The Bible Inspired Of God.

• Nine: When you're stressed, float a while.

• Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

• Eleven: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

(5). THE SCRIPTURES EQUIP US FOR SERVICE (vs 17).

“So that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

• The study of the Bible must never be selfish,

• Simply for the good of the person studying it.

• We study so that we might make ourselves useful to God and useful to other people.

• The end result should be a deeper love for God and a deeper love for other people.

Ill:

Bruce Barton & the two seas.

Quote: Unknown Monk (1100AD)

• “When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

• I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

• When I found I couldn't change the nation,

• I began to focus on my town.

• I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

• Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself,

• And suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself,

• I could have made an impact on my family.

• My family and I could have made an impact on our town.

• Their impact could have changed the nation & I could indeed have changed the world”.

The word translated ‘equipped” (N.I.V) “perfect” (KJB) was a familiar Greek word in New Testament times:

• Doctors knew it because it meant ‘to set a broken bone’.

• Fishermen knew it for it meant ‘to mend a broken net’.

• Sailors knew it for it meant ‘to outfit a ship for voyage’.

• Soldiers knew it because it meant ‘to equip an army for battle’.

• The word of God when studied and applied can equip each Christian:

• To set the broken bones in our lives so that we can walk straight in life.

• It can repair the breaks in the nets so that we might catch fish and win souls.

• It can equip us for battle so that we can stand firm in the storms of life.