In this episode, Chad Harrington explores what it means to see Jesus not just as Savior or Lord, but as Teacher—and not just any teacher, but the master teacher. Chad explains how Jesus taught with unmatched brilliance and communicated for transformation, not just information.

He then takes it one step further: Jesus wasn’t just a teacher—he was the content himself. The original content creator. Drawing from John 6, this message invites listeners to experience Jesus as the one who not only gives life, but is life.

Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or ready to dive deeper, this episode will reframe how you see Jesus—and challenge you to take your next step as a learner under the greatest teacher who ever lived.

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Outline

Note: Below is an unedited but cleaned-up transcript of the first part of this session.

This is the first of a new series. Today is Jesus is the teacher. Next is Jesus is King and then Victor.

Another way to say that is that people tend to think of Jesus as savior and as Lord, which we will talk about in the coming weeks. But what about Jesus as teacher? Do you think of him as the best one in history?

My goal today is to share with you how Jesus is the greatest teacher in history by understanding him as the Word and the one who holds the words of eternal life. First, though, let me share with you how he’s a master at communicating for change as a teacher. His goal wasn’t just information, but transformation.

1. Jesus is the master teacher.

• He had the Scriptures memorized.
• He preached the most famous sermon of all time: Sermon on the Mount.
• He did everything he called us to do, and all the way.
• He employed all the techniques of a master teacher and more:
  • Parables: A man had two sons… Parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11)
  • Story: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho… story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30)
  • Similes: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed (Matthew 13:31).
  • Metaphors: I am the good shepherd (John 10:11)
  • Riddle: Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice (Matthew 9:13; Hosea 6:6)
  • Questions: Who do you say that I am? (Matthew 16:15)
  • Straight answer: Blessed are the poor in spirit (Matthew 5:3); and you hypocrites! (Matthew 23:15)
  • Oh yes, and miracles: Raising a dead man (John 11)
  • And man, he could deliver the right word at the right time to the right audience: The smack down to the pharisees in Matthew 23, but also the word of grace to the woman caught in adultery (John 8)
  • Conclusion: Whatever he did, in all this, he brought transformation as his goal, and life as the result.
• He’s the master teacher, but now I want to introduce the notion that Jesus is the content creator.

2. Jesus is the content.

• There are a lot of offers from influencers out there. In one way or another online personalities offer different versions of life, ways to add value to your life. That’s why we watch them!
  • Andrew Tate offers a certain version of masculinity that’s appealing to some. (It’s not particularly worked out for him, but nevertheless).
  • What are some influencers you know about?
  • What’s their offer?
• You have probably thought at Jesus as a teacher, but he’s more. Have you ever thought about Jesus as an influencer, a content creator? He would be the best, but in a sense, it is the best.
• As a content creator, he actually was the content. In biblical language, he was the Word.
  • John 1:1–5: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was going toward God. From the very beginning, he was with God. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made. What has been made in him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
  • All good in these influencers comes from him. Anything else is of us or of the evil one.
• Jesus was the content and the
  • Literally, he is the content creator.

3. Jesus as the Word offers words of life.

• Here’s a story of how that message landed with his original audience in the first century. They went one of two ways. I want to ask: Which way will you go?
• John 6: Jesus has just fed the 5,000, and then he starts in his sermon. This part of the story, by the way, is only in John. When you read the whole thing sometime, you’ll see it’s a combination of all the things: question, metaphor, riddle, story, allusion, straight-talking, leadership, and miracle—all in one.
• This is the famous, “I am the bread of life” sermon.
• So he had fed the 5,000, then that night Jesus walked on water and the next day, the crowd from the feeding of the 5,000 gathered on the other side of the lake of Capernaum. They liked the fact that he delivered food, and they wanted more.
• They said to him, “What miracle will you do?
• Moses gave you bread, but I’m the true bread.
• They said, “We want that always!”
• He said, “I am the bread of life,” and “I came down from heaven.” I am more than just one meal. Here’s the catch, though, you have to believe in me.
• They didn’t like this.
• But it gets even more interesting: I am the living bread and whoever eats this bread will live forever.
• John 6:52: They say, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
• He doubles down and says in John 6:53–55, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.”
• John 6:60: On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
• John 6:63–64: “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.”
• John 6:66: From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
• Then he turns to the twelve and says, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” (John 6:67)
• Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68–69)

Conclusion

This story shows that Jesus doesn’t just offer value, as in bread, but he is the bread. He is the value, and he invites you to join him all the way. The question is this: Which way will you choose? Will you choose to take him whole, not just the parts or the snippets or the bread? But will you treat him as the bread, the content, the creator?

My favorite thing about Jesus as teacher is that he doesn’t make anyone do anything; he just invites.

So in that spirit, I want to invite you to consider Jesus as the greatest content creator of all time, and find life in him as such.

What’s your next step? Let me give you three concrete ideas:

1. Read John 6 with a group or on your own this week, and ask yourself: How is Jesus a great teacher? Then, write down five ways you see him as a master teacher, and list your favorite one.
2. Read John 6, pick one verse, and on your own in total silence, meditate on it for five minutes, just enjoying the truth you find in it.
3. Just Read John 6, and that’s it.

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