These orders [love for God and love for money] are diametrically opposed. The one commands you to walk by faith; the other to walk by sight. The one to be humble; the other to be proud. The one to set your affections on things above; the other to set them on the things that are on the earth. The one to look at the things unseen and eternal; the other to look at the things seen and temporal. The one to have your conversation in heaven; the other to cleave to the dust. The one to be careful for nothing; the other to be full of anxiety. The one to be content with such things as you have; the other to enlarge your desires. The one to be ready to distribute; the other to withhold. The one to look at the things of others; the other to look at one’s own things. The one to seek happiness in the Creator; the other to seek happiness in the creature. Is it not plain? There is no serving two such masters.
A.W. Pink

SHIPS

SHIPS

SHIPS

  1. Probably originated from the ark made by Noah # Ge 7:17,18
  2. Antiquity of, among the Jews # Ge 49:13 Jud 5:17
  3. DESCRIBED AS 3a) Gallant

    # Isa 33:21

3b) Large # Jas 3:4 3c) Strong # Isa 23:14 3d) Swift # Job 9:26 4) Solomon built a navy of # 1Ki 9:26 5) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 5a) Of Chittim # Nu 24:24 Da 11:30 5b) Of Tarshish # Isa 23:1 60:9 5c) Of Adramyttium # Ac 27:2 5d) Of Alexandria # Ac 27:6 5e) Of Chaldea # Isa 43:14 5f) Of Tyre # 2Ch 8:18 6) Generally made of the fir tree # Eze 27:5 7) Sometimes made of bulrushes # Isa 18:2 8) The seams of, were caulked # Eze 27:9,27 9) PARTS OF MENTIONED 9a) The forepart or foreship # Ac 27:30,41 9b) The hinder part or stern # Ac 27:29,41 9c) The hold or between the sides # Jon 1:5 9d) The mast # Isa 33:23 Eze 27:5 9e) The sails # Isa 33:23 Eze 27:7 9f) The tackling # Isa 33:23 Ac 27:19 9g) The rudder or helm # Jas 3:4 9h) The rudder-bands # Ac 27:40 9i) The anchors # Ac 27:29,40 9j) The boats # Ac 27:30,32 9k) The oars # Isa 33:21 Eze 27:6 10) Often the property of individuals # Ac 27:11 11) Commanded by a master # Jon 1:6 Ac 27:11 12) Guided in their course by pilots # Eze 27:8,27-29 13) Governed and directed by the helm # Jas 3:4 14) Course of frequently directed by the heavenly bodies # Ac 27:20 15) Worked by mariners or sailors # Eze 27:9,27 Jon 1:5 Ac 27:30 16) Generally impelled by sails # Ac 27:2-7 17) Often impelled by oars # Jon 1:13 Joh 6:19 18) NAVIGATED 18a) Rivers # Isa 33:21 18b) Lakes # Lu 5:1,2 18c) The ocean # Ps 104:26 107:23 19) Soundings usually taken for, in dangerous places # Ac 27:28 20) Usually distinguished by signs or figure heads # Ac 28:11 21) Course of, through the midst of the sea, wonderful # Pr 30:18,19 22) EMPLOYED IN 22a) Trading # 1Ki 22:48 2Ch 8:18 9:21 22b) Fishing # Mt 4:21 Lu 5:4-9 Joh 21:3-8 22c) War # Nu 24:24 Da 11:30,40 22d) Carrying passengers # Jon 1:3 Ac 27:2,6 28:11 23) The hinder part of, occupied by the passengers # Mr 4:38 24) ENDANGERED BY 24a) Storms # Jon 1:4 Mr 4:37,38 24b) Quicksands # Ac 27:17 24c) Rocks # Ac 27:29 25) When damaged were sometimes undergirded with cables # Ac 27:17 26) Were often wrecked # 1Ki 22:48 Ps 48:7 Ac 27:41-44 2Co 11:25 27) ILLUSTRATIVE 27a) Of industrious women # Pr 31:14 27b) (Wrecked,) of departure from the faith # 1Ti 1:19