The Most Important Subject 1. Most important purpose. Math, English and Science help students live better lives here on earth. The Bible helps students live better here and hereafter. 2. Most important source material. The Bible is God’s Word, the revelation of His Will, God’s special message for us. The Bible is the road map which leads to heaven. 3. Bible teacher’s responsibility is greatest. If we fail to teach math or English or science, our students will pay the penalty during this lifetime. If we fail to teach the Word of God, our students may pay the penalty eternally.  Teaching our children is of great importance to God. Deut 6:5-9  Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Jesus said, “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch” (Matt. 15:14). An effective Bible teacher must not only impart a knowledge of what’s in the Bible, but must bring students to a knowledge of the Lord and instill an unshakeable trust in His will. The basic requirement is that the teacher must have a personal faith to communicate. Like Old Mother Hubbard, whose cupboard was bare, if the soul is empty, there is nothing to share. As a teacher, if you are to be effective, you must seek ever closer communion with God; be impelled by the highest Christian purposes and hold a Christian outlook on life. You can be a successful teacher if you are a Christian who believes, as did Paul, “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.” We are not perfect, only Christ was perfect, but with His help, we can be good Bible teachers. Your aim as a teacher is to set each pupil on fire to translate what he has learned into an active Christian life. To start a fire, you must have fire. Your passion should be to lead your students toward being true Christians who will remain faithful until death.