When 2 Timothy 3:16-17 talks about Scripture thoroughly equipping us for every good work, does it include leaders dealing with safety issues? Is Scripture useful even for church safety and security? To answer that, we’d have to determine what constitutes the “good work” for which Scripture equips up.
Simply put, the “good work” would include any act or deed we do that’s considered upright, honorable, and beneficial.
Is Church Safety a Good Work for Which We’ll Find Scripture Useful?
So, it gets down to whether keeping people safe is a good work. With the intent of protecting people from harm, certainly it’s a beneficial task. With the dual purpose of guarding the glory of God’s name, certainly it’s an honorable cause. And, when done out of and with love for God and people, certainly it’s then an upright process.
Sure we might not think of ranking church safety with other types of good works but it still is a good work. And, we’re told that Scripture is able to thoroughly equip up for “every” good work.
The real question, then, isn’t if Scripture can equip us and empower us to keep our churches safe but how. We’ll consider that in the next post: Biblical Principles for Dealing with Safety Issues
For More on These Topics:
All Posts about Safety Issues:
- Safety Because Love Always Protects
- Safety Coordinated by a Church Security Team
- Safety Takes Everybody Doing Their Part
- Safety Because of the Great Commission
- Church Safety: WWJD?
- Integrity Breaks in Church Safety
- Focus of Church Safety
- Perspective in Church Safety
- Dangerous Gospel?
- Scripture Useful for Church Safety?
- Biblical Principles for Dealing with Safety Issues
- Power of Grace in Church Safety
- Power of Grace for Preventing Problems
- Power of Grace for Coping
- Power of Grace Enables Godly Responses
- Safety in the Name of the Lord?
- Don’t Underestimate the Power of Prayer in Safety
- The Spirit in the Midst of Church Safety?
- Church Safety as a Ministry Using Spiritual Gifts?
- The Real Enemy of Church Safety
- God Has a Bigger Picture When Bad Things Happen
- Leaders’ Roles Dictate How They Handle Church Safety
- Qualities Leaders Need in Church Safety Efforts