Fact Check, 67

~ Education Is The Solution ~

People Think  ~  “Education will solve the problem.”  This is the philosophy of many political leaders.  They believe that more money and more education will solve the ills that dominate much of our society. 

The Bible Says  ~  There is no denying that education can, and should be, good.  But there is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom (applied knowledge).  “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?  Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?’” (John 3:10-13).  General knowledge is one kind of learning and spiritual insight is an entirely different matter.

“Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.  You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?  You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?  You who say, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ do you commit adultery?  You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?  You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?  For ‘the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,’ as it is written” (Romans 2:17-24).

The Significance  ~  We have a clear example of education not leading to morality—let alone salvation—in the life of the Apostle Paul.  He was one of the most highly educated persons of his day as he went around persecuting the followers of Jesus Christ.  It was only later that he gained salvation and spiritual sight enabling him to be mightily used by God for His kingdom.  

Comment  ~  The most civilized of societies—those with the most affluence and education—often have the biggest problems.  Problems such as crime and domestic violence and the breakdown of social norms. 

It is interesting to note that generally the higher the density of the population the worse the problems.  For example in rural America the farm communities have low crime, lower domestic problems than in the more affluent and educated big cities.

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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