Education (Part Six)

We have looked at the four different ways people learn. We have showed you how the church can and has used these four methods to teach and instruct people in the true faith. But we have over looked something throughout this discussion. Maybe you have already added this information from your own instruction and knowledge with regards to the Christian faith.

I told you that the Bible only provides one way of learning. You need to read it. The Word of God is brought to us by either the written word (which is to say what you are reading now) or the spoken word (which is to say what someone may be reading to you). But God does leave us with only these two methods?

God also has commanded his people to make disciples through baptism. This is taking physical water and placing over someone. You have a verbal component or Audio component as someone declares to you what is actually happening. You even have a tactile element as you feel the water upon your head and as that water drips away. You further have a visual given as the Baptizer is washing the Baptizee, which is telling you about Christ washing us in his blood and washing away our sins. Finally you have the Logical component, He that believes and is Baptized shall be saved. You do not Baptize yourself, but God through the Baptizer has done this for you.

Similarly, you can think of the LORD's Supper in the same way. It has the very tactile and physical aspect of eating and drinking. It has the verbal component taken from Jesus' very words to his Apostles. The image is actual driving you back to the image of the Passover, and the meal of fellowship and deliverance from bondage in Egypt now bondage to Sin. The logical component again comes from the Words of Jesus, given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.


Which learning style best helps connect you to What God has done for you?

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