In the Hebrew language the root word for "teaching" and "learning" just so happens to be the same word. The language is structured to imply that if the student isn't learning the instructor isn't teaching. How well you teach should be judged by what your students know.
In essence Paul starts out 2 Corinthians 3 with this principle. He tells the church of Corinth, I don't have to write a letter of recommendation; you are a living letter "not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart." I want my life to be a living letter of recommendation for the leadership that we have been richly blessed with.
We are called to live a life that is led by the Holy Ghost. The law that was given to Moses was so full of glory that after he received it the children of Israel couldn't look upon his face. But how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness that is at work in us.
Our lives should "… show forth the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9b). We are being called to be a light to those around us. We are committed to be men of valor living lives that are a testament to the leadership in our lives and to be a light to the searching souls surrounding us.
