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We all know that Education is the evolution and to many other salient sophy and science (Omniscience)”. In created human beings as man and
process or act of learning, teach- doctrines and practices of traditional Him are hidden all the treasures of woman. He instituted marriage and
ing/acquiring or imparting knowledge. It biblical Christianity. wisdom and knowledge" (Col. 2:3). Thus family to populate the world created for
involves training and developing a child's creation is a display to reveal God's glory humanity.
knowledge, skill, mind, and character In this scenario, while many believers (Ps 19:1-5), God's will, God's incom-
and includes preparing them for mature consider Gen.1-11 allegory or myth, as prehensible love He shares with His God's plan of creation involves work.
life through formal schooling. Interest- Christian educators who practice creation (Omni benevolence) and His We find the book of Genesis to be the
ingly, the creation story in the Bible not personal Christianity, we are called to everlasting presence to be present foundation and incomparably significant
only carries all the components of impart proper Christian education. As everywhere in all situations at all times for the theology of work and work
education but also involves diverse Christian evangelicals and fundamen- (Omnipresence) with his creation. Christ ethics. The creator God sets a role model
disciplines in education. talists, when we profess to believe in an is projected as Saviour and Creator by His for how to labor. The Bible first tells us
inerrant scripture and trust God's word, threefold work- past, present, and that God is creating the world. (Gen.1:3-
But unfortunately, in this century, the account of creation in Genesis future. 'By Him were all things created.' 25; 2:7). We see God at work and learn
evolution has become the foundation of cannot be an exception. Let us remem- 'By Him, all things consist.' In the how God intends us to work. God works
secular education, and public schools ber that the concept of Creation is taught beginning, was the Word, and the Word immanently with his hands to sculpt
are captured by secular humanism. As a in Genesis and referenced throughout was with God, and the Word was God. He human bodies (Gen. 2:7, 21), dig a
result, courses in every discipline in the the Bible by Jesus and the apostles. was at the beginning with God. All things garden (Gen. 2:8), plant an orchard (Gen.
natural sciences, the social sciences, and Creation doctrine is the foundation of came into being through him; without 2:9), and later as a tailor to make
humanities, including religion courses, the living faith, Gospel, and true him, no one came. What has come into “garments of skin” (Gen. 3:21). These are
have been structured around evolution- Christology. That is why God has placed it being in him was life, and life was the only the beginnings of God's physical
istic premises and have become the first in the Bible. 'Through faith, we light of all people. (John 1:1-4). As work in a Bible full of divine labor. The
most popular approach in the media and understand that the worlds were framed Christians, we acknowledge the Triune other sixty-five books of the Bible each
academia. With the passing of time, the by the word of God so that things which God, find God the Father, the Son, and have their unique contributions to add
impact of pressures towards conformity are seen were not made of things which God the Holy Spirit, all personally active to the theology of work. We find God is
and uniformity imposed by secular do appear' (Heb.11:3). Let us see how in creation relationally (Gen.1:2,26, not dreaming an illusion but creating a
accreditation bodies, though often the fact of creation is the foundation of 27,2:7), and to create the human as a reality. The created universe that God
denied, has eventually led our education all truth and reality. Triple being with body, soul, and spirit. brings into existence provides the
system to be almost completely taken material of human workspace, time,
over by secular evolutionary humanism. Creation reveals God's Personality. Creation reveals God's Plan. matter, and energy. God equips Adam
The concept of creation as the true and Eve for their work as they begin life
explanation of origins and meanings or We should remember that the Bible The creation reveals God as a careful in the Garden of Eden. God also gave
even as a possible alternative explan- is not a textbook that attempts to prove planner and a caring God. Creation in people the tasks of working with people
ation has been effectively banned from the existence of God but opens with a Genesis forms a foundation for basic (Gen. 2:18) and working with things
public educational institutions at all positive fact that God does exist. It is science. We learn the origin of the time- (Gen. 2:15). On both creation and
levels. For many years now, when it monotheistic by emphasizing that there space-matter universe: “At the begin- crucifixion, "It is finished" spoke of com-
comes to science departments, most is only one God worthy of the name and ning (time), God created the heavens pleted creative work. (Ge.2:2; Jn.19:30)
Christian universities and colleges have teaches that one God is sovereign over (space) and the earth (matter).” The which reveals the importance of fulfilling
regarded the doctrine of biblical all that exists through His entire premises of the scientific method, like a task or assignment set for anyone at
creationism as indefensible and unim- creation. Thus God's creation distin- causality, observation, objective reality, home, working, church, or in society.
portant in education. They either ignore guishes Him from all other gods and and meaningful reliability in nature, are Moreover, appreciation of labor is
the issue of creation and Genesis serves as the antidote to idolatry. God is all founded on God's creation and manifested. God sees His work as
altogether or promote theistic evolution the source of everything in creation, but control of the world. When He created excellent (Gen.1:4,10, 12,18,21,25,31).
or some other harmonization of Genesis creation is not identical to God. God is the world, He created everything for the God limits His work, resting on the sev-
by concentrating only on 'personal revealing Himself as the powerful crea- survival of living beings. He did not enth day (Gen.2:1-3). Creation teaches
Christianity'. This tendency has led to an tor (Omnipotence) and God of order, intend the earth to be a lonely, empty us physical rest and sets time apart for
increasingly compromising approach to logic, and reason which includes Philo- planet but to be inhabited (Isa. 45:8). He God (Exo. 20:8–11). We may obey and
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