Education

The book of Proverbs is filled with the instructions given by Solomon to his sons. The son is exhorted to learn from this instruction, and the result of the application of the knowledge learned is called wisdom. The word “education” may not appear in the English form in the Bible, but Scripture does say a lot about the process of education, and it begins with the parent and child.

We are to educate ourselves in God’s Word, for when we acquire spiritual knowledge, we can then apply that knowledge to our lives in practical ways, yielding ourselves to Him and using godly knowledge to serve the Lord. The old saying is, “We cannot use what we do not know.” This principle is doubly true when it comes to education.

The apostle Paul admonished Timothy that we are to “study to show ourselves approved unto God” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV). Therefore, in order to learn or educate ourselves, we are told to apply ourselves to study with diligence the Word of God.

Biblical education equips born-again believers so that God is able to perform in them that work He has ordained (Ephesians 2:10). Biblical education transforms us by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2), the ongoing process of applying knowledge with the mind of Christ, “who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30).