Tuesday May 17, 2022

The equipment of Christ's soldier is complete; and he is arrayed in the full armor of light. He needs now to take the sword.

I start in 5:7 because it describes our walk as we wear the full armor.

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Sunday MAY 15, 2022

"Believers exercise their convictions as a soldier moves his shield to prevent enemy weapons from killing him. The believer's task is to use what is given by God and watch as the enemy's fierce attack is brought to nothing through the surpassing power of God's armor." [Lynn Cohick, The Letter to the Ephesians, p. 422]

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Thursday May 12, 2022

God is not going to stop the flaming missiles. They are going to hit us. God wants us strong in this world so that we can reveal Him and actually enjoy doing just that.

Paul wanted his churches to be strong in truth and righteousness. It is imperative for their survival and good impact. Today's emphasis on limiting free speech,...

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Wednesday May 11, 2022

Title: Ephesians 6:13-17; Faith in the faithfulness of God.

I see the greatest danger to the church not being the threat of its extinction, but its failure to impact the world with truth and righteousness and the gospel.

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Tuesday May 10, 2022

The church is obviously in a dangerous place - the world. In every generation the church has been persecuted, and so the church needs protection and God provides it. However, we are not to just sit back and watch the world go by, waiting for God to do something miraculous. We are to always wait for God, but while we wait, we are to do.

1Th 1:5

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Sunday May 8, 2022

Title: Ephesians 6:13-17; Rather than stop the missiles, God gave us His shield.

"We are made in the image of God. We have an inbuilt...

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Thursday May 5, 2022

The first three pieces of the full armor of God were truth, righteousness, and the readiness of the gospel of peace. Truth must be known and lived and then we have girded our loins with it. Righteousness is God's righteousness received and lived and then we will wear it like a breastplate. Truth and righteousness experienced will give us a love for the gospel that we come to realize gave us heaven itself without cost. Hence we will love the gospel and we will love the people of the world who have, as of yet, failed to believe it - then we will be...

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We have noted Satan's attacks against the messenger of the gospel. He tries to shame the messenger, make him fear the opinions of others, ruin his reputation, and in some cases try to intimidate him with material and physical harm. Jesus promised the disciples that the powerful in the world would lay their hands on theme and persecute them for His name's sake. He didn't tell them to hide, but rather said that it would lead to an opportunity for their testimony.

Satan also attacks the message, which is his attack against the listeners. He infiltrates societies with false...

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Tuesday May 3, 2022

Eph 6:14-15

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation [readiness] of the gospel of peace;

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Sunday May 1,2022

Eph 6:14-15

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

"preparation" - hetoimasia = prepared or ready. The believer with a grasp of the...

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