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Question #50 -
QUESTION:
Believing that the King James Bible is the perfect Word of God is
contrary to the stand that my "Alma Mater" takes. What
should I do?
ANSWER:
You should be loyal to God, Who SHOULD be a
little higher on your "loyalty list" than your college.
EXPLANATION:
First, let's get it straight. You do not have an
"Alma Mater." The term "Alma Mater"
results from the combination of the Hebrew word for
"virgin" (almah) and the Greek word for
"mother" (meter). Thus when you speak of your "Alma
Mater" you refer to your "Virgin Mother," a
terminology which we fairly say can only be used by Jesus Christ.
Thus, although we may have to use the more lengthy description
"the college I attended" or just "my college,"
we show much more respect for Jesus Christ than to go around
claiming that we have a "Virgin Mother" also.
Secondly, you should appreciate the time,
trouble and effort that your college went through to educate you.
Education does not happen by accident, thus you should be
appreciative of what was done on your behalf.
Thirdly, "appreciation" taken into
consideration, you do not owe your SOUL to your
college as you do to Jesus Christ. Therefore you need not be
"eternally grateful" to it in such a humiliating manner
that you are not allowed to control your own convictions once you
graduate.
The receipt of "Dear Preacher Boy"
letters from the college President designed to pressure and
intimidate you into "towing the college line" should
carry no more weight than the 3rd class "Dear Occupant"
mail which we all receive.
Jesus said, "The truth shall make you FREE"
and any school which is constantly reminding you of your
"debt" to them for "all we've done for you" is
not interested in your freedom, but your slavery.
You needn't feel any guilt in "respectfully"
disregarding both their request and the claims.
Furthermore, if you went to a school where you
paid your tuition, your room and board, and the other associated
costs of your education, then you are totally free of any so
called "debt" to your school. You may wholeheartedly appreciate
the "sacrifice, vision, dedication, etc." of your school
and its leaders, but your DEBT to it ended when
you made your final tuition payment. Your degree was not given to
you as a gift to show their benevolence. It was EARNED
by your academic efforts and PAID FOR by your
cold cash, not to mention a little "sacrifice, vision and
dedication" of your own.
Your college did not give you your degree
because it thought that it would be a "nice" gesture.
They gave it to you because they could not refuse to.
You had EARNED it by fulfilling the requirements that they
demanded. Including paying your bill. (Plus interest
in some cases.)
Thus if you find that the perfect Bible that
your school spoke of really does exist, and you
fear being alienated from your college and its "alumni",
(Greek - "enlightened ones"?) then you should remember
that your debt to Jesus Christ is REAL while your "debt"
to your college is only imagined.
Which do you prefer to be alienated from, Jesus
Christ or your college? They are NOT one in the
same.
John 8:32.
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