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1) Take
up the whole armor of God,
(Eph 6:13)
that you may be able to withstand in
the evil day, and having
done
all, to stand
firm.
a) ARMOR
OVERVIEW -
The whole armor of God consist
of your spiritual weapons such
as 1) Truth,
2) Righteousness, 3) Gospel
of Peace
(Be prepared with the Gospel of
Jesus Christ), to preach the
good
news. Share your faith
with others, 4) Your
Faith in Jesus Christ,
5) Your
Salvation and 6) The
Holy
Words of God (Bible).
b) Stand
firm in your faith my friend, as
Jesus said ONLY
THOSE who
stands firm and endure to the
end in
their faith shall be
saved
(MT
10:22, MT 24:13, MK 13:13, LK
21:19) so
stand firm in the faith
(1Co 15:58, 16:13, 2Co 1:21,
1:24, Gal 5:1, Eph 6:14, Php
1:27, Col 1:23, 2:25, 4:12, 1 Th
3:8,
2 Th 2:15, 1 Ti 6:19, 2 Ti
2:19, James 5:8, 1 Peter 5:9-10)
2) Gird
your waste with Truth (Eph 6:14) -
a) Meaning
of "Gird" - MSN
Dictionary states "Gird" prepare
your self; for vigorous activity
So my
friend get your self ready
and prepare for conflict by making sure that you have learned the truth
of Gods Holy Words and his
meanings and messages of his
Holy Words (The Bible) . In
doing so you will be able to go
out and do the great commission
that Jesus Christ has commanded
us to do (MT
28:19) & see (Acts
10:42).
The Roman soldiers belt helped
to keep their armor in place, as
you to shall hold your armor together with truth. We can not
be ready to overcome our sins
and fight against evil with out
truth. With out truth we will
fall into all sorts of evil,
false teachings, false
theologies and anti-Christ
behaviors! We must be totally
sincere and passionate about
holding to truth in Jesus Christ
as his servants, as his
disciples & soldiers!
b) Abide
in Christ, You will know the
Truth (John 8:31-32) -
Jesus tells us that "IF" we
abide in his
words, we are his
disciples, and we shall know the truth, and the truth shall set us free. The truth
shall free us from our bondage
of our sins and free us from the
lies and trickery of satan as
well. And the truth shall open
our eyes up to God and his Holy
Words, so that we may know the
will of God and live for God in
"ALL" things that we say and do!
c) Jesus
is Truth (John 14:16) - As
Jesus said, he is the way, the
truth, and the life. So if a
person does
not listen to Jesus,
then that
person is rejecting the truth,
because Jesus Christ is that
truth and the Holy Spirit is the
Spirit of truth. So my friend
study and learn "ALL" of Jesus
teachings and commands (Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John & Rev 1,2,3), and then you will know and understand the truth. If you do not,
you will never know the truth
and you will be deceived by satan, false teachers and those
who follows, satans trickery,
lies and evil ways.
d) Spirit
of Truth (John 16:12-15) -
The Spirit of Truth (Holy
Spirit) will guide you into all
truth,
provided that you are
truly a Born Again Christian. Other wise with out being Born Again (John
3:3) you will not receive the Holy Spirit (Spirit
of Truth-John 14:17, 15:26, 16,13 1John
4:6) and you will remain blind my friend, even though you may
think that you can see (MT
13:10-17).
And with the spirit of Truth,
you will be able to prepare for
battle and have victory over satans schemes and lies.
e) Seal
of God & Truth (Rev 9:4) - The
Holy Spirit, The Spirit of Truth
is a seal of God placed on our
foreheads and absolute proof
that we belong to God our Father through Jesus Christ instead of satan!
And the Holy Spirit is the
spirit of truth.
As it is Written: (NOTE: See Rev
9:4) 2
Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the
solid foundation of God stands, having
this seal :
"The Lord
knows those who are His,"
and, "Let everyone who names the
name of Christ depart from
iniquity.".
We must not sin!
3) Breastplate
of Righteousness (Eph 6:14)
a) Meaning
of "Righteousness" -
According to Nelsons Bible Dictionary, "Righteousness" means,
Holy and Upright living
according to Gods standards. Or in MSN
Works Dictionary,
Strictly observing morality,
justifiable, & responding to
injustice.
b) Holy
Living -
My friend how can we live Holy
Lives if we watch what ever is
on TV, the News (Media)
or
listen to what ever music we feel like. Or what about the company that we keep? I am
referring to those who time
after time we socialize with.
Don't you know that bad company
ruins good morals? It is
written; 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do
not be deceived: "Bad company
ruins good morals. "ESV.
With
this modern day information age,
it is even more difficult for
the average Christian to stay
from immorality, sorcery and such, without watching a movie
without magic, sex or extreme
violence in them. The
temptations are very strong to
say the least.
IT ALL
ACTS AS A FOOTHOLD FOR THE DEVIL
TO COME INTO YOUR MIND< THEN
YOUR HEART AND THEN YOU FOLLOW
IT WITH ACTING EVIL!
c) Righteousness
to Unrighteousness (Gen 3:1-7) - When
Adam & Eve were created by God
they
were righteous before God
our Father while they were still obedient to God. They were not dead
spiritually while they "were"
obedient to God, they were alive
in God and clean through God.
But when Eve (Woman) listened to
the serpents lies & trickery and
then Adam (Man) listened to his
wife in temping him to eat the
forbidden fruit instead of
rebuking them for
their evilness. They acted
on what they heard and sinned
against God!
When
they stopped listening to God,
and desired to have the
knowledge of God they both became
disobedient to God. By
that they immediately became
spiritually dead and lost their
righteous state
(relationship)
with God. They became
unrighteous! And now they are
unclean people (sinners)!
This
is the fall of mankind, the
first sin.
d) Faith
& Works, Working Together is
Righteousness (James 2:23) -
Abraham believing what God
said by having (faith) &
obeying God, went up to offer his son as a sacrifice (works-acted on his
faith) as commanded by God
was counted to Abraham as being
righteous.
As it is Written (See James
2:14-26) James
2:24 You
see then that a
man is justified by works, and
not by faith only.
Abraham put God first & "ACTED" on
his faith instead of just
sitting there and saying he
believes as so many of today's
Christians do. So those of us
"Born Again Christians" who
believes, trust in Jesus Christ
and does what he says (Mt
7:24-28)
is counted as righteous before
God our Father. So many of
today's Christians are not
righteous according to Gods
standards because they do not
obey Jesus Christ by abiding in
him in their "daily" lives by
staying away from worldly ways
and sins.
And Only the righteous are justified
by having works and faith working
together are righteous (saved)
before God! (JAMES
2:14-26))
e) Righteousness
Through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:19) - It
is the the law (Ten
Commandments) that
shows us
what sin is, and our
sinfulness against God. It
places a mirror in front of us
so that we will see our true
sinful condition. And Jesus
paid the price for our sins (1Co
7:23), if we repent and turn away from our sins (Luke
13:3), then deny our selves, pick up our cross and follow him
daily (MT
16:24)
we shall be saved (John
3:16) and then we become righteous through Christ!
Through
Jesus Christ if we Love Him and
keep his words (John
14:24) , we will become righteous as Abraham was when he believed
God, and did as God told him to
do (James 2:21-22). This is works working together
with Faith is the PERFECT
FAITH (James 2:22)! Not
by our own merits, but by the
merits of Jesus Christ only. We
can not just have faith only and
be righteous in Christ, neither
can we have works only and be
righteous.
Faith & Works
working together through Jesus
Christ is how we become
righteous through Jesus Christ
and then we have the PERFECT FAITH (James
2:14-26).
As it is written; James
2:22 Do you see that faith
was working together with his
works, and by works
faith
was made perfect!
f) The
Righteous does not have
Permission to Sin (Jude
1:4) - Many of today's Christians seems to think
that because of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ & Grace of God that we can sin. Many
say we are not perfect as an
accuse for their wickedness and
their daily wicked behavior!
So they call Jesus Lord, Lord
when they do not actually obey
him? And do they conduct
ungodly behaviors daily? Are
they saved? Do they tolerate
wickedness of Hollywood,
non-Christian music and video
games? Are they saved? Or
should I say will they be saved
and enter into the kingdom of
God?
As it is written: Jude
4 For certain men whose
condemnation was written about
long ago have secretly
slipped
in among you. They are godless
men, who
change the grace of our God
into a license for
immorality
and deny Jesus Christ our
only Sovereign and Lord. NIV
And as Jesus said; Matthew
7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to
Me,'Lord, Lord ,' shall enter
the
kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My
Father in heaven. 22 Many will
say to Me in that day, 'Lord,
Lord , have we not prophesied in
Your name, cast out demons in
Your name, and done many wonders
in Your name?' 23 And then I
will declare to them, 'I
never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!' NKJV
4) Your
Feet "The Gospel of Peace" (Eph 6:15) (Be
Ready for War against satans
schemes)
a) John
Prepares the Way (MT 3:3) How can
we prepare for war fare with out
being first being saved
from our
sins? And how can we be forgiven of our sins without a perfect sacrifice for our sins, a
payment for our sins? John the
Baptist (Prophet) prepares the
way for Jesus Christ, to preach
"Repent & Believe the Gospel" (Mk
1:15). And Jesus (The Perfect & Sinless Sacrifice) died on the cross
and rose on the third day for
our sins.
b) Jesus
Prepares Us (MT 14:15-18)
After we repent, deny our
selves, pick up our crosses
(MT
16:24-27) and Loves Jesus by abiding in his words (John
8:31 & 14:24 & 15:7 & 15:10) he shall
give us a another helper (Spirit of Truth) Holy
Spirit) and then our eyes shall
be open to Gods words and his
truths. And with that we shall
have power (Mk
16:17-18)!
Power to over our sins, so that
we can be the light of this
world (Mt
5:14), so that we can be able to fight against the principalities of
darkness, and destroy the evil
works of satan. And with that we
shall work out our salvation
with trembling and fear (Php 2:12-13).
c) We
Train (Learn) to Prepare (Luke 1:76-79 & John 16:12-15) We also prepare for war fare against
satans evil schemes (Eph
6:10-12 & 2Co 2:10-11) so
that he may take less souls to
hell with him. An
infant in Christ is not
acquainted with the difference
between good and evil (So
we train (learn) by studying the
scriptures in depth, and pray,
meditate on the words of God
constantly in all things that we
say and do.
If we stay away
from Gods words, then satan will
when battles and attacks against
us, that will cause us to sin. So do not be worldly, nor carnal minded as the world is (Ro
8:7) but be transformed by renewing your mind in Jesus Christ!
d) Ready
for War (Eph 4:12-13 & 6:10-14) With studying Gods words, by understanding them, by
accepting
them, and by Maturing in the Faith (1Co
2:6-8, 1Co 14:20, Php 3:15-16)
as a strong soldier
in Jesus
Christ (2Tim 2:3-4) you
will be ready to fight the good
fight and run a good race to get
the prize "Crown of
Righteousness" (1Co 9:24-26, 2Tim 4:7-8, Heb 12:1-2)! We do not fight against flesh and
blood, but we fight
against the principalities,
against the powers & rulers of
darkness (Eph
6:12)!
e) Gospel
of Peace (Eph
6:15) The gospels that we abide in (Jesus Christ Teachings) gives us
courage
and peace with-in our
hearts, while non-believers struggle with-in their own hearts in bondages to
their own sins. And we that are
not carnal, but are spiritual,
do not live as the pagans live.
And we do not be as this wicked
world is, in its lust for greed,
for power, for sexual
immorality, and in its own
wicked desires of all sorts. So
because of our Lord Jesus Christ
and the Grace of God, we receive
peace and joy with-in by the
Spirit of God that lives in us.
5) Shield
of Faith (Eph 6:16).
This weapon (Faith) protects us
from the temptations, and
persecutions that
satan throws
our way. And (Faith) combined with the Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit) and with
works as
evidence of our Faith,
keeps us from being deceived by satan, his demons and his human
servants that is bent on evil
and destruction. Faith
combined with works is the
perfect Faith as it is written;
James 2:22 Do you
see that faith
was working together with
his works, and by
works faith was made
perfect ?
23 And the Scripture was
fulfilled which says, "Abraham
believed God, and it was
accounted to
him for
righteousness." And he was
called the friend of God. 24 You
see then that a
man is justified by
works, and
not by faith only. NKJV
NOTE: Without
works (Bearing Good Fruits) as
evidence of your faith, you have
no Faith, and only those with
Faith is saved! You can not
have works alone with out faith
and you can not have Faith with
out works!
6) Helmet
of Salvation (Eph 6:17) This
weapon that protects us against
satan and his wickedness is our "Hope
of Salvation", so we
rejoice in
our salvation my friend :) (Acts
2:26, Ro 5:1-5).
And this weapon (Helmet)
protects our minds from going
wayward in un biblical way of
thinking and satans attacks to
our minds with sinful
temptations and thoughts.
Nothing can go into our hearts
unless it goes into our minds
first, then if we keep our minds
on those evil thoughts that is
when we do commit sin. So we
must Guard our Minds against
evil thinking!
As it is Written;
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests
be made known to God; 7 and the peace
of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard
your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus. NKJV
And friend, be in PRAYER at all times. Keep Jesus involved in
every part of your life day and
night, 24/7!
7) Sword
of the Spirit (Eph 6:17)
Another weapon is the sword of
the spirit, that is "The Words
of God"!
Study and meditate on
the words of God, constantly without stopping. When Jesus Christ was tempted
3 times he used the Holy Words
of God against satans attacks
and that kept Jesus from
sinning. So my friend in doing this you will protect your self
from satans trickery when he
uses temptations, false
evangelist, pastors, teachers
denominations and other
religions to try and pull you
away from Jesus Christ.
And
that you will be protecting your
self from those inside and out
side of the church from tempting
you and twisting the scriptures
to suit their own evil desires.
For example; the
Free Masons say they are
Christians, when in reality they
are actually satanist, and keep many of their secret ways from
people, or they at least try to
should I say. They deal in
sorcery and try to deceive good
Christian men, and intentional
try to pull them away from Jesus
Christ!
As it is written; Matthew
7:15 beware
of false prophets, who come
to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravenous
wolves. 16 You will know them by
their fruits. Do men gather
grapes from thorn bushes or figs
from thistles? 17 Even so, every
good tree bears good fruit, but
a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A
good tree cannot bear bad fruit,
nor can a bad tree bear good
fruit. 19 Every tree that does
not bear good fruit is cut down
and thrown into the fire. 20
Therefore by their fruits you
will know them.
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My friend be well armed
with the full armor of God (