We are blessed to live in a time and place where education is readily available, from preschool through higher education. But we should have a healthy view of education. Often, the “uneducated” are referred to or viewed in a negative light. However, education level is not an accurate gauge of one’s worth or spiritual strength.
In Acts 4, Peter and John were on trial before the Jewish leaders. Acts 4:13 says of the Jewish Sanhedrin, “…when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” Peter and John were simple fishermen, yet they boldly stood before and even corrected the group of educated elites. They may have been common and uneducated, but they possessed the more critical knowledge—they knew Jesus. Education and learning are good, but remember that knowing Jesus is the only knowledge that will matter in eternity.