As a student of The Word of God, I was very fortunate and blessed to be taught and mentored by outstanding men and women of God. They all had a common flair in their respective ministries. They all used the teaching principle of The Law of Apperception. From the very onset of their teaching sessions, they had the uniqueness of involving their students in their teaching and as the teaching progressed, the students felt a definite part of the entire teaching session. My teachers were seasoned craftsmen; they grabbed your attention from the very beginning of their discourses by taking the student from the known to the unknown. Jesus, our Lord and Saviour also used this teaching principle. A classic example of this is when Jesus taught of the importance of Spiritual Bread: “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God (Luke 4:4).” Jesus captured the attention of his large audience by taking them from the known to the unknown. He wisely quoted from The Old Testament and then brought to their attention that natural bread was necessary for the sustenance of their physical bodies; however, that man in order to live spiritually had to feast on The Bread of Life — The Word of God.
I adopted this unique teaching method. Not only have my students comprehended the teachings, they have also implemented the teachings into their respective ministries and that with great spiritual rewards.
I have always been fascinated in the spiritual applications of the human hand in The Word of God and to fully comprehend the imperative role and various spiritual expressions it has in Holy Scripture, it is essential that we remind ourselves of the unique functions of the human hand in its natural setting and thereafter see the correlation between the natural role of the human hand to that of the spiritual role of the human hand.
It is the aims of this brief exposition on The Power of the Hand to bring God’s people to:
A fresh awakening of the prominent role of the human hand in authentic scriptural worship of The Triune Godhead.
Know that God considers what is in our hands when He calls us to the ministry?
