Practical
application-
From yesterday-
'We fight against
the devil.
We fight against
things that aren’t of flesh and blood.
We fight against
principalities.
We fight against
powers.
We fight against
rulers of darkness.
We fight against
spiritual wickedness.
When was the last
time you saw the devil? Can you see the power you are to wrestle against? What
rulers of darkness are you familiar with? Where have you had contact with
spiritual wickedness?
All those things-
the devil, principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness
are to be FOUGHT against. We have a helmet, our loins covered, a breastplate,
footwear, a shield, and a sword. Our body
is all protected, and we have a weapon. Protection and a weapon of warfare.
TRUTH,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, FAITH, SALVATION - These ALL protect us!
SPIRIT of the WORD
of GOD- This is our defense. '
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Protection against
evil. Why are we told to "PUT
ON" the spiritual armor if we DON'T put it on? If we don't even have it in
our wardrobe? If we never even think about it? When a person wears tangible
armor they are very aware of it on them. Most can't wait to take it off- the
armor is cumbersome, it adds extra weight, it add warmth which is only good if
you're in a cold climate. Armor is not
clothing, it's an addition to clothing. We are told to--
Eph 6:11 Put
on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil.
PUT ON the WHOLE
armor of God.
And yet we refuse
protection when we don't seek ONLY-
TRUTH,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, FAITH, SALVATION.
To be protected
we must have TRUTH. Christ's truth! We must have Christ's
righteousness! We must have Christ's peace! We must have Christ's faith! We
must have Christ's salvation!
To fight we must
have the Spirit- The WORD of GOD.
The practical
application of the armor and weapon is for us to recognize when we NEED to use
the weapon and to realize that we ALWAYS need our armor. Unlike tangible armor,
spiritual armor will never be cumbersome or uncomfortable in a physical way-
but it CAN be very cumbersome and very uncomfortable to the soul-self in us
that wars against the spirit-self in us.
Just as in a
tangible war soldiers wear their armor no matter how awful it may feel. In our
spiritual war we spiritual soldiers need to wear our spiritual armor no matter
how awful it makes us feel, because it is those feelings we are warring against
being predominant in us, over the spirit. Our trust in Christ must grow, it
must.
Recognizing the
state we are in at any given moment- this is the Spirit's revelation to us.
What we do with the revelation is a CHOICE for us make. The practical application is recognition,
realization, relenting- it is acting mentally, emotionally, physically, and
most of all spiritually.
The weapon is
tangible, we can literally hold it in our hands, we can read it with our eyes,
we can memorize it, we can study it, it is a weapon that is so incredibly alive
that we could read it a million times and each time we would learn from it
anew.
More about this
tomorrow by the GRACE and MERCY of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ now and
forever!
Amen!
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