Physically we can HAVE these in our possession-
Girt Loins (protective girdle).
Breastplate.
Footwear.
Shield.
Helmet.
Sword.
Spiritual we MUST have these in our possession-
Truth.
Righteousness.
Peace.
Faith.
Salvation.
Spirit of the Word of God.
Do you suppose it's important to note what piece of armor represents which part of the body? We know that physically there are parts of our body we cannot live without, right? So I really don't think this is part of the issue. Why? Because walking in the Gospel of Peace is of the utmost importance and to say we can live without our feet and equate that to living without the Gospel of Peace would be ludicrous.
There is an element of analogy to the armor, but the most important thing we have to remember is all these Spiritual pieces of armor come from ONE source- OUR SAVIOR!
There is NO truth without our Savior!
There is NO righteousness without our Savior!
There is NO peace without our Savior!
There is NO faith without our Savior!
There is NO salvation without our Savior!
There is NO Spirit of the Word of God without our Savior!
This is truly the WHOLE ARMOR of GOD, because we cannot possess any of it without GOD. In fact we really cannot possess one piece without the other. We cannot put on the helmet of salvation without having the girdle of truth. We cannot have our feet shod with the gospel of peace and not have the shield of faith. This armor is a complete SET of armor and it does NOT exist without any one of the pieces.
Put on the WHOLE armor of God, or none.
One or the other and it makes sense because the choice we are to make is between God and Satan, God and Selfishness, God and any thing that separates us from God. We are not going to be able to choose to keep a little bit of our selfishness as if it's something good and won't really hurt us. We CANNOT choose to keep a little bit of evil anything! Yet we go about as if our faults are no big deal. That it is fine because we're human and cannot help but have faults. Yet we are TOLD over and over to sin no more. We don't like to equate our faults with sin, yet aren't they sins? Anything that would keep us from God, anything that would keep us focused on our selves, any fault that is accepted as a part of us and NOT surrendered to God is something we will have to account for. We have to surrender ALL of ourselves, this must be the choice we make, a full surrender.
It is ALL or nothing.
All of the armor of God or none.
All God or none of God.
This is something we have to truly consider, to think about, to dwell on because Satan wants us to walk the fence straddled between both worlds and on neither side because HE KNOWS that fence people are upon is HIS FENCE!
This armor must be thought of as a WHOLE most definitely NOT as something that is haphazardly assembled.
Let's dwell on this seriously, let's take time to contemplate all of this and by the GRACE of our LORD we'll study more of this tomorrow!
All in HIM, always in HIM!
Girt Loins (protective girdle).
Breastplate.
Footwear.
Shield.
Helmet.
Sword.
Spiritual we MUST have these in our possession-
Truth.
Righteousness.
Peace.
Faith.
Salvation.
Spirit of the Word of God.
Do you suppose it's important to note what piece of armor represents which part of the body? We know that physically there are parts of our body we cannot live without, right? So I really don't think this is part of the issue. Why? Because walking in the Gospel of Peace is of the utmost importance and to say we can live without our feet and equate that to living without the Gospel of Peace would be ludicrous.
There is an element of analogy to the armor, but the most important thing we have to remember is all these Spiritual pieces of armor come from ONE source- OUR SAVIOR!
There is NO truth without our Savior!
There is NO righteousness without our Savior!
There is NO peace without our Savior!
There is NO faith without our Savior!
There is NO salvation without our Savior!
There is NO Spirit of the Word of God without our Savior!
This is truly the WHOLE ARMOR of GOD, because we cannot possess any of it without GOD. In fact we really cannot possess one piece without the other. We cannot put on the helmet of salvation without having the girdle of truth. We cannot have our feet shod with the gospel of peace and not have the shield of faith. This armor is a complete SET of armor and it does NOT exist without any one of the pieces.
Put on the WHOLE armor of God, or none.
One or the other and it makes sense because the choice we are to make is between God and Satan, God and Selfishness, God and any thing that separates us from God. We are not going to be able to choose to keep a little bit of our selfishness as if it's something good and won't really hurt us. We CANNOT choose to keep a little bit of evil anything! Yet we go about as if our faults are no big deal. That it is fine because we're human and cannot help but have faults. Yet we are TOLD over and over to sin no more. We don't like to equate our faults with sin, yet aren't they sins? Anything that would keep us from God, anything that would keep us focused on our selves, any fault that is accepted as a part of us and NOT surrendered to God is something we will have to account for. We have to surrender ALL of ourselves, this must be the choice we make, a full surrender.
It is ALL or nothing.
All of the armor of God or none.
All God or none of God.
This is something we have to truly consider, to think about, to dwell on because Satan wants us to walk the fence straddled between both worlds and on neither side because HE KNOWS that fence people are upon is HIS FENCE!
This armor must be thought of as a WHOLE most definitely NOT as something that is haphazardly assembled.
Let's dwell on this seriously, let's take time to contemplate all of this and by the GRACE of our LORD we'll study more of this tomorrow!
All in HIM, always in HIM!
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