"Peter and John: Uneducated and Untrained"

Feeling "unheard" or "unqualified" because your lack of formal biblical education? Today's society has put enormous weight in a piece of paper called a degree.

Think about this:

1. I could learn all I need about how to be a great speaker and communicator by reading a public speaking textbook or two, but that would not make me a great speaker.
2. I could read all the books on the body and how it works, but that would not make me a great surgeon.
3. I could read and study all the piano books & learn about notes, but that would not make me a great pianist.

Education has it's place and a good one. I am always trying to learn more and am even considering going back to school to get my Masters. But that alone won't qualify me for anything.

Jesus qualifies us. Those used by God are always those close to God.

Listen to Acts 4:13..."Now as they(priests and Sadducees) observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were marveling and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus."

Peter and John were uneducated and untrained. However, Jesus himself trained them and they were now full of the Holy Spirit. They were having such a profound impact on the people of Jerusalem. The truth is, Jesus qualified them and that was enough. Having been with Jesus meant something great.

Don't think you need a degree to be used greatly by God in the Christian world. If God wants you to get educated in some way, great, do it. If God is moving you on the work of the ministry and is not leading you down the path of formal education by man, trust Him. He is a great teacher, the best actually. We can be confident as we study His most Holy Word that He will reveal truth to us through the Holy Spirit, and that is something you can't pay for at any college.