LET’S LOOK AT THE ARMOR OF GOD…
Ephesians 6:12 We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
2 Corinthians 10: 3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
2 Timothy 2:3-4 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare tangles themselves with the affairs of this life, that they may please Him who enlisted them as a soldier.
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD.
THE BELT OF TRUTH
Ephesians 6:14 stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth
John 14:6 I am the way, the Truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by Me.
2 Corinthians 6:7 By the Word of Truth, by the Power of God …
BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Ephesians 6:14 … having on the breastplate of righteousness
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me…
Romans 13:14 Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
SHOES OF PEACE
Ephesians 6:15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bring good tidings, that publish peace, that bring good tidings of good, that publish salvation…
Romans 10:13-15 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call upon Him whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
SHIELD OF FAITH
Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith…
1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you…
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
HELMET OF SALVATION
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation…
Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.
SWORD OF GOD’S WORD
Ephesians 6:17 … and the sword of the spirit, which is The Word of God.
Hebrews 4:12 For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing assunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.
Jeremiah 23:29 Is not My Word like a fire? Sayeth the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks rock into pieces?
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My Word be that goes out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it
PRAYER
Ephesians 6:18-19 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.
James 5:16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
MORE SCRIPTURE ABOUT THE BATTLE!
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called
2 Timothy 4:18 and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom
Matthew 6:18 upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.
John 15:5 I am the vine, and you are the branches: he that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.
1 John 4:14 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
HE HAS GIVEN YOU THE ARMOR…
USE IT!
