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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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Christian educators are working on a process that has the potential to affect students in a profound way. Not only are they communicating God’s truth, but what the students pick up from these lessons could be what leads to their salvation! Or, if the student happens to already be saved, the teacher is still helping them grow to maturity! We are also pointing the students to the reality about the two final and eternal destinations.
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The lecturer means that as Christian educators, we are not only focused for preparing them for life here on earth, but ultimately for a life with God in heaven. Helping students understand the answers to the big questions in life like, “Where did I come from?” or “Who am I?” helps students see that they are fearfully and wonderfully made by a creator who longs to be with them and loves them dearly.
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She means that we must educate students for eternity because we were created with a purpose to serve God. He gave as a soul and eternal life.
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Teaching students about God’s love for them … in hopes that students might internalize this message and pass it on to others.
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I believe the lecturer means that yes we educate our students in the classroom for the curriculum set before them, but we are also educating them for the rest of their lives as followers of Christ. We need to pour into them lasting information that they can grow with and develop more and more and they progress through their lives. Learning never stops and whether it’s brick and mortar or internal we are there to educate our students for now until eternity.
