星期五, 8月 08, 2008

Is there a problem with how we are education our children/students?

Is there a problem when there is only 3% of the population in Hong Kong "Christian"? I think so. Parents are paying good money so that their children could be equipped for life but this can only happen when their children come to saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. If a person wanted to make use all the features in a particular cell phone, he/she would need to get in contact with the manufacturer to find out what the features are and how to use the phone. Having foresight the manufacture has already written a user manual so that by reading it people would know how to use its phone. The same is true for life. God has also left us a user manual, the Bible, so that we are able live life to its fullest. We know this fact because according to 2 Tim 3:17, the purpose of the Bible is equipping the man God to be thoroughly equipped for life.

Like the cell phone's user manual, there are certain prerequisite be the user is able to understand the user manual. For the Bible one need to be a man of God. What does it mean to be a man of God? When Adam and Eve sinned, they and their offspring became spiritual dead and hence separated from God. According to John 3:5-6 we need to be born again in order to be man of God. Therefore, teachers need to help students to be reborn so that their students can be men and of women of God.

If teachers are suppose to help students to know God, they would need to have a method. The user manual God has given to man is also a teacher's manual. 2 Tim 3:16 states this very clearly. God word is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteous which are the duties of teachers. Therefore, if teachers study this manual they will know what and how to teach.

Studying God’s Word will give teachers the teaching method and curriculum they need to teach. Teachers will find out that they need to help their students become God’s children before their students can be fully equipped with the skills required to live life to its fullest which is the goal of teachers.

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