Put on the Whole Armor of God
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Bible Verse Ephesians 6:11-16
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all fiery darts of the wicked one.
Commentary:
As believers and followers of Jesus we can experience spiritual warfare/ These attacks can be especially severe, causing us physical and emotional turmoil and pain. But we must never forget the Holy Spirit who dwells in us is stronger than Satan and his demons. And because the spiritual warfare can be severe. Paul is reminding us that we need to treat spiritual attacks from the enemy in the same manor as soldiers in battle. The difference is our armor was created for us by God.
When Paul speaks to us about wrestling, he is using a term that speaks of hand to hand combat. Stressing that the enemy we face will use all deception, trickery, and wickedness in order to get us to fall away from the faith. To get us to turn our backs on Jesus and the gift of salvation which he alone can provide. Satan and his demons know the end of the story. They know where they will spend eternity and they know the time is short and their goal is to get as many of us to join them as possible. So these scriptures were written for our benefit to show us how to prepare for the spiritual attacks we know will come.
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Selected Bible Verses
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The Love of Christ Frees Us from Sin
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John 15:22-25
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, "They hated Me without a cause."
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We Are Strengthened in Christ through the Holy Spirit
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John 15:26-27
But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
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Jesus Our Good Shepherd
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Luke 4:18
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
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Salvation is Found in Christ Alone
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John 10:1-2
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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We Belong to Jesus and He Knows His Own
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John 10:27-30
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one.
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Our Glorified Bodies Await Us
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2nd Corinthians 5:1-4, 6-7
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight.
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Absent from the Body, In the Presence of Jesus
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2nd Corinthians 5:6-9
So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
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Christ Died for Us, We Live for Him
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2nd Corinthians 5:14-15, 17
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
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We Are Reconciled to Jesus
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2nd Corinthians 5:18-21
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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We Enter the Holy of Holies, Through Christ
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Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
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