Mar. 14, 2009 - Our Bible
| In my boy’s bible study group I taught a lesson on the Armor of God. I brought my little brother's play armor set as a visual for the kids. I touched on each important piece and saved the sward for last. When it came time to place the only weapon a Christian has in to the volunteer knight’s hand I handed him only the handle of the busted sward and said “Jacob, how would you feel if a roaring lion came attacking you?” The class got a big kick out of that and rightly so. What good is a knight without a weapon? That was a rhetorical question. A rhetorical question is a question in which the answer is implied. The answer is a knight would be no good at all. He would be completely useless to his king. Fortunately, we as Christians do have a sward that is sharper than any two-edged sward. It is the bible. I am reminded of when I ordered my knife from this police catalog. The company is called Galls for all you tactical people out there. In the picture it looked like a small, light weight, flip knife just like my co-worker has. On the description it said assisted-auto opening. I did not know what that meant but that did not matter to me. When the knife showed up I was shocked when I unboxed a huge blade! It was an inch longer than I expected folded! It felt a pound heaver as well! But the real shocker was when I opened it. I found that auto-opening meant that it was spring loaded! I was terrified and almost dropped it. I know that sounds dumb, but that is how it happened. The next few days I spent practicing on opening and closing the knife. It would drive my dad crazy hearing loud clicks all day. Soon I started to get the hang of it and I am proud to say that I am now an efficient switchblade carrier. At first the switchblade was not much good to me. It was not the switchblades fault it was completely capable of being useful to someone that could use it. I was the problem! I needed training. That training was important because if I did not train myself I would have never have been able to use it when I needed it. I would have hurt myself or someone with it or just never used it at all. Hey man, you know what? The same thing could be happening in your Christian life. Can you find books of Bible? Using you Bible could you show an unsaved person that being good will not get him to heaven? Could you defend your belief that Jesus is God? Could you fight temptation with scripture that would fit that particular situation? If not, you are like Jacob. You are just about worthless to your King. You know what? The bible is important to a Christian. A police officer would never start his shift without knowing how to use his sidearm. A knight would not charge into a battle with a sward he was not skilled at using. I would never use my switchblade at work if I did not know how to use it. Neither should a Christian charge into the spiritual battle without knowing what his bible says. This is not to say that you are useless to God until you have a PH.D in Bible. That is not true at all. But it is true that if you don’t know you bible basics you are unlikely to stand like a Bright Knight should. If you are not bible fluent you should be concerned. If you are always reading your bible and have verses memorized you are learning how to use that sward. Good job! Now we go back to Jacob. After the boys stopped laughing I was able to share the point I just shared with you. The image of a knight with no sward was I think a great touch. It is a great reminder to me, I am sure it was to them and I hope you too |
Comments
Mar. 14, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by NaeNut
Hey! I had so much fun yesterday and today!!!!!!! see ya soon!
Sarah
Mar. 16, 2009 - Hi!
Posted by JessLBee
That was an awesome post!!! You know I had never thought about how you have to have some basic training in the Bible before you could put it to use.....that is so true though!!!!!
Thanks for coming over yesterday!!!!
~Jess
Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by AnAmericanGirl
Thanks for sharing that, that was great. What exactly do you do at Game Stop (if I remember correctly, that's where you work) that you need a switchblade for? Anyway, I just thought that I would stop by and tell you that I got the job at Arby's. I am excited, nervous and not so sure what to expect. Anyway, I'll talk to you later.
God bless
Hannah
Mar. 19, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by AnAmericanGirl
Hey,
I just thought that I would stop by and let you know that my brother (Gabriel) started a new blog. Here is the link to his blog. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TeenShip/
God bless
Hannah
Mar. 20, 2009 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by MNsnowgirl
Great Post!!! I never thought about it that way before!!
ttyl
Hannah
Edited by MNsnowgirl on Mar. 20, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Mar. 31, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by AnAmericanGirl
Thanks! My new job is going great. It's a lot of fun, but I am very tired right now. I worked from 11:00 to 3:00 today. I'm just about to leave, we are taking dinner to a family who had a baby last week (AW!! :D) I'll talk to you later. Thanks for the comment.
God bless
Hannah
Apr. 2, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by REBELXTi
Oh wow, what a great post!! Your switchblade is a really good example. Like when I bought my camera I wasn't able to get great shots like other people, but it gets easier as you get to know your equipment. I absolutely agree that its important to have verses memorized and stuff. We have a few books by Brannon Howse (Worldview Weekend) about building a biblical worldview. One of them has 50 questions you might be asked by a non believer, and how to answer them with a bible verse. They've been really useful, and it doesn't always have the one you expect. For example, the first one is "Who created the world?" The easiest answer would be Genesis 1:1 right?? The one it came up with was John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Sorry for the long comment!! I just thought it was a really good post :D
~Lula
Apr. 4, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by hbfroggy
Hey andy!! Sorry for not answering your comment faster but I didn't get on the computer that much this week:(( Sorry about the pictures but I don't have any other way to put them on my blog:(( ttyl
~Hannah~
May. 31, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by NaeNut
Hey!!! I tagged you!!!!!
Sarah
