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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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We are to give our students the means to have a successful life here on the earth. But keeping in mind that the goal is to give them the keys to continue on into eternity by teaching them that God loves them, how they can accept salvation, so they can be with Him forever.
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A Christian education not only teaches the basic academic understandings and subjects. Christian education incorporates the biblical teachings that effect a students eternity. Their choices reading biblical teachings will directly effect their future.
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We are eternal, but how we will spend said eternity will be different. Our soul won’t perish, the body will, but the soul won’t.
So back to the other question, is not about just the time we are spending on earth but where are we spending eternity that will be lasting more than our time on earth.
I love 2 Corinthians 4:18 “as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal”. The things that are seen are transient, meaning they will cease to exist but the things that we cannot see are eternal. -
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.