Gods Owners Manual The Owners Manual Many designers
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God’s Owner’s Manual
The Owner’s Manual • Many designers and manufacturers provide an owner’s manual with their product • They provide this for the fullest, safest and most proper use of the product • The owner’s manual is often ignored or lost
Our Owner’s Manual • Mankind has been made in the image of God (Gen. 1: 26 -27), has been given an “owner’s manual” – the Bible (Psa. 19: 7 ff; 119: 1 ff) • When this “owner’s manual” is ignored, the individual, the city, or the nation will soon fall (Prov. 11: 11; 14: 34)
Similarities Between Our Car Manual and God’s Word • The manual is designed to show the features and controls (Prov. 4: 23; Acts 24: 25; Gal. 5: 23; 2 Pet. 1: 6) • The manual describes how to maintain cleanliness for better service (2 Cor. 7: 1; Heb. 9: 14; Jas. 4: 8; 1 Jn. 1: 9) • The manual provides a list of pre-driving checks and adjustments (1 Cor. 11: 28; 2 Cor. 13: 5; Gal. 6: 4)
Similarities Between Our Car Manual and God’s Word • The manual encourages cautions (1 Thess. 5: 22; 1 Pet. 2: 11) • The manual identifies the warning systems (Psa. 119: 105; 1 Cor. 10: 12; 1 Tim. 4: 16; Heb. 2: 1; 3: 12) • The manual describes the restraint system (1 Sam. 3: 13; Prov. 29: 15)
Similarities Between Our Car Manual and God’s Word • The manual outlines general maintenance (1 Cor. 15: 58; 1 Tim. 4: 13; 2 Pet. 1: 5 ff; Tit. 3: 8, 14; 2 Jn. 8) • The manual explains defensive driving (2 Cor. 2: 11; Eph. 6: 11; 2 Pet. 2: 1 ff) • The manual encourages good appearance and care (Mt. 5: 14 -16; Tit. 2: 10; 1 Pet. 2: 12)
Similarities Between Our Car Manual and God’s Word • The manual outlines steps to take in case of emergency ( Phil. 4: 19; 1 Pet. 5: 7; Heb. 4: 16)
God’s Owner’s Manual • Following God’s owner’s manual will provide for a smooth operation in life (1 Pet. 3: 10 -12) • Ignoring God’s owner’s manual will have serious eternal consequences (Rev. 20: 12 -15)
