PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

 

PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

It is

A TOUGH WORLD

That we live in

A world full of danger

It seems

Like someone or something

Is constantly shooting daggers at us

In the old days

The knight

Would put on

The metal or steel armor

To PROTECT HIM

And in today's world

I believe the policemen

STILL put on bullet-proof vests

But for us Christians

To protect us from evil

In this cruel cruel world

We are called to put on

A DIFFERENT KIND of armor

THE ARMOR OF GOD

“Put on

The full armor of God

So that

You can take your stand

Against the devil's schemes” Ephesians 6:10

There you have it

The armor that we need

IS ARMOR

That can stand up

NOT only against flesh and blood evil

But the dark forces of evil

In our world-Satan

“For our struggle

Is not against

Flesh and blood

But against the rulers

Against the authorities

Against the powers

Of this dark world-Satan

And against the spiritual forces

Of evil

In the heavenly realms

Therefore

PUT ON the full armor of God

So that

When the day of evil comes

You may be able

To STAND your ground” Ephesians 6:12-13

You say fine

But WHAT is it

That can

Withstand ALL of these things

The armor IS LOVE

My friend

THE LOVE OF GOD

And THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR

For as 1 Corinthians 13:8 tells us

LOVE NEVER FAILS

And James 1:17 says:

EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT

Is from ABOVE

And that is what Jesus' life was

IT WAS PERFECT

As He DEFEATED every injustice imaginable

INCLUDING humiliation and death

So our job

Is to UNITE our life

With Jesus=as much as possible

And HOLD ON

For the ride of our life

JESUS left behind HIS OWN spirit for us

And in Galatians 5:22

Paul tells us

WHAT the fruit

Of the spirit is:

“But the fruit of the spirit

IS love, joy, peace, patience, kindness

Goodness, faithfulness,gentleness,and self-control

AGAINST such things-there is NO LAW” Galatians 5:22-23

I suggest to you

That LIVING with these qualities is

PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

And if you WEAR these

You have NO NEED

Of steel armor

Or bullet-proof vests

If you put these on

You are putting on

THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

And if you do this

Evil will not defeat you

And if it does

You will be vindicated

AS SURELY AS JESUS HIMSELF WAS

Robert P. Wallman

January 17^th, 2014

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