Victory in Christ
Ephesians 6:13-18: "Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm, therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."
The pieces of armor described by Paul in this passage of Ephesians are the foundational aspects of our daily Christian walk. They are not specially reserved magical tricks or outlandish actions only aimed against evil. They are the very principles we should be observing and practicing every day of our Christian lives. When our focus is on Christ in us and on the power of the Holy Spirit working in us daily to transform us into the image of Christ, we will have no time to focus on what is evil, demonic, or satanic - our lives will be consumed with Christ. There is, then, no room for evil.
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Spiritual Warfare is a minute to minute, day to day battle, and it is fought with quiet confidence in the one to whom all will give an account, and that includes any enemies we might have, seen or unseen. All that God has provided, he offers with great love, and the historical proof of his commitment to our well being is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The scripture says, “But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus, in order that in the ages to come he might show the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 2:4-7). It is the gospel of divine love that has set you free! You are God’s child. He will not, and has not, abandoned you to evil. If you are tormented by sin, afraid of the power of darkness; If you have tried the laughing revivals, throwing up personal demons and rebuking spirits of lust, lying, anger and doubt; the Great Shepherd says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matt. 11:28-29).
- Michael Martin, Answers in Action
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