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What does the lecturer mean when she says you are here to educate your students for eternity?
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As a Christian educator, it is important to remember that we are not simply training students to be prepared to work and live successfully in this temporary world, but we are teaching them in the hopes that they will accept Christ and be prepared to rule and reign with Him in Eternity. The Scriptures admonish us to set out hearts and minds on this above (eternal). We should live and educate students with eternity in mind.
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Educating our students for eternity means that it goes far beyond just teaching them for today, but to equip them to know Christ and to work toward the future of living with him one day as Christians.
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Teaching a child about God will influence their lives for all time. It will be their choice to follow God or not. I must take the opportunity to teach them about God so they can be informed about the truth.
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All people have an eternal destiny. All people have a choice in where they will spend eternity. Some will spend eternity with God and others in Hell. The difference between the two destinations is determined by how each person responds to Jesus Christ. Those who accept Jesus Christ on His terms will spend eternity with Him. Whereas, those who reject Him will spend eternity without Him in Hell. As Christian educators, it is our call to educate the child with a view of informing her/his will with the Truth so that s/he will be helped by our presence and work to choose Christ in the present age and therefore be assured of a place with Him for eternity.
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We are not educators of simply math, science, or history, we are here to educate our students on what it means to be a child of God and the reality that we have a creator that loves us and made us for a reason. We are here to guide them away from the “worldly part of the world”, and point them towards what is most important in life, a relationship and love of Jesus.
