Stage Five
Having had a renewed spiritual experience through Stage Four we share our personal experience with others who are in Stage Three. We practice and teach our experience with these stages.
There are so many spiritually good reasons for carrying the message. Just keep reading the website tools, listening to podcasts, and living differently with God’s instructions. Experience is our primary teacher. Below are some reasons to teach, encourage, and walk along side others in their development.
- We are now administers of the grace we have received. (2 Corinthians 9) As we bless others with kindness we situate ourselves to receive even more. (See the gold mine example in the book alcoholics anonymous)
- The quality of our own souls depend upon how well we grow in God’s righteousness. Teaching others with demonstration is the final stage of our development. We need to teach and demonstrate to grow further.
- The people we help can help others who can in turn help even more.
That said, there are also very practical reasons why this is extremely important.
- The Bible says to do it. (Do a concordance search on “Those who”)
- The Book Alcoholics Anonymous created a whole chapter on doing it.
- Theories in Epistemology say teaching involves a deeper level of knowledge. (Webbs Depth of Knowledge, Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- Personal testimonies and practical experience affirm it is good and right.