By this statement he told his class why they should pay attention. All of us want joy. To discover its source the class would listen. He had earned the right to teach. When your students have no reason for learning, no reason that is important to them, you’ll find it hard to hold them. But set a goal they want to reach, and they’ll be with you. Sometimes students set their goals too low-most of us would prefer to avoid suffering rather than finding purpose in it, for example-so helping them see Scripture through the mind of Christ and set worthy learning goals is part of the teacher’s task.