Did you know that once you became a Christian you started on the journey to being a life-long learner? School started. You signed up for the course called Christianity 101! We get to keep on growing and keep on learning day by day for a lifetime! There are some basics that we are required to know that will help us on our journey. Those fundamentals are essential to overcoming obstacles that might come across your path, because there is a real enemy that we face, and his name is the devil. We have to be prepared for a fight and the best preparation happens when we are listening to our instructor. It is a good fight, because in this fight of faith, we win! Be prepared ahead of time. There are also some character tests along the way, that are pass or fail. You fail, you take the class again! So be a good student, and listen well! Learn the lesson, in fact, you may as well begin to receive the truth with pleasure, realizing what you are learning is for your good now, or for your good later. Truth can be stored up for when you need it. So, every chance you have to learn something, be ready! In the process you will learn what not to do as well as what to do. As you become a better student, it will also make you a better teacher. If we want to impart what we have learned to someone else, the truth we want to share should be operational in our own life. In simple words, we should practice what we preach! A teacher who impacts his or her students, lives the lesson. So here is your opportunity to be like Jesus. His words weren’t just nice sounding fluff, that sounded good on the outside, with no substance on the inside. It wasn’t just the whipped cream on the top of dessert. It was meat and potatoes, a hearty meal that satisfies. Make your words like that too!