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The Believer as Life-Long The Believer as Life-Long LearnerLearner
James SellersJames Sellers
Campus Bible Fellowship Campus Bible Fellowship
Honors Barbeque 2007Honors Barbeque 2007
Who Is This Guy?Who Is This Guy?
Penn State student and CBF member, 1987-1992 (PhD in mathematics)
Past president of CBF…
Current FBC ALC Chair…
Who Is This Guy?Who Is This Guy?
Life-Long LearningLife-Long Learning
Even when the academic year is over (and even when you have graduated!), you still need to keep learning.
That begs a couple questions…
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What should I be learning?
Why should I keep learning? (Can’t I just stop?!?!)
A few thoughts come to mind…
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What should I be learning?
Answer #1: God’s Word
Daily habits…Digging deep…
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Why learn God’s Word?
Protection from sinPsalm 119:9, 11
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Why learn God’s Word?
Direction in lifePsalm 119:105
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Why learn God’s Word?
Strength and powerPsalm 119:25, 28
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Clarification – Don’t replace God’s word with the “wisdom of man”.
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Clarification – Knowledge simply for knowledge’s sake can be detrimental. (Ecclesiastes 12:12)
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
But there is wisdom in continually learning…
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Proverbs 1:5, 9:9 (note the connections to wisdom and righteousness as well)
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Daniel 1:17-20 (God used Daniel mightily)
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Acts 7:22 (God used Moses’ background and learning as Israel’s leader)
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What should I be learning?
Answer #2: Knowledge…
Acts 17:23, 28 (Paul’s conversation with Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens)
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Why should you acquire additional knowledge (in your own subject area, for example)?
– ability to witness to fellow students, co-workers, family (e.g., Paul in Athens)
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Why should you acquire additional knowledge (in your own subject area, for example)?
– ability to be used by God in mighty ways in our circles of influence (Moses, Daniel, etc.)
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Closing Exhortations… This Summer
– Don’t slack off on your devotions– Pick up a Bible study with a fellow
believer (now that you have more time)
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Closing Exhortations… This Summer
– Set a goal to memorize a certain number of verses (and meet the goal!)
– Read five books (Paul Dixon)
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Closing Exhortations… For Life
Keep Learning!!! – The Bible…– … as well as your own area of
academic interest