The Word Unleashed - Radio

In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians where he makes clear that we, as Christians, face a powerful enemy—Satan—who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy all God’s people. And since he is too powerful for us to handle alone, Christ has given us spiritual armor to help us withstand the enemy’s relentless attacks.

The Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6 instructs every believer to equip themselves with the armor of God. As it pertains to the breastplate of righteousness, believers are to daily apply several truths related to the great doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

The Christian life is one of battle, in the sense that every Christian, every day, faces a powerful enemy. An adversary, one that Scripture calls the devil, or Satan. But God’s people haven’t been left in the dark on how to fight against him.

For us as Christians, our knowledge and understanding of the truth—guided and illumined by the Spirit of God—are the very means by which we are sanctified. And the more we become like Christ, the better we are able to ward off Satan’s attacks.

The apostle Paul wanted the Ephesian Christians, and he wants us today to understand that we are in a war. As Christians, we have to understand we are in this war until the day we die or until our Lord returns. Other passages of Scripture tell us we are in a war against our flesh, our unredeemed humanness. But in Ephesians 6, Paul makes clear that our war is also against hostile demonic forces.

In Romans 8 the apostle Paul teaches that one or no thing in this created world is able to destroy the salvation of a true believer. And if that’s you, friend, be encouraged: Our great God will hold you fast for all of eternity.

Is it possible for a believer’s justification before God to be threatened? Romans 8 teaches that we, as Christians, are overwhelmingly conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord. And because of this profound reality and the greatness of God’s love, the righteous declaration from God’s courtroom will never truly be threatened by anything in this created world.

According to the apostle Paul, the Lord Jesus Christ preserves and protects all His people from ever forfeiting true salvation. You, believer, can rest assured and be confident that nothing will annul what God has done through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Is there any entity that can separate, in any way, the believer’s relationship with God through Jesus Christ? The wonderful answer to that question comes directly from Scripture. In Romans 8, the apostle Paul explains how the true believer’s faith can never be destroyed.

The apostle Paul teaches from Romans 8 that God has displayed the magnitude of His love by giving His Son to die for the sins of all of those who would believe in Him. And because God has done that, there is no accusation that anyone or anything can bring that would annul what God has done for us as Christians through Jesus Christ.