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NASB | Jeremiah 9:23 ¶ Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 9:23 ¶ Thus says the LORD, "Let not the one who is wise and skillful boast in his insight; let not the one who is mighty and powerful boast in his strength; let not the one who is rich boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] abundance; |
Bible Question: Does a formal Education hold value in God's Eyes? |
Bible Answer: Hello, TC - God chose to convey His message to mankind by divinely inspired human authors through the medium of the written word. The ability to read God's word in any language requires a certain amount of verbal skill which must be learned through a process we call education. This demands hard work and dedication. No one becomes literate through some arcane process of passive mental osmosis! The ability to translate from one language to another, e.g., from Greek to English, demands verbal skills of a high order which are commonly acquired only through years of formal study or "formal education." God's word is meant to be read (Acts 8:30), to be studied (2 Timothy 2:15), to be hidden in our hearts (Psalm 119:11), and to be used profitably for teaching. reproof, correction and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). None of these things are possible if our education is not sufficient to enable us to read and understand the written word! There are more than 50 passages of Scripture in which the verb "write" is used, often as a command. A certain amount of education is necessary in order to be able to write. ...... The question was, Does a formal education hold value in God's eyes? I think it neither presumptuous nor too far afield to draw a clear inference from Scripture that it does indeed. ..... Do you read ancient Greek and Hebrew fluently? No? Neither do I. But we wouldn't have God's word in our own tongue if some dedicated scholars hadn't gone to school and learned the ancient tongues so well that they could make a translation so accurate and faithful to the ancient languages that they become a reasonable transparency of what the Holy Spirit inspired the biblical authors to write many centuries ago. Do you suppose this holds value in God's eyes? I surely believe it does. --Hank |