As an aspiring writer, I was enthused to discover the following advice from Jesus regarding what scribes (writers) would do in my recent reading from the Gospel of Jesus Christ:-
"Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” " -- Matthew 13: 52 (NKJV)
Inspired by this nugget of wisdom from Jesus Himself, I would venture to say that a writer brings out the best that he has learnt and kept preciously in his memory bank -- things he has learnt from way back and things that are like fresh bread from heaven.
And, the key to learning anything is a 10-letter word called UNDERSTAND which Jesus has taught when explaining the Parable of the Sower:-
"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”" -- Matthew 13:23 (NKJV)
Interestingly, Jesus' parables involves daily chores such as farming and husbandry of which his audience in that era could identify with ease.
Without a doubt, Jesus is a Master Teacher. As observed by Benjamin Franklin, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
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