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 A Christian education is part of Christ’s Great Commission to disciple the nations. Matthew 28:19 - 20 “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." The word discipline means to train, and the word instruct means to teach. Education includes both. As teachers labor to nurture, instruct, and discipline students, their central task is to make Disciples of Christ. By warning against unbelief, rebellion, and the spirit of this age, the teacher seeks to train the student to become a disciple of Christ.
The mind of the student should strive towards Christ with reason, understanding and passion. Both the mind and the will of the student need to be trained and brought into subjection to God’s authority. The mind needs to be trained to submit to Scripture and to resist the temptation of leaning on one’s own understanding. Romans 12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Not only should the heart and soul seek and long for Christ; the mind should also. Matthew 22:37 “Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. '’’ Teaching followers of Christ to exercise their minds in reason is an act of worship. Worship is an appreciation and a desire for a thing. The more we understand Christ the more we can appreciate him.
Each person who is in Christ should reach towards the calling of Christ - Philippians 3 “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.” The student should be taught to reason in a consistent, biblical, structured manner and exercise proper biblical discipline to reach the goal. As you turn your mind away from the things of this world as towards the things of Christ then the whole will of a person can be subjected to the will of God. It will cause the student to then be powerfully effective toward the cause of Christ.
Arizona Bible College and Seminary, strives to bring to our students an exceptional Christian education based on these standards.
We warmly welcome you to our college and seminary.
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