“Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free'” (John 8:31-32).

Mr or Mrs Know it all…

Ever know someone like that? They are so fun and pleasant to be with. NOPE.

Not only are they not very fun to be around, they are wrong. Worse yet, not only are they wrong, but they do not make very good disciples. One of the first marks of a follower of Jesus is teachability. Jesus knows all things. We do not. So, one of the first marks of a discipleship is teachability.

When we are convinced we already know the truth, we become unteachable.

On the night of November 27, 1983, Avianca flight 011, en route from Paris to Bogota via Madrid, approached Madrid’s Barajas airport. The weather was good, and there were no mechanical problems with the 747 jet. The crew was experienced; the pilot had more than 20,000 of flying time and had made this same approach twenty-five times before. Yet, with its flaps extended and its landing gear down, the jumbo jet smashed into a series of low hills about seven miles short of the runway. The plane cartwheeled, broke into pieces, and came to rest upside down.

Tragically, 181 of the 192 people one board lost their lives. investigators determined that a series of errors by the crew caused the crash. The crew misunderstood the reality of their location. They thought they knew the truth about the plane’s position, but they did not. Shockingly, the final and fatal error came when the pilot, so sure he knew where he was heading, ignored the computerized voice of the plane’s Group Proximity Warning System, which repeatedly warned him, “Pull up! Pull up! Pull up!” The cockpit recorder had his strange reply to the warning. He said, “Shut up, gringo” and switched off the warning device. The next moment he was dead with the rest of the victims.

Teachability. It might just save your life.