NOTE: This is continuation of a previous post…for complete understanding please read previous post on Lesson 1…..

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Roman 12:2 -  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

This scripture tells me that if you educate/renew a person’s mind(to
the Word and ways of God) that will produce a certain character in a
person…a person who has become TRANSFORMED…METAMORPHED into someone
who is NOT conform to spirit of this world and  how will we know that
they have been changed/transformed in their thinking?   By their actions, by their
outward lives and by his being able to prove/discernbe obedient to the good,
acceptable, and perfect will of God in his life.

conclusion:  We can affect a person’s character toward godliness by educating  their minds to the Word and Ways and Will of God

…again this is showing me that how one is educated produces a certain character.

Examples:

An honest lawyer will run an honest practice.

A wise doctor will have patients(who take his advice) that benefit from his wisdom in medicine and health…the health of his patients will reflect the wisdom that he prescribes to them for their betterment and overall well-being…(all things being equal..)

When my daughter thoroughly cleans her room and I don’t have to go behind her and have her ‘redo’ it tells me that her conscientiousness of doing a thorough job is being developed in her…that character trait is showing itself outwardly…what she has been TAUGHT she has internalized and now corresponding action is being seen…..NOW, the fact that she’ll do that on her own FROM TIME TO TIME and not ALL the time also shows me that we need to work on the character trait of DILIGENCE…:-)

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Now once I came to that conclusion I looked for more “biblical proof”
to see if this conclusion could be backed up by ‘other’ scripture.  In
the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses let a word be established…..

[Just a little note here.  This came from a discussion with my husband about this lesson and my dh pointed out that you can train or educate/raise a person with a certain teaching and they can go out and do something totally different than what they had been educated to do.  In my opinion, the training was never IN them.  It is the Christian education that one INTERNALIZES(and lives by) that produces the Christian character.  I will have to revisit this and study this out more as to how to be certain that the education is internalized]

So, just to rephrase a little:  The character of a person will be seen in the kind of life they live, the conduct they exhibit and the fruit in their lives, homes, children, civil duties they have and their character  is shaped by what they internalize from their education/training.

…more in next post….

I’m posting this in segments b/c I want to give the reader time to ‘reflect’ on what I’ve said and to study this out and pray over it.  That is how it happened with me.  All of what I’m sharing from this SDS study came over a period of days…not all at once.  I’ve just complied it together and typed it out today..it kind of ALL came together today…I got segments over the week and the Holy Spirit put it all together for me and now I’m sharing what I received.  Prayerfully it will be a blessing to someone…..

Oh, I also now understand why the Principle Approach is described as “reflective” teaching and learning…for I have been mulling over all of this ever since I got my SDS and did each lesson each day…

1. Your husband does have a good point as do you. If someone owns what they’re being taught…if they “buy” it hook line and sinker then they’ll pattern their lives after that. If you follow God’s ways then you get excellent results because His ways are excellent.

   Comment by Violet — March 27, 2007 @ 3:12 pm

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