Is College An Earthly Achievement?

[GTC1187]

The NT says to avoid earthly achievements, and the world and the flesh are regularly frowned upon.

So, would pursuing a college degree be considered an earthly achievement?

I don't want to be worldly, but I don't want to lose mental sharpness either!

[missmuffet]

I think that God wants us to use our mental capacities as much as possible.He has blessed us with that.I do not think it is worldly at all.

[GoldenEagle]

The NT says to avoid earthly achievements, and the world and the flesh are regularly frowned upon.

So, would pursuing a college degree be considered an earthly achievement?

I don't want to be worldly, but I don't want to lose mental sharpness either!

Welcome to the forums You bring up an interesting question.

There is nothing wrong with hard work. Going to college, working hard on a degree, and graduating with a degree takes effort/hard work.

 

Having a college degree would greatly increase your income potential. It would open up doors to various opportunities in allowing you to choose a different and/or potentially better career.

College is more than just about mental sharpness. It's about networking with people, learning to trust God in faith amongst those who don't believe, and it can be a mission field as well to tell others of the Gospel. It can also be a means to an end career wise. If you don't know what to study get a business administration degree.

That is my suggestion.

 

But like Man I'm curious where does the NT say to avoid earthly achievements? Where did you hear that or who taught you that? I find that very interesting.

God bless,

GE

[GTC1187]

I thought I had read that or something along those lines. Thanks for the clarification!

[rebbell]

Are you going to college for the purpose of glorifying GOD or self?

When you get that job with all that money, will it bring you closer to GOD?

In order for HIM to increase, I must decrease.

But Jesus said to the rich young man, but yet thou lackest one thing. Go, and sell all that ye have... and he went away sad because he had many possessions...

God bless

[Fez]

Paul was very well educated in the scriptures and law. That did not stop God using him in an amazing way.

[GoldenEagle]

I thought I had read that or something along those lines. Thanks for the clarification!

It really depends on your purpose for going to college... If you are (or want to be) a small business owner than perhaps a full degree might not be necessary. If you feel God is calling you to be a professor in high school, college, etc. then a college degree would be the minimum requirement. Preferably a masters or PhD might even be requirements or at the very minimum helpful.

What would be your purpose for going to college?

God bless,

GE

[GoldenEagle]

Are you going to college for the purpose of glorifying GOD or self?

When you get that job with all that money, will it bring you closer to GOD?

In order for HIM to increase, I must decrease.

But Jesus said to the rich young man, but yet thou lackest one thing. Go, and sell all that ye have... and he went away sad because he had many possessions...

God bless

Interesting are you saying or implying that seeking further education would draw one away from God?

God bless,

GE

[OakWood]

Without people going to college, there would be no culture and no technology. We would not be speaking here today, because there would be no computers and no internet.

There wouldn't be millions of Bibles around the World translated into different languages because there would no translators and no printing and no fast ships or planes to distribute the Bibles.

Hitler would have murdered even more Jews than he did, because no Christian nations would have been able to defeat him, because Christians would not have gone to college and there would be no physicists, no chemists and no engineers. We would have no weapons or aircraft to fight the Nazis with.

[rebbell]

 

Without people going to college, there would be no culture and no technology. We would not be speaking here today, because there would be no computers and no internet.

There wouldn't be millions of Bibles around the World translated into different languages because there would no translators and no printing and no fast ships or planes to distribute the Bibles.

Hitler would have murdered even more Jews than he did, because no Christian nations would have been able to defeat him, because Christians would not have gone to college and there would be no physicists, no chemists and no engineers. We would have no weapons or aircraft to fight the Nazis with.

If we did not have all this stuff, that is a bad thing?

Maybe all this stuff is the very things that take us farther from God.

We have everything we need, we are able to do for ourselves, who needs GOD?

I did not say God will not bless us in such things.

However, I do believe that we limit ourselves from our higher calling in HIM, when we pursue this world's goods and not GOD.

Sounds like you put a whole lot of limitations on God in your post.

Without all this stuff and technology, we just couldn't do anything.

My point exactly, Where does that leave GOD in our lives? We have it all already.

The more we do of our own desires, the more HE will let us do, and yes, bless us in our desires.

I believe it all comes down to the desire of a person's heart.

God bless