is therefore a solemn responsibility, for God does not treat lightly those who have

wrongly taught and misled others.

The word `master' meaning a `teacher' probably came from the usage in schools

where teachers are called `masters'. "Doctor" also originally meant a teacher. The

earthly parents of the Lord Jesus, found Him "sitting in the midst of the doctors" in the

Temple. He was sitting among the teachers. A "doctor of law" (Luke 5: 17; Acts 5: 34)

stands for a "teacher of the law".

TELL. This occurs 8 times in the obsolete sense of number or count. The Lord said

to Abram "Look now toward and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them". The

command was to count the stars. "They told the money" (II Kings 12: 10) would be in

modern English "they counted the money". "I may tell all my bones" (Psa. 22: 17)

means "I can count all my bones".

TEMPERANCE. This word in the Bible must not be restricted to alcohol. It means

self-control and is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5: 22, 23). In I Cor. 9: 25 Paul

states "every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things". The modern

equivalent is "Every athlete exercises self-control in all things". Other occurrences are

Acts 24: 25 and Titus 1: 7, 8.

TEMPT,  TEMPTATION.

These words are sometimes used in the Scriptures

meaning "to put to the test", "make trial of" without any sense of enticing to sin and they

need to be used with care, specially when applied to God. "And it came to pass after

these things, that God did tempt Abraham" (Gen. 21: 1). This means "God tested

Abraham". In no sense did God try to lead Abraham to commit sin.  James 1: 13, 14

asserts, "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be

tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted when he is

drawn away of his own lust and enticed".

TENDER EYED.  The Scriptures testify to the fact that Jacob preferred Rachel to

Leah. "Leah was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured". This does

not mean that Leah had beautiful or attractive eyes, but rather that her eyes were weak.

The Septuagint and the Hebrew make this clear.

THOUGHT. This word is found 13 times in the Scriptures in the sense of anxiety or

worry and it is important to know this, otherwise quite the wrong sense of a passage may

be taken. "Take no thought for the morrow" in the sermon on the mount means "Do not