Education is a Blessing, Not a Curse

Some Christians claim that education is not important when it comes to spiritual matters. They say that going to Bible College is not useful and some even claim that going to Bible College spoils one’s spirituality. They go ahead and claim that educated people are proud and cannot be spiritual. However, when you look at the Bible keenly, you will realize that education is a blessing for those involved in ministry and not a curse as some people tend to wrongly teach. Daniel 1 reveals how Daniel and his friends were educated in Babylonian language and literature for three good years. They were ten times better academically than all their school mates. Daniel was great in ministry because of that secular education. He was able to read and write as a result of that education. Faith comes by hearing, and this hearing is most times by reading the Bible. If you are illiterate, how will you be able to hear by reading? The Holy Ghost is the teacher, but he has also given us resources or gifts to enable us to hear his word, and one of these gifts is education, even secular education.

Moses was trained in the house of Pharaoh and because of his training, he was successful in his ministry. He used the acquired skills to write the whole Torah. He was powerful in speech because of that training. Apostle Paul had a Ph.D in Theology and that is why he was able to write the Pauline Epistles well. Luke was a Medical Doctor, and this explains why he was able to communicate well in writing. He wrote the books of ACTS and Luke. Jesus was informally home schooled, and that is why he was able to read and write. His teaching utilized the skills he got in “school.”

Many of the great preachers of today are well educated and that is why they are able to reach many people with the gospel, especially through writing. In conclusion, I am simply saying that it is wrong for someone to claim that education does not help a person in spiritual matters. Our natural talents like education are useful, and the Bible commands that we use our talents in God’s service and we will be rewarded for it. However, going to Bible College does not qualify one to be a minister of the gospel. Ephe. 4v. 11 says that it is God who calls his ministers of the gospel. Sometimes his servants fulfill their ministries in a formal school setting. Elisha the prophet was running a school of the prophets. If he had a Bible College, it is Satanic to claim that going to Bible College is sinful and has no benefit. Teachers in the Bible Colleges are called by Jesus based on Ephe. 4v. 11.

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