THE ARMOR OF GOD
Ephesians 6:14-17. Stand therefore, having girded your
waist with (1) truth, having put on the breastplate of
(2) righteousness, and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of (3) peace; above all, taking the
shield of (4) faith with which you will be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of (5)
salvation, and the sword of the (6) Spirit, which is the
(7) word of God.
ARE YOU PREPARED BY SPIRITUAL BATTLE?
(1) Are you protected by the truth of Jesus Christ?
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
(2) Are you protected by the righteousness of God in Jesus
Christ?
Romans 3:21-22 But now the righteousness of God apart from
the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to
all and on all who believe.
(3) Are you preaching peace through the gospel of Jesus
Christ?
Ephesians 2:14-16 For He Himself is our peace, who has made
both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having
abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments
contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from
the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them
both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death
the enmity.
(4) Is your faith grounded in Jesus Christ?
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the
sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the
race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
(5) Is your salvation grounded in Jesus Christ?
2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the
elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ
Jesus with eternal glory.
(6) Is your testimony of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy
Spirit?
Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
(7) Can you quote Scripture when proclaiming Jesus Christ?
2 Timothy 3:14-15 But you must continue in the things which you
have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned
them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus.
Note: Are you abiding in Jesus Christ?
John 15:4-5 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without me you can
do nothing."