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I was in business and in manufacturing for many years. I also earned University degrees, through night school and part time studies. I learned how to run a business from champions of industry, people that I worked for and with, but I did not learn much of value from Universities. One thing that I learned was that the professors and lecturers were mostly academics, people who were not successful in real life. I had wasted a lot of good time and money on useless education. When Jesus called me to follow Him I discovered that the same situation exists in the Christian churches. They can teach you the Bible, doctrines and theories, but they cannot teach you about following Jesus, because they do not know Him and have no practical experience of following Him. Their teachings are all academic, useless for the kingdom of God. Most of the preachers have no knowledge of God. How can a person that has no practical experience of discipleship, teach you about following Jesus. If they do not know His voice, how can they teach you about hearing Jesus, listening to Him and following Him? If they do not live by faith, but live in the church parsonage and on the church payroll, how can they teach you about living by faith? If they themselves practice sin and fornicate with the world, how can they teach you repentance and holiness without which no man shall see God?
By Jan Boshoff5
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I was in business and in manufacturing for many years. I also earned University degrees, through night school and part time studies. I learned how to run a business from champions of industry, people that I worked for and with, but I did not learn much of value from Universities. One thing that I learned was that the professors and lecturers were mostly academics, people who were not successful in real life. I had wasted a lot of good time and money on useless education. When Jesus called me to follow Him I discovered that the same situation exists in the Christian churches. They can teach you the Bible, doctrines and theories, but they cannot teach you about following Jesus, because they do not know Him and have no practical experience of following Him. Their teachings are all academic, useless for the kingdom of God. Most of the preachers have no knowledge of God. How can a person that has no practical experience of discipleship, teach you about following Jesus. If they do not know His voice, how can they teach you about hearing Jesus, listening to Him and following Him? If they do not live by faith, but live in the church parsonage and on the church payroll, how can they teach you about living by faith? If they themselves practice sin and fornicate with the world, how can they teach you repentance and holiness without which no man shall see God?