There is no education to be gained higher than that given to the early disciples, and which is revealed to us through the word of God. To gain the higher education means to follow this word implicitly; it means to walk in the footsteps of Christ, to practice His virtues. It means to give up selfishness and to devote the life to the service of God. Higher education calls for something greater, something more divine, than the knowledge to be obtained merely from books. It means a personal, experimental knowledge of Christ; it means emancipation from ideas, from habits and practices, that have been gained in the school of the prince of darkness, and which are opposed to loyalty to God. It means to overcome stubbornness, pride, selfishness, worldly ambition, and unbelief. It is the message of deliverance from sin. {CT 11.2}

Der kan ikke fås nogen højere uddannelse end den de førte disciple fik, og som åbenbares til os igennem Guds ord. At få den højere uddannelse vil sige at følge dette ord ubetinget; det betyder at gå i Kristi fodspor, og praktisere Hans dyder. Det betyder at opgive selviskhed og hellige dette liv til Guds tjeneste. Højere uddannelse kræver noget større, noget mere (12) guddommeligt, end den kundskab der blot fås fra bøger. Det betyder en personlig, erfaringsmæssig kundskab til Kristus; det betyder frigivelse af ideer, fra vaner og praksis, som er blevet fået i mørkets fyrstes skole, som er imod loyalitet til Gud. Det betyder at overvinde hårdnakkethed, stolthed, selviskhed, verdslig ærgerrighed og vantro. Det er et budskab om udfrielse fra synd.