PROFESSIONAL CHRISTIAN STUDENTS

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You have met them.  People who find it easier to 

study than to work.  So they go to school as long

as they can get grants or someone to feed them.

We call them "professional students".

I must confess that in the Christian realm I along

with many others have become "professional students".

No, not for money.  But it is far easier to sit at a desk

or with other people of a like mind and study the Bible

than it is to go out and live out the Bible instructions of 

service.  So we spend our spare time going to "Bible

Studies", or "Bible conferences" etc.

We use as our excuse the reference in the Old King

 James version 11 Timothy 2:15;

"Study to show thyself approved

unto God, a workman that needeth

not to be ashamed, rightly dividing

the word of truth."

But stop and think a minute.  [I am sure you 

can better than I can.]  The same writer in the

same version said;

"And that ye study to be quiet,"

(1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV)  

Have you ever undertaken a study or a

class in how to be quiet?  No, because that

is not what the old English meant.  The Greek

word translated "study" here meant;

"be diligent".  In other words put into practice

what you have been learning.

I love to read, study and soak up the truths of

the Bible.  But with God's help I intend to put

them more into practice.