Lessons
1. Christian’s elders who work hard especially at preaching and teaching are to be full-time labor’s (1 Tim 5:17,18, 1 Cor 9:3-14)
2. Christian teachers are to work hard at their devotion to Gods truth so as to effectively leads Gods people in thinking and behaving biblically as modeled by Jesus (Mark 1:38, John 17:4,8, Matt 28:19, Luke 10:7-16)
3. All sources of influence in a persons life from governments, to cultures, to companions, to teachers, to human nature must be examined by the standard of Gods Truth before they are embraced (Dan 1-3, Rom 13, 1 Peter 2, Acts 10:28,34,35, 2 Peter 2:15, John 17:17, Luke 9:23, Prov 14:12, Deut 30:15-20)