Defilement is contagious!

A tragic development of "Christian" schools in Australia

I am writing this article pertaining to Christian Schools specifically, but this will apply in general to Christian Organisations & Churches as well.

One of the most tragic examples is the Salvation Army. Even those part of this organisation will have to admit they do not have the same spiritual zeal & power that was imparted by their founder.

Back to "Christian" schools.

I basing this article on my own experience with our own children attending a "Christian" School & other parents & teachers & observation of present trends & statistics.

If you are a godly parent, you will realize they are only 2 options left, since the State Schools have turned into woke, ungodly gateways to hell. Of course not only Christian families are realising this & that is why they don't want to send their children to State schools & I can't blame them. So these 2 options left are expensive private "Christian" schools or home-schooling. The reason I put the word Christian regarding schools in brackets, is that with the present influx of children from families who are far from Christian or at best are nominal Christians or in name & religious background only. I have often heard the argument that the "Christian" schools can reach out to those who are not Christians & evangelise the nation this way, it might sound good but the natural & spiritual laws & the outcome we observe today proves the opposite. In advance I apologise to Christian Schools, Principals, teachers, parents & volunteers who do the best they can in the given situation they are in. But it is an undeniable trend, that requires a good look & see if we can reverse this trend. Government money in grants & subsidies given to "Christian" schools comes with conditions & a "price", I think we are all aware of this.

What the natural & spiritual laws teach:

• Natural laws:

• Entropy: The thermodynamic principle that systems naturally progress from a state of order (good) to a state of disorder or randomness (bad).

• Decomposition: The breakdown of complex organic substances into simpler matter, usually by bacteria or fungi. 

• Degradation: A decline in quality, character, or condition, often used in materials science, biology, and environmental studies. 

• Corrosion: The gradual destruction of materials (usually metals) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. 

• Obsolescence: The state of a product or process occurring when it falls out of use or becomes outdated, even if it is still physically functioning.

Spiritual laws:

The principle that the unclean and unholy negatively affects or defiles the clean and holy is a major theme in the Bible. It highlights that defilement is contagious, whereas holiness is not transferred by simple proximity. 

The following scriptures outline this concept:

1. The Contagion of Uncleanness

• Haggai 2:12-13: The prophet Haggai asks the priests a test of the Old Testament Law. If someone carries holy meat and that garment touches bread, the bread does not become holy. However, if an unclean person (such as one who touched a dead body) touches the bread, the food becomes defiled. This illustrates that defilement easily spreads, while holiness requires deliberate consecration.

• Leviticus 22:6: The Law states that anyone who touches an unclean thing remains ceremonially unclean until evening, and they are restricted from partaking in holy offerings.

2. Failure to Distinguish and the Consequences

• Ezekiel 22:26: God condemns the priests of Israel because they violated His law and failed to distinguish between the sacred and the profane. By not showing the people the difference between the clean and the unclean, the unholiness of the nation spread and profaned God's name.

• Leviticus 10:10: God specifically commands His leaders to separate and distinguish between "the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean".

3. Spiritual and Moral Separation in the New Testament

• 2 Corinthians 6:14-17: The Apostle Paul questions how righteousness and lawlessness can partner, or how light can share fellowship with darkness. He uses the imagery of the Old Testament, quoting Isaiah 52:11, to command believers: "Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you".

• 2 Corinthians 7:1: Building on this separation, Paul encourages the church to cleanse themselves from "every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God"

Conclusion:

The present influx of children in "Christian" schools from families who are far from Christian or at best are nominal Christians or in name & religious background only, are negatively affecting the children from Christian families. The standard argument that the "Christian" schools can reach out to those who are not Christians & evangelise the nation this way, sounds good but as explained above in the natural & spiritual laws & the outcome we observe today proves the opposite. Are those who are making some form of commitment to Christ at the school chapel meetings really turning to Christ? I sincerely hope so, but long term results prove the opposite. Also I have interacted & worked with many colleagues in the past who attended a "Christian" school, but they were as "pagan" as anybody else for that matter. And what about the children from Christian families? Does it really benefit their faith? How do they feel when in some schools up to 80% of the children do not not come from real Christian families?

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Matthew 13:32

Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

("Birds of the Air" are almost always referring to stealing, robbing or the demonic in the Scriptures: think & ponder on this)

Genesis 15:11

Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.