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Ninth Chapter for the KLI
Braveheart ProjectGodly Education
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies aliving sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service. And be notconformed to this world: but be yetransformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, andacceptable, and perfect, will ofGod
~ Romans 12:12
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Godly Education1. Examine education from a Biblical worldview.
A. The Word of God declares those who are truly saved are translated out of thekingdom of darkness and placed into the kingdom of Gods dear Son (Colossians 1:13).
This transformation is a comprehensive one. Once a person is born of Gods Spirit,
regenerated by the Holy Ghost, a new creature emerges. By Gods power, everything is
made brand new (2 Corinthians 5:1721). To the converted soul, there is a new Lord, a
new way of thinking, and in due course, a new behavior.
B. Once a person tastes ofGods salvation, the battle over justification ends and a new
battle emerges. It is a battle over where our ultimate loyalties align on this earth. There is
no neutral ground in the struggle for sanctification in this present evil world. We are
either consciously living for Jesus or, by default, living for the world and our flesh.
C. We are either on Gods side or his enemys. As the scriptures below reveal, Jesus
deliberately removes all gray areas and neutral zones. He warned:
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him
shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he
that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of
God (Luke 12:89).
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Godly Education1. Examine education from a Biblical worldview (Cont.)
Mark 8:38 states:
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Finally, James 4:4 continues this theme:
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
D. We are at war, whether we want to be or not. So whom are we battling? Our choices are limited. If we persist in
being a covenant rebel and betray God by friendship with the world, he will be our enemy. The book of Isaiah
warns of this possibility:
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he
redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his HolySpirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Isaiah 63:9, 10
E. Once we make peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord, however, our enemies
change. As Christians, whether we intend to or not, we automatically declare war
against Satan, the sin nature that rages within us, and an illegitimate world system
that is in rebellion to Gods loving and just rule. For the purpose of this chapter, I will
concentrate on the illegitimate world system and its educational programs.
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Godly Education2. Indoctrination (Cont.):
D. Set against our sanctification and pursuit of righteousness is a cultural cookie cuttersystem that seeks to press us into its shape. This worldly mold is hardened by political
and religious correctness. Based upon pressure to conform, the church is increasingly
tempted to abandon Gods ways for the worlds ways. Thus, in order to avoid conflict,
many who name the name of Christ have been enticed to lower the standards of Gods
Word. It is far too judgmental in our age of tolerance, even though this is one of its
main functions.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner (judge) of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
E. We live in a nation that increasingly demands the church set
aside all truth claims, lest we offend liars, deceivers, and thosewho propagate falsehoods, idolatry, child killing, and perversion.
And we must never, ever dare declare that Jesus Christ is the only
truth, life, and way, for this might exclude the spirit of the age,
false religions, and the idols of the land that are destroying our
nation. Where are we learning this demonic propaganda? The
media and entertainment are the usual suspects, but the mainculpability lies with our government-sponsored public schools.
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Godly Education3. The Battle for the mind:
The Apostle Paul declared:
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readinessto revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled (2 Corinthians 10:36).
A. Second Corinthians 10:36 and our opening scripture from Romans, Be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, offer
protection from the worlds indoctrination. It supplies the antidote to the worlds toxic
philosophies. In these passages, the Apostle Paul deals with the battleground of the
mind, and indirectly with the crucial role of education.
B. Hosea teaches us that when we reject Gods knowledge for
the worlds knowledge, destruction shall be our lot. In addition, if
we forget the law of God, he promises to forget our children.
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Godly Education3. The Battle for the mind (Cont.):Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of
the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying,and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore
shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and
with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. Yet let no man strive, nor
reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Therefore shalt thou fall in the day,
and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou
shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children
(Hosea 4:16).
C. Benjamin Rush, founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence, warned of
two severe consequences that would befall America if we were ever foolish enough to remove
the Bible as the cornerstone of American education.
1. The first consequence would be that our form of governmentwould change.
2. Rush also warned that our taxes would become excessive and
spent on the punishment of crime instead of its prevention
through an education centered in the Bible.
3. Benjamin Rush was not a humanist. He did not believe man is
inherently good or that man is the victim of his environment. Heunderstood the source ofmans trouble is located within man.
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Godly Education3. The Battle for the mind (Cont.):
Apparently, Benjamin Rush was familiar with the words of our Lord:
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the
belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the
mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart
proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen
hands defileth not a man (Matthew 15:1720).
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Godly Education4. Great Gates of Hell:
A. Martin Luther, the Father of the Reformation, stated:
I am very much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates
of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Scriptures,
engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advice no one to place his
child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every
institution in which men are not increasingly occupied with the
Word of God must become corrupt.
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Godly Education5. Definition of Education:
A. Education, in the Latin, means to pour in and to draw out.
1. With our public schools secular agenda, what is being poured into our children
and, as a result, what is being drawn out? Occupy Wall Street anyone?
2. Keep in mind Jesus taught that we would discern the nature of things by the fruit
it produces (Matthew 7:20).
3. One just has to look at the condition of our public schools to realize there is a
major problem. Our schools have become veritable war zones filled with violentbehavior, sexual immorality, pagan philosophy, gross vulgarity, and incredible
disrespect for parental authority. This begs the question, what are public schools
pouring into our unsuspecting children?
4. There is a principle that nature abhors a vacuum. Whenever the
knowledge of God is removed from the public life of a nation,violence and perversion always replaces it. This is the inescapable
lesson that preceded Noahs deluge (Genesis 6). America officially
banished God from the classroom in the 1960s and into the void
rushed every kind of unclean bird and doctrine of devils (1 Timothy
4:1; Revelation 18:2). Yet, Christians still insist on sending their
lambs to mingle with wolves. Potentially, many of their youngsuffer physical, mental, and worst of all, spiritual harm.
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Godly Education6. The Biblical Model:
A. Godly education1. John Milton, author of Paradise Lost, maintains, The endof learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents by
regaining to know God aright; and out of that knowledge to
love Him, to imitate Him, and to be like Him.
2. Noah Webster, the father of American education stated:The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of
manners. Education comprehends all that series of
instruction and discipline, which is intended to enlighten the
understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners
and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in theirfuture stations. To give children a good education in
manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a
religious education is indispensable; and an immense
responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect
these duties.
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Godly Education6. The Biblical Model (Cont.):
3. Notice Websters first emphasis when it comes to the important subject of education is the
training of childrens character. Education must build into our children the foundation of a godlycharacter in order to prepare them for their future stations in this life. The scriptures teach the fear
of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Proverbs 1:7). The fear of the Lord inspires us
to depart from evil (Proverbs 16:6). It establishes integritya persons word is their bond.
a. Secondly, Webster mentions that academics have a place in education, but it is secondary
to religious training. Not only is Christian training the source of godly character, it forms in
children the discipline of a biblical worldview. Every academic subject needs to be filtered
through the grid ofGods revelation. Children must discover the leading idea of every topic and
trace it back to God and his Word.
b. To accomplish this noble goal in education, I highly recommend the
principle approach methodology for teaching. It is bibliocentric, placing
the Bible at the heart of each subject. You can learn more from the
Foundation for American Christian Education. Their website is
www.face.net. There you will discover the four Rsresearch, reason,
relate, and recordthat defined the education of our founding fathers.
This educational process is not multiple choice, fill in the blank, or marking
true or false. Education should not be a guessing game. It should produce
Christian character and critical thinking based on biblical truths. This
important discipline is missing from most educational systems today.
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Godly Education6. The Biblical Model (Cont.):
c. Lastly, Webster stated, An immense responsibility rests on
parents and guardians who neglect these duties. What ismissing from this statement? Notice Webster does not mention
the church or the state as the responsible parties for the
education of the young. Webster, as opposed to his modern
Christian counterparts, was biblical in his orientation. He knew
this was a jurisdictional issue, not an educational one.
d. Nowhere in the Bible does God ordain the state to teach
children. Although the church can help supplement our
childrens education, the primary responsible party, according
to Gods Word, is the parents. The Bible clearly teaches that theprincipal government responsible for training children is family
government. He does not recognize nor endorse any other.
Unfortunately, this revelation, for the most part, does not even
appear as a glitch on the American church's screen. This biblical
ignorance accounts for most of the causalities suffered by ourChristian young today.
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Godly Education7. Deuteronomy 6:49:
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words,which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them
diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thyhouse, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy 32:4647 reads:
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify
among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to
do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it isyour life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land,
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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Godly Education7. Deuteronomy 6:49:A. According to these passages from Deuteronomy, the greatest commandment is to love God and the
greatest application of that commandment is home education. Moses declared this was not a vain thing; it
was to be our life.B. How many Christians in America agree with Moses assessment on the meaning of life? How many
truly believe the meaning of the Christian life is to get married, have as many children God allows, and
then home educate them for the glory of God and the advancement of his kingdom? (Psalm 127; Malachi
2:15).
C. Most Christians in America do not comprehend there is a major difference between the biblical
model of education, which is relational, versus the Greek model of education, which we see in Americasschool systems today. The biblical model of education is discipleship and mentoring, while the Greek
model is expediency, which merely views children as wards of the state. The biblical model emphasizes
God at its center. The Greek model emphasizes the state. The biblical model bonds the family. The Greek
model bonds children to peers and strangers. The biblical model nurtures honor for father and mother.
The Greek model nurtures rebellion against father and mother. The biblical model emphasizes principle,
what is right, while the Greek model emphasizes pragmatism, what works, regardless if it is right or
wrong. In the Greek model, the ends can justify the means.
D. Jesus, the great teacher, demonstrated this teaching style with his apostles. He
ate with them, walked with them, and lived with them. This was a part of his
discipleship program. It was not a sterilized setting with classrooms segregated by
age groups based upon an evolutionary model of education. No! Jesus taught Gods
message and modeled it before his disciples as a way of life. They in turn passed the
truth of God to others as a way of life. This kingdom educational program was soeffectual that the world labeled the early Christians as followers of the way.
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Godly Education8. Lastly, Gods Word demands:
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christwith Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out
from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty. ~ 2 Corinthians 6:1418
A. If our nation is ever to have a new birth of freedom that secures a future and a hope for our
posterity, we must obey God when it comes to the education of our children. Christians can no longer
afford to prop up governments humanistic temple, which denies the existence of our Lord and teaches
vain philosophies contrary to his truth. Christian children can no longer be used as grist that prospers the
pagan mill of public education.
B. As Gods Word declares, it is time to come out from among them and be
separate. And as we do, keep in mind that home education is not a separation unto
isolation, but a separation unto impact. May a great exodus from American
government schools begin in earnest in our day. Spread the word far and wide, it is
time to come out from the kingdom of darkness and live, think, and act like believing
Christians. It is time to educate our children for the glory of God and the
advancement of his kingdom in the earth.