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1 | Is education nessecary? | Jer 9:23 | The Cow | 186803 | ||
Thanks for all the greetings. The way i see this...delima is like this: It's clear we were not meant to live ignorantly through scripture. There are various proverbs that praise the attribute of scholars and it is of high value. But God uses uneducated people all the time in some cases more so then educated ones. I don't mean the this justifies any kind of laziness towards learning...but its evidently not required for us to serve the Kingdom. And while, like you said, generations that date back to the ancient Greeks held education in high value, it's constantly evolved and changed. Theres no absolution to it.....what I learn today is useless tomorrow. Even the second to wisest man that ever lived called it "Meaningless! Utterly Meaningless!" Only the kind of education that the individual can benefit Christ with is profitable. And while God can use anything, there are people without any sort of peticular talent in this world, I am one of them. But even if you educate yourself in this talent that God has graced you with, is all the "general" education needed also? All this so God can use you to your highest potential? Your highest potential is when your trust completely in God. That is what puts you in the position to serve. 1 Corinthians says this in verses 26-29: 26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him.-Faith makes us a servant of God, not education, training, discipline- all those are part of faith. But not formal/secular education,training discipline. I'm often told that what I said above is dangerous, that even God himself is going to strike me with lightning. heh. I'm ignorant and the only reason I post this is for either correction or encouragement from wise, God fearing people. What brought me to this way of thinking is when I decided I wanted to be a missionary when I was 15. I was desperate to know what was required of a missionary, and I came to this answer: all I need is Christs love and approval and I'll be a useful for Him. |
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2 | Is education nessecary? | Jer 9:23 | DocTrinsograce | 186821 | ||
Dear TC, The fact that God can use us the way we are is more a matter of credit to God in working His will with such inadequate materials. However, no where in Scripture are we told to remain inadequate materials. Missiology is the study of missions. Can you name half a dozen great missionaries? It will be unlikely that you can, without the education. What did God require them to know in order to serve? What did God teach them about preparation to service? You'll never know without study! Read about the lives of David Brainerd, William Carey, Mary Slessor, Hudson Taylor, Lottie Moon, Adoniram Johnson, John Paton, and Jim Elliot. You'll find that every one of them had formal educations -- at least to the extent that such education was possible in their day. They translated the Bible and other teaching materials into their host people's languages. Could that be done without a thorough understanding of the Scriptures, linguistics, etc.? No, don't sit around piously in the hopes that God will do something wonderful with inadequate materials -- that is slothful man's way out. Instead, use His grace to employ the resources at hand so that you can be the best possible material for the Lord, fit for His use, at the appropriate time. If God placed the desire in your heart to be a missionary, He will also place a desire in your heart to use all of the natural means properly and for His glory. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy MIND" (Luke 10:27) STUDY to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15) In Him, Doc |
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