Blessed are they who desire righteousness rather than achieving their academic goals, for their desire will be fulfilled.
Blessed are the pure in heart who despise the world’s pleasures and entertainments, for they shall see God.
Blessed
are the meek who despise the competition in education, business, sports
and other aspects of this world, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed
are ye when your fellow students and professors shall hate you, and
when they shall separate you from their classrooms and college campuses
for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy: for
behold your reward is great in heaven, for in like manner did their
faculty and UNPD unto the street preachers.
Woe unto you who are successful and have a high GPA, for you have received your education.
Woe unto you that laugh at the preachers who come to your campus and preach truth, for you shall mourn and weep.
Woe
unto you when all men shall speak well of your academic achievements
and enroll you as an honor student, for so did their fathers to the
professors of lies who taught you.
Woe
unto you who pay large sums of money to university professors who are
ever learning but never coming to a knowledge of the truth. I say unto
you that unless your knowledge of Truth exceeds that of your professors
and teachers, you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Quit
listening to your professor and academic counselor’s words and start
listening to Jesus’ words; you will know the truth, and the truth will
set you free from your goals and career.
Ye
have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, “Do good in
school so you can be successful out there in the world.” But I say unto
you: what is a man profited if he should gain the whole world but lose
his own soul? Or what kind of education and career would a man give in
exchange for his soul?
Ye
have also heard that it hath said by them of time of old, “Study hard
to achieve your academic goals so you can have a career that suits your
interests and be happy in life.” But I say unto you: he that loves his
life shall lose it and he that hates his life in this world shall save
it for life eternal.
Ye
have heard that it hath been said, “A high GPA is good because it will
help you to stand out among the competition.” But I say unto you: that
which is highly esteemed by man is an abomination in the sight of God.
Ye
have heard that it hath been said, “You should prepare to be able to
compete for the esteemed jobs out there.” But I say unto you: if someone
will take the position that you are applying for, give him your
retirement benefits as well. For ye know that the chief executives among
employees exercise dominion over them, and they that have ascended the
corporate ladder have rule over them. But it shall not be so among you;
for whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister, and
whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant.
Ye
have heard that it hath been said, “A stable career will allow you a
secure retirement plan.” But I say unto you: lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, for where your treasure is there your heart will
be also. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate one and
love the other, or else he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve both God and the University.
Therefore
I say unto you, take no thought for your life - what your career will
be. Behold the birds of the air: for they do not study and prepare for
exams to fill their bird brains with useless knowledge, and yet your
heavenly Father has taught them how to survive. And why take ye thought
for how the world will see you, to be competitive, and how your résumé
will stand out? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they do
not compete for the better GPA or the best positions in the pastures and
in the parks, yet not even the CEO of the big company whose job offer
you applied for is arrayed like one of these. Therefore take no thought
saying, “Where shall I go to school?” Or, “What shall I study?” Or,
“Where shall I be employed?” For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek, but your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of none of these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, learn to be content with food and clothing, and
it will be added unto you; for godliness with contentment is the
greatest education.
Fear
not, O undergraduate of little faith! It is your Father’s good pleasure
to give you the kingdom of heaven. Drop out of school and give your
money to the poor rather than the greedy university professor who makes
his living off of turning you into twofold more the child of hell than
he is himself.
When
you see your parents’ disappointment because the goals and expectations
they had for you are shattered, remember that if you love father or
mother more than Him you are not worthy of Him. And he that taketh not
his cross and followeth Him is not worthy of Him. He that findeth his
career shall lose it and he that forsakes his career for Jesus’ sake
shall find his life. When your friends and family try to persuade you
and discourage you from following Jesus in this radical narrow way,
remember that a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Listen
to the words of Jesus saying, “Come follow me,” and say not “Lord I
will follow, but first let me finish my bachelor’s degree.” Let the
world have the world; you go and preach the kingdom of God.
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