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How does your understanding of mankind’s fallen nature impact your work in the classroom?
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Our sin nature influences all of our thought, action, and words. As Christians we recognize this and know that we are in need of a savior. In the classroom we talk about this problem and present the gospel so that the children can experience the freedom that we have in Christ. The forgiveness we receive is also modeled in the classroom. Consequences are always there because the Bible says that the wages for sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. I try not to just manage behavior, but to deal with the heart issue at hand. Speaking to the student of the deeper reasons of their sinful behavior lets them see their sin for what it is and gives them an opportunity to ask and receive Gods forgiveness through his Son.
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Mankind’s fallen nature is just a fact of life. We are all sinners. It is how we come back from situations and how we react after we have done something wrong that matters. Using God’s word as a guide for how to recover when we sin is so important in my classroom setting.
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Helps knowing that my students and I have a sin nature and that we are in need of a savior who graciously loves and us.
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By understanding man’s fallen nature I am able to reflect on the importance of pointing all of my teaching back to the Bible, specifically the Gospel. It shows me how everything I say or do in the classroom should point back to the Bible and have my teaching infused with the Word of God.
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I think one of the clearest ways to see the fall of mankind on full display is within a classroom full of sinful people! Every person, teacher or student, has fallen short of God’s glory. Every person has the same fundamental problem: sin. We also have the same universal solution: the person and work of Jesus. In working in our classrooms, we see sin on full display sometimes overtly and sometimes surreptitiously. We also have a unique opportunity to point of our students to the love of Christ and the truth of the Gospel.
