But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matthew 9: 12-13). Therefore, it can be said that the main task of the teacher is guidance and leading students to the right way: “I will teach you the way that is good and right” (1Samuel 12:23). “That thou teach them the good way” (1Kings 6: 36). Such an instruction is divine and spiritual and its aim is pleasing God, i.e.

one of the goals of man’s creations: “We instructed you how to live in order to please God” (1Thessalonians 4:1). And if the teachers act contrary to this, they will not be considered as real teachers, but false teachers: “There were false prophets among the people, just as there…