. Whenever they
have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide

21. Moses answered him, “Because the people
come to me to seek God’s will. Whenever they
have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide
between the parties and inform them of God's
decrees and laws.”
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Moses' father-in-law replied, quot;What you are doing
is not good. You and these people who come to
you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too

22. Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing
is not good. You and these people who come to
you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too
heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Listen
now to me and I will give you some advice, and
may God be with you. You must be the people's
representative before God and bring their
disputes to him.”
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Teach them the decrees and laws, and show
them the way to live and the duties they are to
perform. But select capable men from all the

23. “Teach them the decrees and laws, and show
them the way to live and the duties they are to
perform. But select capable men from all the
people—men who fear God, trustworthy men
who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as
officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and
tens. Have them serve as judges for the people
at all times, but have them bring every difficult
case to you; the simple cases they can decide
themselves.”
That will make your load THE TEACHABLES will
lighter, because they
share it with you. If you do this and God so
commands, you will be able to stand the strain,

24. “That will make your load lighter, because they
will share it with you. If you do this and God so
commands, you will be able to stand the strain,
and all these people will go home satisfied.”
Moses listened to his THE TEACHABLES did
father-in-law and
everything he said. He chose capable men from
all Israel and made them leaders of the people,

25. Moses listened to his father-in-law and did every-
thing he said. He chose capable men from all
Israel and made them leaders of the people,
officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and
tens. They served as judges for the people at all
times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses,
but the simple ones they decided themselves.
EXODUS 18:17-26
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26. WEST VIRGINIA
Population: 1,816,856
5 Supreme Court Justices
65 Circuit Judges
35 Family Court Judges
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27. THE TEACHABLES

29. . . . for they received the message with great
eagerness and examined the Scriptures every
day to see if what Paul said was true.
ACTS 17:11
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30. God is fair and just;
He corrects the misdirected,
Sends them in the right direction.
PSALM 25:8
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33. Keep your heart open to the correction of the
Lord and be willing to receive it, regardless who
holds the whip. The great saints all learned how
to take a licking gracefully — and that my be one
reason they became great saints.
A. W. Tozer