According to II Timothy 3:16, all scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Paul might have added, "and for jimmying locks on jail cells." That's what happened in Dorchester County, Maryland according to a recent news story. Two inmates in the Dorchester county jail discovered that a stiff cover on a Bible left in their cell was just the tool they needed for prying back the defective lock on their jail cell door. That door led to the fire escape, and that fire escape led to freedom.

That's certainly a new use for the Bible! That's what we want to talk about this morningthe proper use of the Bible. Our text is James 1: 22, "But be doers of the word, not hearers only." All of us know that verse, "But be doers of…