And to express that, I’d like you to look at Romans chapter 8, verse 31 for just a moment, Romans 8:31. There’s no reason for us to get under the weather, as it were, to become fatalistic, because the victory is ours. Our manner of life in this world will be conflict we are set against the enemy.īut as we’ve been seeing from this passage, there’s no reason for us to fear that. It is to be a love walk, chapter 5 says, a light walk, a wise walk, a Holy Spirit walk, and finally, it is to be a warfare. Starting in chapter 4, verse 1, we met the concept of walking worthy, and what did a worthy walk involve? Well, it involved walking in unity, it involved walking in uniqueness, if you will we are to be different than the Gentiles. Now, here we have the great text in the book of Ephesians that delineates for us the warfare of the Christian, and we’ve learned a lot about the Christian’s walk. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truthfulness, and having on the breastplate of righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
“Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies” – or “wicked spirits in the heavenlies.” Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. I want to read for you chapter 6, verse 10-17. For our study this morning, we come again to Ephesians chapter 6 – Ephesians chapter 6 – and we’re looking at this wonderful section on the armor of the Christian.
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